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FLASH CARDS # 53 - 58






Flash card # 53




  • Backfire : To have the reverse of the desired or expected effect

  • Background : The scenery or ground behind something

  • Bagging : Confusing or puzzling

  • Baleful : Deadly or pernicious in influence

  • Balk : To abruptly refuse in comply






Flash card # 54




  • Ballad : A narrative song with a recurrent refrains

  • Ballot : A document used in voting that lists the choices

  • Banal : Lacking originality, freshness, or novelty

  • Bane : Something that causes misery or death; curse; ruin

  • Bankruptcy : The state of being actually or legally ruined financially



Flash card # 55




  • Banned : Prohibited especially by legal means

  • Banquet : An elaborate and often ceremonious meal

  • Bar : The body of individuals qualified to practice law

  • Bard : A lyric poet

  • Barely : In a meager manner





Flash card # 56




  • Bark : Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees

  • Barrage : The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication; outpouring

  • Barred : Prevented entry or exit or a course of action

  • Barren : Producing little or no vegetation

  • Barrier : A structure or object that impedes free movement



Flash card # 57




  • Bashful : Self consciously timid; very modest

  • Basic : Of or relating to essential structure, function, or facts

  • Basis : The bottom of something considered as its foundation

  • Battery : The unlawful beating of another; willful, violent. Or negligent touching of another person

  • Bay : An inlet or the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf



Flash card # 58




  • Beacon : A signal or conspicuous mark erected as a guiding device

  • Beam : Ray of light

  • Bearing : Having as feature or characteristic

  • Bedazzled : Impressed forcefully; enchanted

  • Befriend : To act as a friend to; become friendly with




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