"B-" Vocabulary Flashcards
Baleful
Sinister, Pernicious, Ominous. (Adj)
Bane
Cause of injury, source of harm. (Adj)
Beatify
To bless, make happy. (V)
Bedizen
To adorn in a cheap, and showy fashion. (V)
Beguile
To influence by trickery, flattery; to mislead. (V)
Belie
To give a false impersonation, to misrepresent. (V)
Bellicose
Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike. (Adj)
Benign
Favorable, harmless. (Adj)
Bent
Leaning, inclination, tendency. (N)
Blandish
To coax with flattery; fawn. (V)
Blithe
Carefree, merry. (Adj)
Boisterous
Loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint. (Adj)
Bolster
To provide support or reinforcement. (V)
Bombastic
Pompous; grandiloquent. (Adj)
Boor
A rude or insensitive person. (N)
Bridling
To control or hold back, restrain. (V)
Broach
To bring up; begin to talk about. (V)
Brook
To tolerate; to endure. (V)
Bucolic
Rustic and pastoral; characteristics of rural areas. (Adj)
Burgeon
To grow rapidly or flourish. (V)
Burnish
To polish, rub to a shine. (V)
Byzantine
Labrynthine, complex. (Adj)