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v. cause to become financially ruin; ruin


Spelling Word: bankrupt
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n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors


Spelling Word: barbecue
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a. desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking


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a. having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy; muscular in build; strong or muscular


Spelling Word: beefy
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n. a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely


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v. leave to someone by a will; hand down


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v. surround with armed forces; harass with requests


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a. composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches


Spelling Word: bicameral
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a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


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n. small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present


Spelling Word: bouquet