Vocab:B Flashcards

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Banal

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Commonplace; trite

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Bacchanalian

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Pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry

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Banter

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Playful conversation

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Bard

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Poet

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Bawdy

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Obscene

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Beatify

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To sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to

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Bedizen

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To dress in a vulgar,showy manner

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Behemoth

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Huge creature; anything very large and powerful

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Belie

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To contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

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Beneficent

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Kindly; doing good

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Bifurcate

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To divide into two parts

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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Blase

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Bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned

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Bolster

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To give a boost to; prop up; support

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Bombastic

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Pompous; using inflated language

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Boorish

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Rude; insensitive

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Bovine

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Cow like

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Brazen

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Bold; shameless

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Broach

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To mention for the first time

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Bucolic

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Characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral

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Burgeon

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To flourish

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Burnish

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To polish

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Buttress

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To reinforce; support