Word List 7 Flashcards
blase
bored with pleasure
blasphemy
irreverence, sacrilege, cursing
blatant
flagrant, conspicuously obvious, loudly offensive
bleak
cold or cheerless
blighted
suffering from a disease
blithe
joyous, carefree
bluff
rough but good natured
bluff
pretense of strength, deception, high cliff
blunder
error
blurt
utter impulsively
bluster
blow in heavy gusts
bode
foreshadow, portend
bogus
counterfeit, not authentic
bohemian
unconventional
boisterous
violent, rough, noisy
bolster
support, reinforce
bolt
door bar, fastening pin or screw, length of fabric
bolt
dash or dart off
booming
deep and resonant, flourishing
boon
benefit, blessing
boorish
rude, insensitive
boundless
unlimited, vast
bountiful
abundant, graciously generous
bourgeois
middle class, selfishly materialistic
boycott
refrain from buying or using
braggart
boaster
brandish
wave around, flourish
bravado
swagger, assumed air of defiance
brawn
muscular strength
brazen
insolent
breach
breaking of contract or duty, fissure or gap
breadth
width
brevity
conciseness
brittle
easily broken, difficult
browse
graze, skim or glance
brunt
main impact or schock
brusque
blunt abrupt
buffet
table with foo set out
bufffet
slap, batter, knock about
bulwark
earthwork or other strong deffense
bungle
mismanage
buoyant
able to float, cheerful and optimistic
bureaucracy
over-regulated administrative system
burgeon
begin to increase quickly, flourish
burlesque
give an imitation that ridicules
burnish
make shiny by rubbing, polish
bustle
move about energetically, teem
buttress
support, prop up
cache
hiding plac
cacophonous
discordant, inharmonious