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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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bold

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breach

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violation

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brevity

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briefness

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brink

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edge

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bristle

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stiffen with fear or anger

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broach

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to open up a subject

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bromide

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cliche

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brouhaha

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uproar

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brusque

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abrupt in manner

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bucolic

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rural

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buffoon

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a joker

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bulwark

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a wall used as a defensive fortification

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brittle

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fragile

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Bureaucracy

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a system of government admin

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burgeon

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to expand

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burlesque

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imitation

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byzantine

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intricate

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cabal

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a group of conspirators

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cache

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a hiding place

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cacophony

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bad noise

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cadence

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rhythm

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cajole

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to pursuade

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calamity

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a disaster

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callous

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insensitive

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callow

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immature

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calumny

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slander

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candor

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truthfulness