Lesson Two Flashcards

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Antithesis

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An exact opposite; an opposite extreme

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Badinage

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Playful, teasing talk

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Banal

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Common, ordinary

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Baroque

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Overly decorated

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Bauble

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A showy but useless thing

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Bedlam

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A noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion

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Beguile

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To deceive; charm; enchant

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Besiege

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To overwhelm; to surround and attack

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Besmirch

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To make dirty; stain

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Bestial

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Savage, brutal

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Bilious

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Bad tempered; cross

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12
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Blanch

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To whiten, to make pale

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Bland

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Mild, tasteless, dull

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14
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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Antipathy

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An intense dislike

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