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beg, crave, beseech, implore, entreat, importune.
These verbs mean to make an earnest request.
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below, under, beneath, underneath.
These adverbs denote the position, or status of people, objects or places.
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behavior, conduct, deportment.
These nouns all pertain to a person's actions as they constitute a means of
evaluation by others.
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beneficial, profitable, advantageous.
These adjectives apply to what promotes benefit or gain.
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blame, fault, guilt.
These nouns are compared in the sense of responsibility for an offense.
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blaze, flame, flare, flash, glare, incandescence, glow.
These nouns denote bright light, especially when it is a visible sign of
combustion.
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blemish, imperfection, fault, defect, flaw.
All of these nouns denote loss or absence of perfection.
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boast, brag, crow, vaunt.
These verbs all mean to speak with pride, often excessive pride, about
oneself or something, such as one's possessions, related to oneself.
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body, corpse, carcass, cadaver.
These nouns denote the physical organism of a person or an animal.
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boil, simmer, seethe, stew.
These verbs refer to the state of liquid in cooking and to allegories of
people's state of mind.
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bombast, rant, claptrap.
All these nouns designate speech or writing marked by an extravagance or
affectation of style that the content does not warrant.
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bonus, bounty, subsidy, premium, prize, reward, gratuity.
Each of these nouns denotes a form of extra payment.
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