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When we first met, she was a bashful young girl of fifteen who<br />

had no notion of her own beauty.<br />

basic<br />

basis<br />

adj. fundamental, essential, key, elementary, underlying,<br />

prime, primary, root; principal, central, focal, vital: He<br />

enrolled for a basic course in Sanskrit. We must reconsider the<br />

basic facts.<br />

n. 1 foundation, base, bottom, heart, footing, principle,<br />

underpinning; infrastructure: The three R's form the basis of<br />

elementary education. Do you think our society still rests on<br />

the basis of the family? 2 essence, main ingredient or<br />

constituent, point of departure: The basis of the discussion is<br />

that the hospitals are understaffed.<br />

batch<br />

batter<br />

n. 1 quantity, lot; amount, volume: Mother baked a huge batch<br />

of bread. 2 set, group, number, quantity, assortment, bunch,<br />

pack, collection: Please sort this batch of cards into<br />

alphabetical order.<br />

v. 1 beat, hit, strike, clout, belabour, pound, pummel or<br />

pommel, pelt, bash, smite, thrash, Colloq wallop, clobber: He<br />

was battered till he was black and blue. 2 bombard, attack,<br />

assault: Battering by the cannons finally breached the wall of<br />

the fort. 3 maltreat, mistreat, ill-treat, abuse; maul, bruise,<br />

harm, mangle, disfigure: The police report an increase in<br />

complaints about battered wives and children.<br />

battle n. 1 fight, conflict, combat, action, encounter, clash,<br />

engagement, struggle, Donnybrook, fray, Law affray; brawl,<br />

fracas, mˆl‚e or melee; contest; duel, hand-to-hand encounter:<br />

You won the battle, but you lost the war. And now, the battle<br />

between the world champion and the challenger! 2 argument,<br />

dispute, altercation, quarrel, war; contest, competition;<br />

struggle, fight, crusade, campaign: The battle spilt out of the<br />

restaurant and into the street. We are not yet winning the<br />

battle against AIDS.<br />

--v. 3 Usually, battle against. fight, contend or struggle or<br />

fight with or strive against, combat: We must battle against<br />

ignorance at every opportunity.<br />

bauble n. gewgaw, trinket, ornament, trifle, toy, bagatelle,

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