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n. teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation


Spelling Word: badinage
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n. being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability


Spelling Word: balance
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n. a sort of theatrical representation by dancers


Spelling Word: ballet
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n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals


Spelling Word: barn
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a. completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy


Spelling Word: beatific
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a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive


Spelling Word: belligerent
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v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry


Spelling Word: betroth
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a. swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms


Spelling Word: billowing
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v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion


Spelling Word: bolster
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a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners


Spelling Word: boorish