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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