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KEY: Blockhead.
SYN: Dolt, dunderhead, jolterhead, dunce, ninny, numskull, dullard, simpleton, booby, loggerhead, ignoramus.
ANT: Sage, adept, luminary, schoolman, philosopher, savant.
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KEY: Bloodshed.
SYN: Slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery.
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KEY: Bloodthirsty.
SYN: Gory, bloody, murderous, inhuman, cruel, ruthless, savage.
ANT: Humane, kind, merciful.
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KEY: Bloom.
SYN: Blossom, bud, flower, sprout, germinate, beauty, freshness, delicacy.
ANT: Decay, decadence, coarseness, blight, blast, harshness, roughness, toughness, superannuation, cadaverousness, ghastliness.
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KEY: Blooming.
SYN: Flourishing, fair, flowering, blossoming, young, beautiful.
ANT: Fading, waning, blighted, old, blasted, paralyzed, superannuated, unsightly, deformed.
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KEY: Blot \v.\
SYN: Obscure, tarnish, spoil, sully, spot, discolor, pollute, obliterate, erase, blur, stain, blotch, smear, smutch.
ANT: Elucidate, clear, absterge, perpetuate, cleanse, manifest, conserve.
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KEY: Blot out.
SYN: Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, wipe out, obliterate, destroy.
ANT: Restore, replace.
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KEY: Blotch, [See BLOT].
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KEY: Blow.
SYN: Puff, blast, breath, stroke, infliction, wound, disappointment, affliction, knock, shock, calamity, misfortune.
ANT: Assuagement, consolation, relief, comfort, blessing, sparing.
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KEY: Bluff.
SYN: Bare, open, bold, abrupt, frank, plain-spoken, blunt, surly, rude, blustering, swaggering, brusque, hectoring, coarse, discourteous, rough, bullying.
ANT: Undulating, inclined, inabrupt, courteous, polished, reserved.
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KEY: Blunder.
SYN: Error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion, slip.
ANT: Accuracy, truthfulness, exactness, correctness, faultlessness, ratification, atonement, foresight, prevention, hit, success, achievement, correction.
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KEY: Blunt \a.\
SYN: Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless, insensitive, bluff, coarse, impolite, plain-mannered, uncivil, rude.
ANT: Sharp, keen, pointed, acute, aculeated, sensitive, polished, bland, eloquent, courteous, reserved.
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KEY: Blunt \v.\
SYN: To subdue, repress, tranquilize, discourage, ossify, numb, harden.
ANT: Quicken, sharpen, instigate, suscitate, stimulate, animate, excite, vitalize.
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KEY: Blur, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Blush.
SYN: Bloom, color, carnation, complexion, aspect, shame, confusion, guiltiness, self-reproach.
ANT: Innocence, purity, guiltlessness, unconsciousness, boldness, effrontery.
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KEY: Bluster.
SYN: Storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag.
ANT: [See BRAG].
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KEY: Blustering, [See BLUFF].
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KEY: Boast \v.\
SYN: Vaunt, brag, swagger, swell, bluster, vapor, triumph, glory.
ANT: [See BRAG].
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KEY: Boasting, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bode.
SYN: Foretell, betoken, foreshadow, presage, predict, prophesy, promise, forebode, herald, announce, prognosticate, portend, augur.
ANT: Relate, record, narrate, remember.
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KEY: Bodily.
SYN: Collectively, wholly, summarily, unitedly, compactedly, together, corporeal, fleshy, material, physical.
ANT: Piecemeal, partially, ghostly, fragmentarily, gradually, spiritual.
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KEY: Body.
SYN: Substance, mass, whole, substantiality, collectiveness, assemblage, collection, matter, association, organization.
ANT: Spirit, soul, individual.
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KEY: Boggle.
SYN: Halt, hesitate, dubitate, falter, blunder, blotch, botch, spoil, mar.
ANT: Encounter, face, advance, refine, clear, work, perfect, complete, beautify.
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KEY: Boll.
SYN: bubble, effervesce, rage, explode, fume.
ANT: Calm, subside, recover, cool.
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KEY: Boisterous.
SYN: Loud, violent, unrestrained, tempestuous, stormy, uncontrolled, intemperate.
ANT: Peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed.
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KEY: Bold.
SYN: Courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, self-confident, forward, intrepid, dauntless, valiant, daring, audacious, lion-hearted, doughty.
ANT: Timid, fearful, inadventurous, shy, bashful, retiring.
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KEY: Bolster.
SYN: Support, prop, help, aid, sustain, subsidize, patch, tinker, buoy.
ANT: Depress, dispirit, relax.
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KEY: Bombast.
SYN: Rhodomontade, braggadocio, gasconade, bluster, inflatedness, pomposity, exaggerativeness, fustian.
ANT: Truthfulness, moderation, refrain, veracity, modesty, temperateness, humility.
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KEY: Bombastic, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bond.
SYN: Tie, fastening, chain, association, manacle, fetter, compact, obligation, security.
ANT: Freedom, option, discretion, honor, parole.
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KEY: Bondage.
SYN: Servitude, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, subjection, serfdom, thraldom, captivity, slavery.
ANT: Freedom, liberty, independence, manumission, liberation.
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KEY: Bondsman.
SYN: Slave, serf, prisoner, captive, vassal.
ANT: Freeman, yeoman, gentleman, lord, master.
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KEY: Bonny.
SYN: Fair, pretty, pleasant, lively, cheerful, shapely, buxom.
ANT: Dull, unseemly, ill-favored, deformed.
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KEY: Bonus.
SYN: Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.
ANT: Fine, penalty, mulct, amercement, discount.
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KEY: Booby.
SYN: Idiot, dunce, numskull.
ANT: Wiseacre, solon, oracle.
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KEY: booklist.
SYN: Studious, erudite, pedantic, learned.
ANT: Unbookish, unstudious, inerudite, unlearned, ignorant, uneducated.
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KEY: Boorish, [See CLOWNISH].
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KEY: Bootless.
SYN: Useless, profitless, unavailing, abortive.
ANT: Useful, profitable, availing, effective, effectual.
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KEY: Booty.
SYN: Plunder, blackmail, loot, spoils, prey, pillage.
ANT: Restitution, fine, confiscation, forfeiture, amercement, penalty.
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KEY: Border.
SYN: Limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, brim, edge, edging, band, hem, enclosure, confine.
ANT: Land, tract, interior, substance, space, centre.
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KEY: Border on.
SYN: Be contiguous to, be adjacent to, conterminous with, adjoin, adjacent to.
ANT: Remote from, away from.
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KEY: Bore.
SYN: Perforate, pierce, weary, penetrate.
ANT: Please, gratify, delight.
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KEY: Bosom.
SYN: Breast, hollow, valley, deep, bed, centre, heart, mind, soul, will.
ANT: Surface, exterior, manner, deportment, demeanor.
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KEY: Botch.
SYN: Patch, cobble, blunder, clump, disconcert, spoil, jumble, mess, bungle, mar, blacksmith.
ANT: Fine-draw, trim, harmonize, mend, beautify, embroider, manipulate, handle, manage.
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KEY: Both.
SYN: Twain.
ANT: Neither.
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KEY: Bother.
SYN: Fuse, worry, pester, excitement, stir, plague, vex, annoy, tease, confusion, vexation, flurry, trouble.
ANT: Calm, composure, orderliness, peace, quiet.
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KEY: Bottom.
SYN: Deep, profound, floor, groundwork, depth, ground, foot.
ANT: Top, summit, apex, crown, brow, surface.
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KEY: Bound \n.\
SYN: Limit, boundary, inclosure, confine, border.
ANT: [See BORDER].
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KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: Confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain.
ANT: Enlarge, open, extend, spread out.
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KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: To leap, jump, frisk, spring, skip.
ANT: Hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble.
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KEY: Boundary, [See BOUND].
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KEY: Boundless.
SYN: Unbounded, immeasurable, infinite, unlimited, illimitable, unmeasurable.
