List Of Word B Flashcards

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Bane

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Noun

Poison ; torment ; cause of harm

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Banal

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Adjective

Unoriginal; ordinary

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Bastion

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Noun

Stronghold ; fortress ; fortified place

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Beget

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V

To give birth to : to lead to ; to cause

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Belabor ( bi Lay bur )

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V

To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

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Beleaguer ( bih Lee Gur )

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V

To surround ; to beseech ; to harass

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Belie ( bih lye)

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V

To give false impression of ; to contradict

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Belittle ( bih Lit ull )

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V

To make to seem little ; to put someone down

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Belligerent ( buh LIJ ur unt )

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Adjective

Combative ; quarrelsome ; waging war

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Bemused ( bih Myoozd)

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Adjective

Confused ; bewildered

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Benefactor ( BEN uh Fak tur )

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Noun

One who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation

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Benevolent ( beh NEV uh Lunt)

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Adjective

Generous ; kind ; doing good deeds

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Benign ( bih NYNE)

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Adjective

Gentle ; not harmful ; kind ; mild

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Bequest ( bih KWEST)

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Noun

Something left to someone in a will

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Bereaved ( buh REEVD)

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Adjective

Deprived or left desolate ; especially through death

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Beset ( bih SET)

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V

To harass ; to surround

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Blasphemy ( Blas fun mee )

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N

Irreverence ; an insult to something held sacred ; profanity

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Blatant ( BLAYT unt)

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Adjective

Unpleasantly or offensively noisy ; glaring

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Blight (Blyte)

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Noun

A disease in plants ; anything that injures or destroys

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Blithe (Blythe)

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Adjective

Carefree ; cheerful

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Bourgeois (boor ZHWAH)

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Adjective

Middle class, usually in pejorative sense ; boringly conventional

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Bovine ( BOH vyne)

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Adjective

Cow related; cow like

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Brevity ( BREV i tee)

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N briefness

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Broach (brohch)

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V

To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject

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Bucolic ( byoo KHAL ik)

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Adjective

Charmingly rural ; rustic ; country like

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Bureaucracy ( byoo RAHK ruh see)

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Noun

A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices

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Burgeon ( BUR jun)

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V

To expand ; to flourish

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Burlesque (bur LESK)

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Noun

A ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation