Session 15&16 Flashcards

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Belligerent

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Combative, quarrelsome, waging war

A bully is belligerent. To be belligerent is to be noisy and argumentative

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Bemused

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Confused, bewildered

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Benefactor

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

“To give benefits is to be benefactor”
“To recieve benefits is to be beneficiary”

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4
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Benevolent

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Generous, kind, doing good deeds

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5
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Benign

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Gentle, not harmful, kind

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Bequest

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Something left to someone in a will

“If your neighbour leaves you all his millions in a will, the money is a bequest from him to you”

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Bereft

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Deprived or left desolate, especially through death

“The children were bereaved by death of her pet”

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Beset

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To harass, to surround

“The bereft widow was beset by grief”

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Blasphemy

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An insult to something held sacred

Eg- France president prophet muhammad

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10
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Blatant

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Unpleasantly or offensively noisy

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