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06 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency bard poet noun baroque highly ornate adj. barrage barrier laid down by artillery fire noun barrister counselor-at-law noun barter trader noun bask luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth verb bassoon reed instrument of the woodwind family noun bastion fortress; defense noun bate let down; restrain verb bauble trinket; trifle noun bawdy indecent; obscene adj. beatific giving bliss; blissful adj. beatitude blessedness; state of bliss noun bedizen dress with vulgar finery verb bedraggle wet thoroughly verb befuddle confuse thoroughly verb beget father, produce; give raise to verb begrudge resent verb beguile amuse; delude, cheat verb behemoth huge creature; monstrous animal noun beholden obligated; indebted adj. behoove be suited to, be incumbent upon verb belabor explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; attach verball y verb belated delayed adj. beleaguer besiege verb belie contradict; give a false impression verb * belittle disparage; depreciate verb bellicose warlike adj. belligerent quarrelsome adj. bemused confused; lost in thought; preoccupied adj. benediction blessing noun benefactor gift giver; patron noun beneficent kindly; doing good adj. beneficiary person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy o r will noun benevolent generous; charitable adj. * benign kindly; favorable; not malignant adj. * benignity state of being kind, benign, gracious noun benison blessing noun bent determined adj. bent natural talent or inclination noun bequeath leave to someone by a will; hand down verb * berate scold strongly verb bereavement state of being valuable or loved noun bereft deprived of; lacking adj. berserk frenzied adj. beset harass; trouble verb besmirch soil; defile verb bestial beastlike; brutal adj. bestow give verb

betroth become engaged to marry verb bevy large group noun biased slanted; prejudiced adj. bicameral two-chambered, as a legislative body bicker quarrel verb biennial every two years adj. bigotry stubborn intolerance noun bilious suffering from ingestion; irritable adj. bilk swindle; cheat verb billowing rising or swelling like waves adj. bivouac temporary encampment noun bizarre fantastic; violently contrasting adj. blanch bleach; whiten verb bland soothing; mild, dull adj. blandishment flattery noun blase bored with pleasure or dissipation adj. blasphemy cursing; irreverence; sacrilege noun blatant flagrant; consciously obvious; loudly offensive bleak cold; cheerless adj. blighted suffering for a disease; destroyed blithe gay; joyous adj. bloated swollen or puffed as with water or air adj. bludgeon club; heavy-headed weapon noun bluff pretense(of strength); deception; high cliff

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