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blaze
blink
bloat
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boast
boil
bowl
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bristle
broil
brood
bump
bundle
burn
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cast
chime
chin
chuck
chuff
chump
chunk
clam
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cleave
cleft
click
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clobber
clout
cock
cram
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cuff
damp
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dart
dawn
dazzle
deploy
don
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dumb
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dust
egg
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feeble
fetch
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flap
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flounder
flurry
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fool
foray
forfeit
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froth
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ghastly
glaze
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glint
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goof
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gull
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plow (US), plough (UK)
plug
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roost
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steep
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stern
stew
stow
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survey
swag
swagger
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trench
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twinkle
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whomp
whop
wick
wind
wipe
wisp
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beacon
beef
bend
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blade
bland
bleak
blister
block
blunder
body
bog
bolt
bond
boost
boot
botch
brand
buck
bucket
bud
bulk
bull
bully
burst
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buzz
calf
camp
cap
charge
chest
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clip
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coarse
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