Flash card # 53
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Backfire : To have the reverse of the
desired or expected effect
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Background : The scenery or ground
behind something
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Bagging : Confusing or puzzling
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Baleful : Deadly or pernicious in
influence
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Balk : To abruptly refuse in comply
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Flash card # 54
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Ballad : A narrative song with a
recurrent refrains
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Ballot : A document used in voting that
lists the choices
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Banal : Lacking originality, freshness,
or novelty
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Bane : Something that causes misery or
death; curse; ruin
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Bankruptcy : The state of being actually
or legally ruined financially
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Flash card # 55
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Banned : Prohibited especially by legal
means
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Banquet : An elaborate and often
ceremonious meal
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Bar : The body of individuals qualified
to practice law
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Bard : A lyric poet
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Barely : In a meager manner
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Flash card # 56
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Bark : Tough protective covering of the
woody stems and roots of trees
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Barrage : The rapid and continuous
delivery of linguistic communication; outpouring
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Barred : Prevented entry or exit or a
course of action
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Barren : Producing little or no
vegetation
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Barrier : A structure or object that
impedes free movement
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Flash card # 57
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Bashful : Self consciously timid; very
modest
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Basic : Of or relating to essential
structure, function, or facts
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Basis : The bottom of something
considered as its foundation
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Battery : The unlawful beating of
another; willful, violent. Or negligent touching of
another person
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Bay : An inlet or the sea or other body
of water usually smaller than a gulf
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Flash card # 58
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Beacon : A signal or conspicuous mark
erected as a guiding device
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Beam : Ray of light
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Bearing : Having as feature or
characteristic
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Bedazzled : Impressed forcefully;
enchanted
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Befriend : To act as a friend to; become
friendly with
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