B Flashcards

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Badger (v)

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To pester

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Baffle (v)

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To confuse

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Baleful (adj)

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Threatening or menacing

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Banal (adj)

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Lacking in originality, commonplace

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Barring (preposition)

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If not for, without considering, if there are no

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Beau (n)

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A boyfriend

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Becalm (v)

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To make calm

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Befog (v)

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To make confused

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Beget (v)

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To cause, bring about

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Begrudge (v)

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Envy someone for something he has

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Belie (v)

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To not fully represent, to fail to give a true impression

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Bellicose (adj)

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Aggressive

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Belligerent (adj)

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Aggressive

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Bemoan (v)

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Complain, lament

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Beneficent (adj)

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Of a person being generous or doing good

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Benevolent (adj)

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Kind

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Benign (adj)

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Kind and gentle

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Benison (n)

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A blessing

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Bequeath (v)

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To leave something to a person in a will

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Bereave (v)

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Be deprived of a close relation of friend by their death

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Beseech (v)

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To implore

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Beset (v)

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Of a problem troubling someone persistently

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Bestial (adj)

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Of or like animals relating to animals

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Bethink (v)

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To think of something

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Betide (v)
Happen
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Betroth (v)
To engage to marry
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Bibliophile (n)
One who loves books
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Bibulous (adj)
Fond of drinking
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Bide (v)
Remain or stay somewhere
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Biennial (adj)
Taking place every other year
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Biannual (adj)
Taking place twice each year
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Bigamy (n)
The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living
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Bilateral (adj)
Involving both parties
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Biped (n)
An animal that uses two legs for walking
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Blasé (adj)
Being indifferent to sth because one has experienced it so often
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Blatant (adj) 2
Very obvious, a bad action done openly and unashamedly
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Blazon (v)
To display prominently or vividly
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Blemish (v)
To spoil the appearance of sth
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Blithe (adj)
Happy
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Bolster (v)
To support
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Bombastic (adj)
High sounding but with little meaning
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Boorish (adj)
Rude
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Bountiful (adj)
Showing abundance
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Bravado (n)
A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate
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Brevity (n) 2
Concise in writing, shortness of time
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Broach (v)
Raise a difficult subject for discussion
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Browbeat (v)
To intimidate someone into doing something with abusive words
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Brusque (adj)
Rough, abrupt, impatient in manner or speech
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Bulbous (adj)
Fat round or bulging
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Bumptious (adj)
Full of oneself
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Bungle (v)
Carry out a task clumsily or incompetently
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Bustle (v)
To hurry
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Buttress (v)
To increase the strength of or justification for, reinforce