English Word Power Deck 'B' Flashcards by Nurul Atiqah | Brainscape

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Baring

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Undercover

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Barren

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Bare, not able to support much vegetation

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Basking

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Enjoying the sun

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Bated

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So anxious that you can hardly breathe

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Baubles

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Trinkets, cheap imitation jewellery

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Bazaar

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Marketplace

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Bearing down

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Coming towards in an aggressive way

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Beating a hasty retreat

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(Idiomatic) making a fast and hurried getaway

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Beauties

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Pretty ladies

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Beckon

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Call for someone to move towards the caller

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Befallen

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Happened

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Beforehand

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Previously

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Bemused

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Surprised and puzzled

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Bemusement

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Puzzled look

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Bereaved

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Mourning

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Beseeching

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Appealing, begging

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Bestowed

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Blessed with a gift

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Bewildered

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Confused and at a loss

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Bewildered-looking

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Puzzled and confused-looking

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Bizarre

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Weird

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Blaring

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Making a very loud noises

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Blatantly

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Boldly and openly

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Blazing

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(Idiomatic) moving in a spectacular fashion

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Bleak

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Cheerless, pessismistic

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Blissful

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Happy(more because one is unaware of problems)

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Blistering

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Extremely severe

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Booming

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Loud and deep sound

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Bounding

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Jumping energentically

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Breakneck speed

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Very fast and dangerous speed

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Breathalyser

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Equipment used by the police to see if the driver has drunk too much alcohol

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Brilliant

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Bright and vivid

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Brimming

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Overflowing

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Brimming with

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Full of

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Brushed aside

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Dismissed, put away

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Budge

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Move