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| the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus |
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| revert (to bad habits); N. reverter |
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| and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights |
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| pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal |
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| harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals |
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| evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
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| heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast |
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| something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees |
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| soft and mild (of air); fragrant |
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| hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\'ed |
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| discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with |
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| posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous |
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| heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning |
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| joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter |
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| railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister |
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| shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face; Ex. barefaced lie |
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| agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power |
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| barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements; Ex. a barrage of criticism |
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| counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar |
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| trader; V. barter: trade; exchange good for other goods rather than money |
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| contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron |
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| luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth |
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| stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism |
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| let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate |
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| army unit made up of four or more companies |
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| trinket; cheap jewel; trifle |
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| indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd |
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| giving or showing bliss; blissful |
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| blessedness; state of great happiness |
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| wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled |
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| father; become the father of; produce; give rise to |
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| envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success. |
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| deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex. beguiling smile |
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| huge creature; something of monstrous size or power |
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| obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude |
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| be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do. |
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| harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically |
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| besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset |
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| contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure. |
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| lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of |
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| confused; lost in thought; preoccupied |
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| gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose |
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| helpful; useful; advantageous |
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| person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will |
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| advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits |
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| generous; charitable; having a wish to do good |
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| kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor |
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| determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination |
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| leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest |
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| state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft |
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| mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited |
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| harass or trouble from all directions; hem in |
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| surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually |
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| beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel |
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| signify; indicate; be a sign of |
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| be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety. |
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| large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets |
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| cast a spell over; captivate completely |
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| two-chambered as a legislative body |
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| command; utter (a greeting); offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom |
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| divided into two branches; forked |
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| one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics) |
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| suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated |
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| large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows |
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| swelling out in waves; surging |
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| sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex. biting wind/remarks |
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| having a sharp biting taste; ¾´; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tears |
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| temporary encampment; camp without tents; V. |
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| fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional |
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| vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
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| bleach; whiten; make white or pale |
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| soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence |
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| loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light |
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| bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored |
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| irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege |
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| extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy |
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| cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing |
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| mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished |
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| plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy |
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| complete happiness; ADJ. blissful |
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| (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air |
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| spot; blot; CF. blot+botch |
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| talkative boaster; braggart |
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| club; heavy-headed weapon; V. |
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| state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
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| pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured |
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| having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
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| utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement |
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| become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N. |
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| blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale |
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| soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud |
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| counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview |
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| door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a | door); gobble down |
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| attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard |
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| grandiloquent, pompous speech |
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| pompous; using inflated language |
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| fond of books and reading |
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| blessing; benefit; something very helpful |
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| lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase |
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| clear beef (or meat) soup |
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| leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to |
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| generous; graciously generous; showing bounty |
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| middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions |
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| match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu |
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| cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm |
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| plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment (as of hair) |
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| trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar. |
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| wave around (a weapon); flourish |
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| swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery |
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| face courageously; Ex. brave the storm |
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| human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness |
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| muscular; having well-developed muscles |
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| insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence |
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| breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. |
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| produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant |
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| conciseness; shortness of duration |
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| harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger |
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| uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim |
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| tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) |
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| edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon |
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| hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation |
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| platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement |
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| sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time |
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| tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream |
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| main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument |
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| blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice |
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| strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set |
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| bugbear; object of baseless terror |
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| protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude |
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| size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size |
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| gold and silver in the form of bars |
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| one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V. |
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| strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends |
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| hit or knock against with force; N. |
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| mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior |
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| able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market |
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| overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic |
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| grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon |
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| give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly |
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| make shiny by rubbing; polish |
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| piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster |
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