Vocab Flashcards by Daria Selkirk | Brainscape

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Sharp projection from fishhook

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Barb

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To

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Ad

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Barrier laid down by artillery fire

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Barrage

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Counselor at law

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Barrister

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Let down; restrain

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Bate

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Grow fat; thrive upon others

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Batten

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Giving bliss; blissful

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Beatific

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Dress with vulgar finery

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Bedizen

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Wet thoroughly

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Bedraggled

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Delude; cheat; amuse

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Beguile

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Beat soundly; assail verbally

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Belabor

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Besiege

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Beleaguer

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Warlike

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Bellicose

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Over come by darkness

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Benighted

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Kindly; favorable; not malignant

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Benign

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Deprived of; lacking

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Bereft

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Two chambered as a legislative body

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Bicameral

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Stubborn intolerance

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Bigotry

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Temporary encampment

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Bivouac

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Decorate with an heraldic coat of arms

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Blazon

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Suffering from disease; destroyed

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Blighted

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Gay; joyous

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Blithe

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Foreshadow; portend

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Bode

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Useless

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Bootless

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Middle class person

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Bourgeois

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Boasting

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Braggadocio

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Insolent

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Brazen

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Open pan in which live coals are burned

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Brazier

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Breaking of contract or duty; fissure; gap

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Breach

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Rich textured fabric

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Brocade

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Gold and silver in the form of bars

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Billion

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Earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

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Bulwark

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Self assertive

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Bumptious

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Spoil by clumsy behavior

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Bungle

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Give an imitation that ridicules

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Burlesque

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Support or prop

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Buttress

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Hiding place

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Cache

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Discordant sounds

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Cacophony

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Pick out; reject

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Cull

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Attainment of highest point

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Culmination

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Deserving blame

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Culpable

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Greed

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Cupidity

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Seek favor

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Curry

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Casual; hastily done

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Cursory

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Shorten; reduce

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Curtail