Word List 7 Flashcards by Heather Succar | Brainscape

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blase

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bored with pleasure

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blasphemy

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irreverence, sacrilege, cursing

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blatant

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flagrant, conspicuously obvious, loudly offensive

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bleak

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cold or cheerless

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blighted

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suffering from a disease

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blithe

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joyous, carefree

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bluff

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rough but good natured

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bluff

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pretense of strength, deception, high cliff

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blunder

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error

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blurt

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utter impulsively

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bluster

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blow in heavy gusts

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bode

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foreshadow, portend

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bogus

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counterfeit, not authentic

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bohemian

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unconventional

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boisterous

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violent, rough, noisy

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bolster

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support, reinforce

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bolt

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door bar, fastening pin or screw, length of fabric

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bolt

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dash or dart off

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booming

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deep and resonant, flourishing

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boon

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benefit, blessing

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boorish

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rude, insensitive

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boundless

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unlimited, vast

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bountiful

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abundant, graciously generous

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bourgeois

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middle class, selfishly materialistic

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boycott

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refrain from buying or using

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braggart

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boaster

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brandish

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wave around, flourish

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bravado

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swagger, assumed air of defiance

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brawn

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muscular strength

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brazen

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insolent

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breach

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breaking of contract or duty, fissure or gap

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breadth

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width

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brevity

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conciseness

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brittle

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easily broken, difficult

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browse

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graze, skim or glance

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brunt

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main impact or schock

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brusque

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blunt abrupt

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buffet

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table with foo set out

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bufffet

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slap, batter, knock about

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bulwark

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earthwork or other strong deffense

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bungle

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mismanage

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buoyant

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able to float, cheerful and optimistic

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bureaucracy

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over-regulated administrative system

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burgeon

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begin to increase quickly, flourish

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burlesque

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give an imitation that ridicules

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burnish

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make shiny by rubbing, polish

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bustle

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move about energetically, teem

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buttress

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support, prop up

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cache

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hiding plac

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cacophonous

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discordant, inharmonious