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Word Smart Set 13-15
Bland to Captial
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11th Grade
10/27/2010
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blandishment
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flattery
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bliss
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perfect contentment
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bluster
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to roar, to be loud
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bombast
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pompous or pretentious speech
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bon vivant
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a person who enjoys good food
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bona fide
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sincere, done or made in good faith
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boon
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a blessing
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boor
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a rude or churlish person
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booty
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goods taken from an enemy in war
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botch
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to ruin through poor effort
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bracing
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invigorating
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brandish
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wave or display threatingly
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bravado
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a false show or ostentatious show of bravery
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brawn
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big muscles
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brazen
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impudent; bold
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breach
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a violation
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brink
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edge
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bristle
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to stiffen with anger; to act in a way suggestive of an animal whose hair is standing on end
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bromide
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a dull, obvious saying
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brouhaha
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uproar, hubhub
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brusque
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abrupt in manner
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buffoon
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a joker, who is coarse or acts like an ass
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bulwark
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a wall used as a defensive fortification
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byzantine
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extremely intricate or complicated in structure; having to do with the Byzantine Empire
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cabal
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a group of conspirators
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cache
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a hiding place
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calamity
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a disaster
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callous
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insensitive
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calumny
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slander
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canon
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a rule or law, especially a religious one
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cant
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insincere or hypocritical speech
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canvass
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to seek votes or opinions
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capacious
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spacious; roomy
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capital
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the town or city that is the seat of government; money, equipment
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