deck_14433690 Flashcards

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bivouac

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temporary encampment

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blanch

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to turn pale

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bland

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mild; tasteless; dull

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blandishment

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flattery

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blasphemy

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irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity

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blatant

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unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring

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blight

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a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

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bliss

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perfect contentment; extreme joy

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blithe

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carefree

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bluster

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to roar

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bombast

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pompous or pretentious talk or writing

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bon vivant

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someone who enjoys luxurious living

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bona fide

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sincere

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boon

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a blessing

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boor

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a rude person

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booty

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loot

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botch

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to bungle

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bourgeois

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middle class

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bovine

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cowlike

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bracing

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FRESH

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brandish

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to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

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bravado

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a false show of bravery

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brawn

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big muscles

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brazen

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breach
violation
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brevity
briefness
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brink
edge
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bristle
stiffen with fear or anger
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broach
to open up a subject
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bromide
cliche
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brouhaha
uproar
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brusque
abrupt in manner
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bucolic
rural
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buffoon
a joker
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bulwark
a wall used as a defensive fortification
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brittle
fragile
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Bureaucracy
a system of government admin
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burgeon
to expand
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burlesque
imitation
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byzantine
intricate
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cabal
a group of conspirators
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cache
a hiding place
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cacophony
bad noise
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cadence
rhythm
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cajole
to pursuade
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calamity
a disaster
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callous
insensitive
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callow
immature
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calumny
slander
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candor
truthfulness