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bailiff

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steward; agent

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baleful

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threatening; unpleasant

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banter

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playful exchange; teasing comments

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banal

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boring and predictable; commonplace

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barrack

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shout; interrupt

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barrage

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gunfire; prolonged attack; bombard someone

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barrel

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tub, keg

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barricade

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barrier, blockade

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barrier

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anything that blocks

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barter

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to exchange goods/property

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bassinet

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baby crib

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bastion

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fort; stronghold

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beguile

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to charm/attract

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belated

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delayed

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belie

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to misrepresent/ fail to justify

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beleaguer

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to harass/ cause problems and difficulties/besiege

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bellicose

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eager and willingness to fight

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belittle

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to make small/light of

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benchmark

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standard

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belligerent

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agressive/argumentative

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benevolent

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generous; charitable

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benefactor

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sponser/supporter/patron

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benevolence

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kindness; generosity

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benign

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harmless; gentle

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bequeath

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to leave/give property by will

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berate

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to scold harshly

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bereft

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deprived; lonely and deserted

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beseech

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to beg earnestly; to plea

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bestow

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to present as a gift

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bewildered

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to confuse hopelessly/ puzzled

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bilateral

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involving two parties

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billow

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swell up/puff up

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bind

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combine/fasten/tie

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blasphemous

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irreligious/ lack of reverence for God

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blatant

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obvious/ shameless

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bleak

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not encouraging; hopeless

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blithe

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cheery; uncaring

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bloated

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swollen; stuffed

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bludgeon

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a heavy stick used as a weapon

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boisterous

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cheerfully noisy/rough

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bolster

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to support/uphold

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bombastic

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arrogant in style/attitude; pompous; blustering

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bonanza

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sudden increase in wealth/luck

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boor

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lacking manners; crude; ill-mannered

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boorish

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rude; ill-mannered

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bounty

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generousity

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booty

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spoils; loo; prize; stolen goods

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bounteous

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generous; charitable

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bountiful

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abundant; plentiful

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bourgeois

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middle-class

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bovine

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stupid; slow; unintelligent

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braggart

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a person who is boastful and talkative

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brash

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hasty and reckless; insolent; impudent

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bravado

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a bold manner; swaggering; feigned confidence

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brawl

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scuffle; tussle

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breach

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violation; breaking of agreement

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brazen

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bold; shameless

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brevity

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conciseness; briefness

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bridle

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halter; rein; lead

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brig

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two-masted ship with square sails

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brittle

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hard but easily broken

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broach

A

to begin discussion of

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brunt

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force; effect; impact; heavy part

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brusque

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abrupt; curt; offhand

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buffoon

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fool; clown

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bucolic

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rustic; rural; not fancy/sulime

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bulge

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protuberance; swelling

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burgeon

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to begin/ to grow

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burial

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interment; commital

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burnish

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to polish; to make smooth and shiny

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buttress

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to reinforce; supporter

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burrow

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hole; warren

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bystander

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onlooker; passer-by, witness

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byway

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back road, side road

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cacophony

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loud, discordant mixture of sounds; racousness

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cagey

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wary; cautious; guarded

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cajole

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to persuade; to coax

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callous

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calamitous

A

very unfortunate; disastrous

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