GRE B 2 Flashcards by Akshat Jain | Brainscape

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Babble

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Chatteridly

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Bacchanal

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Noisy party with a lot drinking

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Bacchanalia

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The ancient roman festival in honor Bacchanal

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Bacchanalian

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Drunken

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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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Baffle

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Perplexed

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Badinage

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Teasing conversation (Banter)

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Bait

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Harass

Food used to catch fish

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Baleful

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Evil

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Balk

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Stop short

As if faced an obstacle

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Ballast

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Heavy substance used for stability or weight

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Balm

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Something that relieves pain

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Balmy

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Soft and mild

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Banal

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Hackneyed

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

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Bandy

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Discuss in a frivolous manner

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Bane

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Poison (harmful)

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Bantering

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Joking talk

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Barb

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Sharp projection from fishhook

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Bard

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Poet

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Barefaced

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Shameless and blatant

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Baroque

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Highly ornate

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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

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Trader

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Base

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Morally Bad

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Bask

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Luxuriate

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Bastion

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Something seen as a source of protection

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Bate

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Let down

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Bauble

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Cheap jewel

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Bawdy

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Indecent (filthy)

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Bearing

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Deportment

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Beatitude

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Blessedness

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Bedizen

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Dress with vulgar finer

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Bedraggle

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Wet thoroughly

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Beeline

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Direct quick route

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Beefuddle

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Confuse thoroughly

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Beget

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Father

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Begrudge

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Envy

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Beguile

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Attract / cheat

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Behmoth

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Huge creature

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Beholden

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Obligated

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Behove

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Be suited to

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Belabour

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Attack physically

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Beleaguere

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Harass

Besige

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Belie

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Give a false impression / contradict

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Belittle

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Disparage

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Bellicose

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Warlike

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Belligerent

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Quarrelsome

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Bemoan

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Lamen

Express sorrow for

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Bemused

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Confused

Lost in thoughts

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Benefactor

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Gift giver

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Beneficient

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Kindly

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Benevolent

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Generous

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Benign

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Favourable

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Bension

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Blessing

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Bent

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Determined

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Bequeath

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Property left for someone through will

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Berate

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Scold strongly

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Bereaved

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Deprived of (someone close to death)

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Bereavement

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State of being deprived of something valuable

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Bereft

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Derived of

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Berserk

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Mad with voilent anger

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Beseech

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Beg (plead with)

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Beset

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Harass

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Besiege

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Annoy continually

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Besital

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Beastlike, inhumane

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Bestow

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Confer