file Flashcards
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
2
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blanch
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to turn pale
3
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bland
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mild; tasteless; dull
4
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blandishment
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flattery
5
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blasphemy
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irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
6
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blatant
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unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
7
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blight
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a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
8
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bliss
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perfect contentment; extreme joy
9
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blithe
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carefree
10
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bluster
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to roar
11
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bombast
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pompous or pretentious talk or writing
12
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bon vivant
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someone who enjoys luxurious living
13
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bona fide
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sincere
14
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boon
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a blessing
15
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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
19
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bovine
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cowlike
20
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bracing
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FRESH
21
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brandish
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to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
22
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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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bold
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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
30
bromide
cliche
31
brouhaha
uproar
32
brusque
abrupt in manner
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bucolic
rural
34
buffoon
a joker
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bulwark
a wall used as a defensive fortification
36
brittle
fragile
37
Bureaucracy
a system of government admin
38
burgeon
to expand
39
burlesque
imitation
40
byzantine
intricate
41
cabal
a group of conspirators
42
cache
a hiding place
43
cacophony
bad noise
44
cadence
rhythm
45
cajole
to pursuade
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calamity
a disaster
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callous
insensitive
48
callow
immature
49
calumny
slander
50
candor
truthfulness
