List Of Word B Flashcards
Bane
Noun
Poison ; torment ; cause of harm
Banal
Adjective
Unoriginal; ordinary
Bastion
Noun
Stronghold ; fortress ; fortified place
Beget
V
To give birth to : to lead to ; to cause
Belabor ( bi Lay bur )
V
To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
Beleaguer ( bih Lee Gur )
V
To surround ; to beseech ; to harass
Belie ( bih lye)
V
To give false impression of ; to contradict
Belittle ( bih Lit ull )
V
To make to seem little ; to put someone down
Belligerent ( buh LIJ ur unt )
Adjective
Combative ; quarrelsome ; waging war
Bemused ( bih Myoozd)
Adjective
Confused ; bewildered
Benefactor ( BEN uh Fak tur )
Noun
One who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
Benevolent ( beh NEV uh Lunt)
Adjective
Generous ; kind ; doing good deeds
Benign ( bih NYNE)
Adjective
Gentle ; not harmful ; kind ; mild
Bequest ( bih KWEST)
Noun
Something left to someone in a will
Bereaved ( buh REEVD)
Adjective
Deprived or left desolate ; especially through death
Beset ( bih SET)
V
To harass ; to surround
Blasphemy ( Blas fun mee )
N
Irreverence ; an insult to something held sacred ; profanity
Blatant ( BLAYT unt)
Adjective
Unpleasantly or offensively noisy ; glaring
Blight (Blyte)
Noun
A disease in plants ; anything that injures or destroys
Blithe (Blythe)
Adjective
Carefree ; cheerful
Bourgeois (boor ZHWAH)
Adjective
Middle class, usually in pejorative sense ; boringly conventional
Bovine ( BOH vyne)
Adjective
Cow related; cow like
Brevity ( BREV i tee)
N briefness
Broach (brohch)
V
To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject