GRE B 2 Flashcards

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Babble

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Chatteridly

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2
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Bacchanal

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Noisy party with a lot drinking

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3
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Bacchanalia

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The ancient roman festival in honor Bacchanal

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4
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Bacchanalian

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Drunken

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5
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Backslide

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Revert (to bad habits)

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Badger

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Pester (ask again n again)

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7
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Baffle

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Perplexed

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8
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Badinage

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Teasing conversation (Banter)

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9
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Bait

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Harass

Food used to catch fish

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10
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Baleful

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Evil

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11
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Balk

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Stop short

As if faced an obstacle

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12
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Ballast

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Heavy substance used for stability or weight

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13
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Balm

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Something that relieves pain

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14
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Balmy

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Soft and mild

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15
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Banal

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Hackneyed

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

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16
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Bandy

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Discuss in a frivolous manner

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17
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Bane

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Poison (harmful)

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18
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Bantering

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Joking talk

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19
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Barb

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Sharp projection from fishhook

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20
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Bard

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Poet

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21
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Barefaced

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Shameless and blatant

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22
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Baroque

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Highly ornate

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23
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Barrage

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Gunfire/ huge no. Of questions asked

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Barrister

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Counsel at court

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Barterer
Trader
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Base
Morally Bad
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Bask
Luxuriate
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Bastion
Something seen as a source of protection
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Bate
Let down
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Bauble
Cheap jewel
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Bawdy
Indecent (filthy)
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Bearing
Deportment
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Beatitude
Blessedness
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Bedizen
Dress with vulgar finer
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Bedraggle
Wet thoroughly
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Beeline
Direct quick route
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Beefuddle
Confuse thoroughly
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Beget
Father
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Begrudge
Envy
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Beguile
Attract / cheat
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Behmoth
Huge creature
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Beholden
Obligated
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Behove
Be suited to
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Belabour
Attack physically
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Beleaguere
Harass | Besige
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Belie
Give a false impression / contradict
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Belittle
Disparage
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Bellicose
Warlike
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Belligerent
Quarrelsome
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Bemoan
Lamen | Express sorrow for
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Bemused
Confused | Lost in thoughts
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Benefactor
Gift giver
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Beneficient
Kindly
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Benevolent
Generous
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Benign
Favourable
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Bension
Blessing
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Bent
Determined
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Bequeath
Property left for someone through will
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Berate
Scold strongly
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Bereaved
Deprived of (someone close to death)
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Bereavement
State of being deprived of something valuable
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Bereft
Derived of
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Berserk
Mad with voilent anger
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Beseech
Beg (plead with)
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Beset
Harass
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Besiege
Annoy continually
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Besital
Beastlike, inhumane
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Bestow
Confer