Vocab B Flashcards
Harmful
Baleful
Commonplace, uninteresting
Banal
cause of trouble, misery
Bane
to deceive or cheat through cunning
Beguile
to give a false impression, misrepresent
Belie
belligerent, quarrelsome, eager to make war
Bellicose
Large group or assemblage
Bevy
to deceive or defraud; to swindle, cheat, especially to evade paying one’s debts
Bilk
contemptuous or irreverent acts, utterances, attitudes or writings against God or other things considered sacred;
Blasphemy
completely obvious, not attempting to conceal in any way.
Blatant
plant disease that causes the affected parts to wilt and die
Blight
light-hearted, casual, and carefree.
Blithe
loud, noisy, and lacking restraint or discipline
Boisterous
support or prop up
Bolster
speaking pompously, with inflated self-importance
Bombastic
crude, offensive, ill-mannered person
Boor
to bring up, introduce, in order to begin a discussion
Broach
false courage, a show of pretended bravery
Bravado
arrogant, conceited.
Bumptious
able to float , light-hearted, cheerful.
Buoyant
to begin to grow and flourish; to begin to sprout, grow new buds, blossom
Burgeon
to polish, rub to a shine
Burnish
