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+# Week of 2026-05-11
+
+## Overview
+- **Week Start**: May 11, 2026
+- **Week End**: May 17, 2026
+- **Grade Level**: 6-12 / Adult
+- **Focus**: All words start with **B** — exploring nuance, precision, and rhetorical power through advanced vocabulary
+
+## Vocabulary List
+
+### 1. Bamboozle
+**Part of Speech**: Verb
+**Definition**: To trick or swindle someone, especially in a clever or elaborate way
+**Example**: The scam artists bamboozled the elderly couple into signing over their home.
+
+### 2. Bellicose
+**Part of Speech**: Adjective
+**Definition**: Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight; warlike in temperament
+**Example**: The bellicose rhetoric from both sides of the debate made any compromise seem impossible.
+
+### 3. Bewail
+**Part of Speech**: Verb
+**Definition**: To express intense grief or sorrow over something; to lament deeply
+**Example**: The townspeople bewailed the loss of the historic library that had served them for over a century.
+
+### 4. Blithe
+**Part of Speech**: Adjective
+**Definition**: Showing a casual, often too indifferent disregard for consequences; cheerfully careless
+**Example**: His blithe disregard for the warning labels led to a disaster no one expected.
+
+### 5. Bolster
+**Part of Speech**: Verb
+**Definition**: To support, strengthen, or reinforce something that is weakening or in doubt
+**Example**: The new evidence began to bolster the defense attorney's argument for acquittal.
+
+### 6. Brevity
+**Part of Speech**: Noun
+**Definition**: Conciseness in speech or writing; shortness of duration
+**Example**: She appreciated the brevity of his speech — three minutes that covered everything that needed to be said.
+
+### 7. Bucolic
+**Part of Speech**: Adjective
+**Definition**: Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and farm life; rustic and pastoral
+**Example**: The bucolic scene of rolling green hills and grazing sheep provided a stark contrast to the city they had left behind.
+
+### 8. Burgeon
+**Part of Speech**: Verb
+**Definition**: To begin to grow or develop rapidly; to expand or flourish
+**Example**: The small tech startup's user base began to burgeon after a single positive review in a major magazine.
+
+### 9. Butte
+**Part of Speech**: Noun
+**Definition**: An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top, rising abruptly from the surrounding plain
+**Example**: They made camp at the base of the sandstone butte, planning to summit before dawn.
+
+### 10. Byword
+**Part of Speech**: Noun
+**Definition**: A person or thing that is widely recognized as a symbol or example of a particular quality, often used in the phrase "byword for"
+**Example**: After the corruption scandal, the former senator became a byword for dishonesty in Washington.
+
+## Progress
+- [x] Word list generated
+- [ ] Study materials created
+- [ ] Practice exercises completed
+- [ ] Weekly review completed
+
+## Notes
+This week's vocabulary focuses exclusively on words beginning with **B**, offering students exposure to the breadth and nuance that a single letter can express. The words range from informal (bamboozle) to academic (bellicose, bucolic), covering verbs (bolster, burgeon), adjectives (blithe, bucolic), and nouns (brevity, butte, byword). All words are new — **benevolent** appeared in the Week of 2026-03-23 list and was excluded from this set.
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 8. Aggrandize
 9. Allegory
 10. Amalgamate
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+## Week of 2026-05-11
+1. Bamboozle
+2. Bellicose
+3. Bewail
+4. Blithe
+5. Bolster
+6. Brevity
+7. Bucolic
+8. Burgeon
+9. Butte
+10. Byword