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When we first met, she was a bashful young girl of fifteen who
had no notion of her own beauty.
basic adj. fundamental, essential, key, elementary, underlying,
prime, primary, root; principal, central, focal, vital: He
enrolled for a basic course in Sanskrit. We must reconsider the
basic facts.
basis n. 1 foundation, base, bottom, heart, footing, principle,
underpinning; infrastructure: The three R's form the basis of
elementary education. Do you think our society still rests on
the basis of the family? 2 essence, main ingredient or
constituent, point of departure: The basis of the discussion is
that the hospitals are understaffed.
batch n. 1 quantity, lot; amount, volume: Mother baked a huge batch
of bread. 2 set, group, number, quantity, assortment, bunch,
pack, collection: Please sort this batch of cards into
alphabetical order.
batter v. 1 beat, hit, strike, clout, belabour, pound, pummel or
pommel, pelt, bash, smite, thrash, Colloq wallop, clobber: He
was battered till he was black and blue. 2 bombard, attack,
assault: Battering by the cannons finally breached the wall of
the fort. 3 maltreat, mistreat, ill-treat, abuse; maul, bruise,
harm, mangle, disfigure: The police report an increase in
complaints about battered wives and children.
battle n. 1 fight, conflict, combat, action, encounter, clash,
engagement, struggle, Donnybrook, fray, Law affray; brawl,
fracas, mˆl‚e or melee; contest; duel, hand-to-hand encounter:
You won the battle, but you lost the war. And now, the battle
between the world champion and the challenger! 2 argument,
dispute, altercation, quarrel, war; contest, competition;
struggle, fight, crusade, campaign: The battle spilt out of the
restaurant and into the street. We are not yet winning the
battle against AIDS.
--v. 3 Usually, battle against. fight, contend or struggle or
fight with or strive against, combat: We must battle against
ignorance at every opportunity.
bauble n. gewgaw, trinket, ornament, trifle, toy, bagatelle,