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SAT Vocabulary - B
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11th Grade
10/10/2013
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babbittry
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smugness
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basso
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low male voice
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bastion
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fort
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bathos
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sentimentality
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bagatelle
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nonentity, trifle
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batten
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fasten, board up
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bailiwick
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area of concern or business
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battery
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physical attack
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baleen
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whalebone
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bauble
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trinket
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baleful
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hostile, malignant
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beatify
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sanctify
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balk
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hesitate
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balky
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hesitant
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ballad
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song
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beatitude
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state of bliss
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beckon
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lure
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becoming
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proper
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ballast
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counterbalance
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ballistics
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study of projectiles
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befit
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to be suitable
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balm
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soothing ointment
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beget
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produce, procreate
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banal
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trite
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begrudge
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resent, envy
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bandy
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exchange
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bane
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poison, nuisance
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barbarian
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savage
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bard
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poet
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baroque
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ornate
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barrister
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lawyer
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beguile
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deceive, seduce
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behemoth
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monster
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behest
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command
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beholden
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in debt
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belabor
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assail verbally
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belated
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delayed, overdue
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bask
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take pleasure in, sun
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beleaguer
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besiege
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belfry
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bell tower
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betrothed
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engaged
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belie
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misrepresent
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bevy
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group
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belittle
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disparage
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bibliography
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list of sources of information
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bellicose
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warlike
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bicameral
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having two legislative branches
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belligerent
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combative
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bicker
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quarrel
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bellow
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shout
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biennial
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occurring every two years
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bellwether
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leader, guide
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bilateral
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two-sided
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bemoan
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lament
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bilious
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ill-tempered
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bemused
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bewildered
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bilk
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swindle
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benchmark
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standard
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biodegradable
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naturally decaying
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benediction
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blessing
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biopsy
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removing tissue for examination
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benefactor
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patron
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biped
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two-footed animal
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benevolent
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kind
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bistro
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tavern, cafe
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benign
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harmless
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bivouac
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encampment
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bent
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determined
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blandish
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flatter, grovel
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bequeath
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will
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blase
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bored with life
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bequest
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gift, endowment
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blasphemy
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insulting God
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berate
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scold
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bleak
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cheerless
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bereave
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rob
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blight
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decay
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bereft
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deprived of
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bliss
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happiness
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berserk
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crazed
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blithe
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joyous
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beseech
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implore
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bloated
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swollen
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beset
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harass, encircle
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bode
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portend
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besiege
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beleaguer, surround
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bogus
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forged, false
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besmirch
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slander, sully
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bogy
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bugbear
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bespeak
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attest
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boisterous
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noisy
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bestial
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beast-like, brutal
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bolt
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move quickly and suddenly
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bestow
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offer, grant
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bombast
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pompous speech
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bon vivant
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gourmet, epicure
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bona fide
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made in good faith
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bonanza
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a stroke of luck
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boon
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payoff
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boor
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vulgar person
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bootless
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unavailing
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booty
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loot
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botch
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bungle
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bourgeois
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middle class
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bovine
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cow-like
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bulwark
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fortification
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buncombe
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empty, showy talk
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buoyant
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floatable
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burgeon
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sprout
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burlesque
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farce
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burly
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husky
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buttress
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support
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boycott
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abstain in protest
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bracing
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refreshing
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brackish
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salty
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brandish
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display menacingly
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bravado
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feigned bravery
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bravura
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technically difficult
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brawn
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strength
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brevity
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shortness of expression
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brigand
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robber
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brink
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edge
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broach
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bring up a topic of conversation
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bromide
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cliche
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brook
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tolerate
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browbeat
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to bully
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brusque
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curt
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bucolic
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rustic
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buffet
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blow
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buffoon
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fool
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