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| banal | ordinary, unoriginal; The speech was so ______he fell asleep |
| bane | to poison, cause harm, His actions are so ____they are harmful. |
| bastion | fortress, stronghold, The robbers escaped to their ________ and hid. |
| beget | create, cause, One lie _______another lie. |
| belabor | to go over repeatedly, I feel the boring speaker will _________his report. |
| beleaguer | surround, harass; The king was so __________by his failure he never came outside. |
| belie | give false impression; The neat looking yard ______the disaster inside. |
| belittle | put someone down; We felt bad after the teacher _______our efforts. |
| belligerent | quarrelsome, combative; The bigger kid was ________to the little boy. |
| bemused | confused; The student was ___________about the questions on the test. |
| machination | scheming for evil; The killers left __________at the crime scene. |
| magnanimous | forgiving, generous; He gave a ___________gift to the school. |
| magnate | powerful, The billionnaire was a _______who got his money from gold. |
| malaise | feeling of depression; They had a feeling of ________over the news of the death. |
| malfeasance | illegal act by an official; The mayor was convicted of a _________when he took money from the banker. |
| malignant | causing harm; The cancer tumor was ____________. |
| malinger | pretend to be sick; Claiming to be sick, John _______so he didn't have to take the test. |
| malleable | easy to shape, We could make animals from the _______clay. |
| mandate | command; The president gave a __________to over rule the will of the people. |
| manifest | visible, evident. The damage from the radiation _________itself in later years. |
| manifesto | public declaration; The king delivered a __________of his demands on the people. |
