Word List 7 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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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
refrain from buying or using
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braggart
boaster
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brandish
wave around, flourish
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bravado
swagger, assumed air of defiance
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brawn
muscular strength
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brazen
insolent
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breach
breaking of contract or duty, fissure or gap
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breadth
width
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brevity
conciseness
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brittle
easily broken, difficult
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browse
graze, skim or glance
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brunt
main impact or schock
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brusque
blunt abrupt
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buffet
table with foo set out
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bufffet
slap, batter, knock about
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bulwark
earthwork or other strong deffense
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bungle
mismanage
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buoyant
able to float, cheerful and optimistic
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bureaucracy
over-regulated administrative system
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burgeon
begin to increase quickly, flourish
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burlesque
give an imitation that ridicules
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burnish
make shiny by rubbing, polish
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bustle
move about energetically, teem
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buttress
support, prop up
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cache
hiding plac
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cacophonous
discordant, inharmonious
