B
Alien
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Back in which the
spine is curved in an abnormal way
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Hunchback
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Bad or immoral
behaviour or habits
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Vice
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Bad or immoral
behaviour that involves sex, drugs, alcohol, etc.
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Debauchery
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Bad or
unfavorable; not good
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Untoward
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Based on random
choices or personal whims,rather than any reason or system
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Arbitrary
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Based on what is
known or seen when something is first considered or dealt with
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Prima facie
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Basic equipment
and structures (such as roads and bridges) that are needed for a
country,region, or organization to function properly
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Infrastructure
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Be a sign of
(something that is beginning to happen or will happen soon)
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Herald
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Be angry or upset
about something and to refuse to discuss it with other people
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Sulk
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Be deprived of a
close relation or friend through their death
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Bereave
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Be repeated
several times as it is reflected off different surface
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Reverberate
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Beat or whip
(someone) severely
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Flog
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Beautiful woman;
the most beautiful woman in a particular place
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Belle
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Beginning or
first appearance of something
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Dawning
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Beginning or
origin of something
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Genesis
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Beginning to
develop or exist
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Incipient
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Beginning to
exist; recently formed or developed
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Nascent
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Behaviour that is
accepted as socially or morally correct and proper
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Propriety
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Behaviour that
shows low morals and a great love of pleasure, money, fame, etc
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Decadence
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Behaviour in
which somebody pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not
actually have
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Hypocrisy
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Behaviour, in
particular sexual or legally dubious behaviour; considered improper but not
seriously so
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Hanky panky
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Beliefs or ideas
that are very important to a group
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Tenet
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Beliefs or
opinions that do not agree with the official belief or opinion of a
particular religion
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Heresy
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Beliefs that
particular events happen in a way that cannot be explained by reason or
science
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Superstition
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Belonging or
relating to heaven
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Celestial
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Belonging to a
foreign country, supposedly from another world; unfamiliar and disturbing or
distasteful
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Alien
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Belonging to a
particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else
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Indigenous
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Belonging to the
basic nature of someone or something
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Inherent
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Belonging to the
middle class
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Bourgeois
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Below or beneath
(something)
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Underneath
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Bending down or
over; doing something that is not honest, fair, etc.
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Stoop
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Benefits which
one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one's job or position
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Perquisite
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Best or most
important part of something; the point of greatest success or achievement
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Pinnacle
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Best or most
important person or thing
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Numero uno
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Best or most
important thing owned or produced by a particular organization
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Flagship
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Better than all
others
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Par excellence
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Blaming or
insulting (someone) in strong or violent language
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Vituperate
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Block of stone or
wood that is used as the base for a pillar, statue, etc.
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Plinth
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Body of remedial
substances used in the practice of medicine
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Materia medica
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Books, articles,
etc., that discuss a subject carefully and thoroughly
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Treatise
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Border or line
that separates two things, such as types of work, groups of people or areas
of land
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Demarcation
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Boring or
unpleasant work that does not require special skill and usually does not pay
much money
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Menial
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Bottom edge of a
dress, skirt, or coat
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Hemline
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Break off (a
meeting, legal case , or game) with the intention of resuming it later
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Adjorn
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Brief and direct
in a way that may seem rude or unfriendly
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Terse
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Brief and usually
unplanned fight during a war
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Skirmish
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Brief time when
an action or activity stops
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Lull
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Brief trips taken
for pleasure
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Jaunt
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Brief trips that
people take for fun usually as a group
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Outing
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Brief written
messages or reports from one person or department in a company or
organization to another
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Memorandum
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Bringing (someone
who is unconscious, not breathing, or close to death) back to a conscious or
active state again
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Resuscitate
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Broken parts of a
vehicle, building, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed
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Wreckage
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Brother or sister
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Sibling
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Building and the
area of land that it is on, statement or idea that is accepted as being true
and that is used as the basis of an argument
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Premise
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Building in which
grain is stored
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Granary
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Building in which
the bodies of dead people are burned
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Crematorium
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Building or
chamber above or below the ground in which a dead body is kept
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Tomb
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Building or room
in which images of stars, planets, etc., are shown on a high, curved ceiling
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Planetarium
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Building that is
used for Jewish religious services
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Synagogue
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Building where
aircrafts are kept
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Hangar
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Business of
making fashionable and expensive clothes for women
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Haute couture
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Businesses that
make money through illegal activities, loud, unpleasant noise
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Racket
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By or for each
person
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Per capita
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