B Flashcards
Badger (v)
To pester
Baffle (v)
To confuse
Baleful (adj)
Threatening or menacing
Banal (adj)
Lacking in originality, commonplace
Barring (preposition)
If not for, without considering, if there are no
Beau (n)
A boyfriend
Becalm (v)
To make calm
Befog (v)
To make confused
Beget (v)
To cause, bring about
Begrudge (v)
Envy someone for something he has
Belie (v)
To not fully represent, to fail to give a true impression
Bellicose (adj)
Aggressive
Belligerent (adj)
Aggressive
Bemoan (v)
Complain, lament
Beneficent (adj)
Of a person being generous or doing good
Benevolent (adj)
Kind
Benign (adj)
Kind and gentle
Benison (n)
A blessing
Bequeath (v)
To leave something to a person in a will
Bereave (v)
Be deprived of a close relation of friend by their death
Beseech (v)
To implore
Beset (v)
Of a problem troubling someone persistently
Bestial (adj)
Of or like animals relating to animals
Bethink (v)
To think of something
Betide (v)
Happen
Betroth (v)
To engage to marry
Bibliophile (n)
One who loves books
Bibulous (adj)
Fond of drinking
Bide (v)
Remain or stay somewhere
Biennial (adj)
Taking place every other year
Biannual (adj)
Taking place twice each year
Bigamy (n)
The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living
Bilateral (adj)
Involving both parties
Biped (n)
An animal that uses two legs for walking
Blasé (adj)
Being indifferent to sth because one has experienced it so often
Blatant (adj) 2
Very obvious, a bad action done openly and unashamedly
Blazon (v)
To display prominently or vividly
Blemish (v)
To spoil the appearance of sth
Blithe (adj)
Happy
Bolster (v)
To support
Bombastic (adj)
High sounding but with little meaning
Boorish (adj)
Rude
Bountiful (adj)
Showing abundance
Bravado (n)
A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate
Brevity (n) 2
Concise in writing, shortness of time
Broach (v)
Raise a difficult subject for discussion
Browbeat (v)
To intimidate someone into doing something with abusive words
Brusque (adj)
Rough, abrupt, impatient in manner or speech
Bulbous (adj)
Fat round or bulging
Bumptious (adj)
Full of oneself
Bungle (v)
Carry out a task clumsily or incompetently
Bustle (v)
To hurry
Buttress (v)
To increase the strength of or justification for, reinforce