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n.
a sort of theatrical representation by dancers


Spelling Word: ballet
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n.
printed or written ticket used in voting; act of voting; whole number of votes cast at an election


Spelling Word: ballot
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n. Syn. feast
feast; entertainment of eating and drinking


Spelling Word: banquet
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a. Syn. desolate
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking


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n.
inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf; small body of water set off from the main body


Spelling Word: bay
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v. Syn. perform; [___] oneself
perform; conduct oneself in a proper way


Spelling Word: behave
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v.
make an offer of; propose; offer in words; declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance


Spelling Word: bid
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n.
wooden boards collectively; act of entering a ship; supplying with meals and lodgings for pay


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v. Syn. drill
drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill


Spelling Word: bore
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n.
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction


Spelling Word: brake