SAT "B" words (Large collection)

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More than 100 "B" Words from SAT books
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  1. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  2. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  3. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  4. ballad
    a narrative poem of popular origin
  5. ballast
    any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
  6. ban
    prohibit especially by law or social pressure
  7. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  8. bane
    something causing misery or death
  9. banish
    expel, as if by official decree
  10. banter
    light teasing repartee
  11. barbaric
    without civilizing influences
  12. bard
    a lyric poet
  13. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
  14. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
  15. bashful
    self-consciously timid
  16. bastion
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  17. bathetic
    very sentimental or emotional
  18. battery
    a collection of related things intended for use together
  19. bearing
    characteristic way of holding one's body
  20. beatific
    resembling or befitting an angel or saint
  21. beckon
    summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
  22. bedlam
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  23. befuddle
    be confusing or perplexing to
  24. beget
    have children
  25. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  26. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  27. beholden
    under a moral obligation to someone
  28. behoove
    be appropriate or necessary
  29. belie
    be in contradiction with
  30. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  31. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  32. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  33. bemoan
    regret strongly
  34. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  35. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  36. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  37. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  38. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  39. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  40. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
  41. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  42. bereavement
    state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
  43. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
  44. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  45. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
  46. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  47. bestow
    give as a gift
  48. betrothed
    pledged to be married
  49. bewildered
    extremely confused and uncertain what to do
  50. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  51. biased
    favoring one person or side over another
  52. bicker
    argue over petty things
  53. bifurcated
    divided into or made up of two parts
  54. bilateral
    having two sides or parts
  55. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  56. bilk
    cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
  57. billowing
    characterized by great swelling waves or surges
  58. binge
    overeat or eat immodestly
  59. blanch
    turn pale, as if in fear
  60. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  61. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  62. blare
    make a loud noise
  63. blase
    nonchalantly unconcerned
  64. blasphemous
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  65. blasphemy
    profane language
  66. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  67. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  68. blemish
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
  69. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  70. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  71. blithely
    in a joyous, carefree, or unconcerned manner
  72. blunder
    an embarrassing mistake
  73. blunt
    not sharp (used of a knife or other blade)
  74. blurt
    utter impulsively
  75. bluster
    be gusty, as of wind
  76. boast
    talk about oneself with excessive pride or self-regard
  77. bode
    indicate by signs
  78. bogus
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  79. bohemian
    a nonconformist who lives an unconventional life
  80. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  81. bolster
    support and strengthen
  82. bombardment
    an attack by dropping explosive devices
  83. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  84. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  85. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  86. bountiful
    producing in abundance
  87. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  88. bout
    a period of indeterminate length marked by some condition
  89. bovine
    any of various wild or domestic cattle
  90. bowdlerize
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  91. boycott
    refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  92. brackish
    slightly salty
  93. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
  94. braggart
    a very boastful and talkative person
  95. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
  96. brash
    offensively bold
  97. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
  98. brawl
    quarrel or fight noisily, angrily or disruptively
  99. brawn
    the trait of possessing muscular strength
  100. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  101. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  102. breadth
    the extent of something from side to side
  103. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  104. brink
    the edge of a steep place
  105. brisk
    quick and energetic
  106. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  107. brood
    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
  108. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  109. brunt
    the main part, especially of a force or shock
  110. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  111. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  112. buffer
    protect from impact
  113. buffet
    piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room
  114. buffoon
    a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  115. buffoonery
    acting like a clown
  116. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
  117. burden
    weight to be carried or borne
  118. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  119. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  120. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  121. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
Created on Sat Aug 11 16:58:29 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Sep 17 05:00:51 EDT 2012)

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