Word List B Flashcards

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Babble (v.)

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chatter idly. The little girl babbled about her doll.

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Bacchanalian (adj.)

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drunken. Emperor Nero attended the bacchanalian orgy.

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Badger (v.)

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pester; annoy. She was forced to change her telephone number because she was badgered by obscene phone calls.

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Badinage (n.)

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teasing conversation. Her friends at work greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful badinage.

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Baffle (v.)

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frustrate; perplex. The new code baffled the enemy agents.

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