B! Flashcards
Banal
Obvious and boring
Bane
To cause great distress, harm
Banish
To force someone to leave
Barren
Not productive
Belittle
Lessen in authority, or reputation of
Belligerent
Warlike, aggressive
Benefactor
A person who gives money or other help to a person or a cause
Benevolent
Doing good
Benign
Harmless, gentle and kind
Bizarre
Extremely strange
Blatant
A bad behaviour done openly/unashamedly
Bleak
Bare, cold and miserable
Blight
A thing that destroys something, prevents growth
Bliss
Extreme happiness
Bolster
Support and strengthen
Boredom
Being unexcited
Breach
Gap in the wall, breaking an agreement
Brevity
Shortness of time, exact use of words in writing or speech
Bungle
To handle badly, clumsly and awkwardly
Burgeon
To begin to grow or blososm
Barrage
a flood
Brig
a prison in a ship
brash
bold
bewilder
to confuse