Session 17 Flashcards
1
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Blight
A
A disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
2
Q
Blithe
A
Carefree, cheerful
3
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Bourgeois
A
Middle Class, usually in a pejorative sense, boring conventional
4
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Bovine
A
Cow related, cowlike
5
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Brevity
A
Briefness
6
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Broach
A
To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject
7
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Bucolic
A
Charmingly Rural
8
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Bureaucracy
A
A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices.
People who work in bureaucracy are called bureaucrats
9
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Burgeon
A
To expand, to flourish
10
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Burlesque
A
exaggerated imitation
