GRE Words Beginning with "B"

Felicia (Sweden)
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  1. badger
    annoy persistently
  2. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  3. bait
    harass with persistent criticism or carping
  4. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  5. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  6. balm
    preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing
  7. balmy
    mild and pleasant
  8. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  9. bandy
    discuss lightly
  10. bane
    something causing misery or death
  11. baneful
    evil or sinister
  12. bantering
    cleverly amusing in tone
  13. barb
    a sharp projection preventing easy extraction
  14. barefaced
    with no effort to conceal
  15. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  16. barterer
    a trader who exchanges goods and not money
  17. bask
    derive or receive pleasure from
  18. bastion
    a stronghold for shelter during a battle
  19. bawdy
    humorously vulgar
  20. beatific
    experiencing or displaying extreme joy or bliss
  21. beatify
    make blessedly happy
  22. bedraggle
    make wet and dirty, as from rain
  23. beeline
    the most direct route
  24. befuddle
    be confusing or perplexing to
  25. beget
    have children
  26. begrudge
    allow unwillingly or reluctantly
  27. beguile
    influence by slyness
  28. beholden
    under a moral obligation to someone
  29. behoove
    be appropriate or necessary
  30. belabor
    work at or to absurd length
  31. belated
    after the expected or usual time
  32. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  33. belie
    be in contradiction with
  34. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  35. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  36. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  37. bemoan
    regret strongly
  38. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  39. benediction
    a blessing or ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
  40. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  41. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  42. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  43. benevolent
    generous in providing aid to others
  44. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  45. bent
    fixed in your purpose
  46. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
  47. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  48. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  49. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  50. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
  51. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  52. bestow
    give as a gift
  53. betoken
    indicate by signs
  54. betray
    deliver to an enemy by treachery
  55. bicker
    argue over petty things
  56. biennial
    occurring every second year
  57. bigotry
    intolerance and prejudice
  58. bizarre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  59. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  60. blare
    make a loud noise
  61. blase
    nonchalantly unconcerned
  62. blasphemy
    profane language
  63. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  64. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  65. blighted
    affected by something that prevents growth or prosperity
  66. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  67. bluff
    bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
  68. bluff
    pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
  69. blunder
    an embarrassing mistake
  70. blurt
    utter impulsively
  71. bluster
    vain and empty boasting
  72. bode
    indicate by signs
  73. bogus
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  74. bohemian
    a nonconformist who lives an unconventional life
  75. boisterous
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  76. bolster
    support and strengthen
  77. bolt
    a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
  78. bolt
    leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  79. bombardment
    an attack by dropping explosive devices
  80. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  81. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  82. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  83. bountiful
    producing in abundance
  84. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  85. boycott
    refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  86. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
  87. braggart
    a very boastful and talkative person
  88. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
  89. brawn
    the trait of possessing muscular strength
  90. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  91. breach
    a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
  92. breadth
    the extent of something from side to side
  93. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  94. brittle
    not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
  95. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  96. brook
    put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  97. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  98. browse
    look around casually and randomly
  99. brunt
    the main part, especially of a force or shock
  100. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  101. bulwark
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  102. bungle
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  103. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
  104. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  105. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  106. burlesque
    a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor
  107. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  108. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  109. buxom
    healthily plump and vigorous
Created on Mon Jan 20 17:05:14 EST 2014 (updated Thu Mar 13 19:14:30 EDT 2014)

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