| betroth | become engaged to marry |
| bevy | large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets |
| beware | be cautious (of) |
| bewitch | cast a spell over; captivate completely |
| bicameral | two-chambered as a legislative body |
| bicker | quarrel |
| bid | command; utter (a greeting); offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom |
| biennial | every two years |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches; forked |
| bigot | one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics) |
| bigotry | stubborn intolerance |
| bilious | suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated |
| bilk | swindle; cheat |
| billow | large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows |
| billowing | swelling out in waves; surging |
| biting | sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex. biting wind/remarks |
| bitter | having a sharp biting taste; 敬; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tears |
| bivouac | temporary encampment; camp without tents; V. |
| bizarre | fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional |
| blackball | vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
| blanch | bleach; whiten; make white or pale |
| bland | soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence |
| blandishment | flattery |
| blare | loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light |
| blase | bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored |
| blasphemy | irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege |
| blatant | extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy |
| bleak | cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing |
| blemish | mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished |
| blight | plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy |
| blighted | suffering from a disease; destroyed |
| bliss | complete happiness; ADJ. blissful |
| blithe(blithesome) | gay; joyous |
| bloated | (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air |
| blotch | spot; blot; CF. blot+botch |
| blowhard | talkative boaster; braggart |
| bludgeon | club; heavy-headed weapon; V. |
| blue | gloomy; depressed |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| bluff | pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured |
| blunder | error; stupid mistake |
| blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
| blurt | utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement |
| blush | become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N. |
| bluster | blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale |
| bode | foreshadow; portend |
| bog | soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud |
| bogus | counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview |
| Bohemian | unconventional (in an artistic way) |
| boisterous | violent; rough; noisy |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| bolt | door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a | door); gobble down |
| bombardment | attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| bookish | fond of books and reading |
| boon | blessing; benefit; something very helpful |
| boor | rude, insensitive person |
| boorish | rude; insensitive |
| boost | lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase |
| botch | mismanage; blow |
| bouillon | clear beef (or meat) soup |
| bound | leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to |
| bountiful | generous; graciously generous; showing bounty |
| bourgeois | middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions |
| bout | match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu |
| bovine | cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm |
| bowdlerize | expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler |
| brackish | somewhat saline |
| brag | boast |
| braggadocio | boasting |
| braggart | boaster; bragger |
| braid | plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment (as of hair) |
| brand | trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar. |
| brandish | wave around (a weapon); flourish |
| bravado | swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery |
| brave | face courageously; Ex. brave the storm |
| brawl | noisy quarrel |
| brawn | human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness |
| brawny | muscular; having well-developed muscles |
| brazen | insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence |
| breach | breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. |
| breadth | width; extent |
| breed | produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant |
| brevity | conciseness; shortness of duration |
| bridle | harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger |
| brim | uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim |
| brindled | tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) |
| brink | edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon |
| brisk | quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor |
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