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PCAT B words
77
English
Undergraduate 3
06/28/2010

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Term
Baleful
Definition

Harmful, with evil intentions

 

"whale along and evil intentions"

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Balk(V)
Definition

To refuse, to shirk, prevent

 

"like balking, makes someone shirk away"

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Ballad
Definition
folk song, narrative poem
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Balm
Definition
Soothing, healing influence
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Ban(v)
Definition
Forbid, outlaw
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Banal
Definition

Trite and overly common

 

"anal, with just the common things"

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Bane
Definition
Somethine causing ruin, death, or destruction
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Banter
Definition
Playful conversation
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Bastion
Definition

Fortification, stronghold

 

"Mr. Batsion, he is the stronghold"

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Bay
Definition
To bark, esp in a dep, prolonged way
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Becalm
Definition

to make calm or still, keep motionless by lack of wind

 

"clam, to make calm or still"

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Beloud
Definition

To confuse, darken with clouds

 

"loud, like a storm and darken the storm"

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Beguile
Definition

To decieve, mislead, charm

 

"guile= trickery"

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Behmoth
Definition

Huge Creature

 

"like a moth, a big creature"

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Belabor
Definition

to insist repeatedly or harp on

 

"laborous to constantly harbor"

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Belated
Definition
late
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Beleager
Definition

To harass, plague

 

 

'leager, they always harras each other"

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Belfry
Definition
Bell tower, room in which a bell is hung
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Belie
Definition

to misrepresent, expose as false

 

 

"lie around, always false"

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Belittle
Definition
to represent as unimportant, to make light of
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Bellicose
Definition

warlike, aggressive

 

"cose, tends to be aggressive"

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Beligerent
Definition

hostile, tending to fight

 

"beligerent drunk"

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Bellow
Definition
to roar, to shout
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Bemuse
Definition
to confuse, stupefy, plunge deep into thought
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Benchmark
Definition
standard of measure
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Benefactor
Definition
Someone giving aid or money
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Beneficent
Definition
kindly, charitable, doing good deeds, producing good effects
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Benighted
Definition

unenlightened

 

"benign, someont harmess yet doesn't knkow anything"

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Benign
Definition
kindly, gentle, harmless
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Bequeath
Definition

To give or leace through a will, to hand down

 

" I bequeth to you my throne"

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Berate
Definition

To scold harshly

 

 

"when you are irate you scold someone harshly"

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Beseech
Definition
to beg, to plead, to implore
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bestial
Definition
beastly, animal-like
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bestow
Definition
to give as a gift
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Betoken
Definition

to indicate, signify, give evidence of

 

"to signify, the token evidence"

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Bevy
Definition

group

 

"bev, the wonderful group"

Term
Bias
Definition
Prejudice, slant
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Bibliography
Definition
list of books
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Bibliophile
Definition
Book lover
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bilateral
Definition
two-sided
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bilk
Definition

to cheat, defraud

 

 

" somone of ilk is mean and bad"

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billet
Definition

board and lodging for troops

 

"like a ticket for lodging for people"

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Biped
Definition
two-footed animal
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bisect
Definition
to cut into two (usually equal) parts
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blanch
Definition

to pale, take the color out of

 

"blanch, make something pale and take the color out of"

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blandish
Definition

to coax with flattery

 

"to make something bland is to coax with flattery"

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Blasphemous
Definition
cursing, profane, irreverent
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blatant
Definition

glaring, obvious, showy

 

"blatanly obvious"

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blight (v)
Definition
to afflict, destroy
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blithe
Definition

joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

 

 

"like bliss"

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bludgeon
Definition
to hit as with a short heavy club
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boisterous
Definition
rowdy, loud, unrestrained
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bombastic
Definition
using high-sounding but meaningless language
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Bonaza
Definition

extremely large amount, something profitable

 

"a bonanza is something of a large amount that is something profitable"

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Bonhome
Definition

Good natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer

 

"home is a place of good cheer"

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boon
Definition

blessing, something to be thankful for

 

"boob, be thankful for them"

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boor
Definition

Crude person, one lacking manners or taste

 

 

"boar, something that is crude"

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Botanist
Definition
scientist who studies plants
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Bountiful
Definition
plentiful
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bourgeois
Definition
middle-class
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bovine
Definition
cow-like, relating to cows
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Brazen
Definition

bold, shameless, impudent, of or like brass

 

 

"brazen and brass, something that is bold and shameless"

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Breach
Definition
act of breaking, violation
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brigand
Definition

bandit, outlaw

 

"like a brigade, some on of a bad group"

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Broach
Definition

to mention or suggest for the first time

 

"jenny broach, i saw her for the first time"

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Brusque
Definition

rough and abrupt in manner

 

 

"brisk is short and abrupt"

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buffet (v)
Definition

to strike, to hit

 

"like jimmy buffet, likes to make hits"

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Buffoon
Definition
clown or fool
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Bulwark
Definition

defense wall, anything serving as defense

 

"like a walrus, a strong defense wall"

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Burgeon
Definition

to sprout or flourish

 

"birdge sprouts and flourishes"

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Burly
Definition
Brawny, husky
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Burnish
Definition
to polish, make smooth and bright
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Bursar
Definition
Treasurer
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Bustle
Definition
commotion, energetic
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Butt
Definition
Person or thing that is object of ridicule
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Buttress (v)
Definition

To reinforce or support

 

 

"a duchess needs reinforcement and support"

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Byway
Definition

back road

 

"by the way, take the back way"

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