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  1. barb
    a point facing the main point making an arrowhead or spear
  2. barbarous
    able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  3. barefaced
    with no effort to conceal
  4. bargain
    an agreement between parties fixing obligations of each
  5. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  6. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
  7. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
  8. barricade
    a barrier to impede the advance of an enemy
  9. barter
    exchange goods without involving money
  10. batch
    a collection of things or persons to be handled together
  11. bathetic
    very sentimental or emotional
  12. bawdy
    humorously vulgar
  13. bedeck
    decorate
  14. belabor
    beat soundly
  15. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  16. belie
    be in contradiction with
  17. bellwether
    someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
  18. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  19. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  20. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  21. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  22. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  23. bifurcate
    split or divide into two
  24. bigot
    a prejudiced person who is intolerant of differing opinions
  25. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  26. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  27. blase
    nonchalantly unconcerned
  28. blast
    a sudden, loud sound
  29. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  30. blazon
    the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
  31. blemish
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
  32. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  33. bliss
    a state of extreme happiness
  34. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  35. blueprint
    something intended as a guide for making something else
  36. blunder
    an embarrassing mistake
  37. blunt
    not sharp (used of a knife or other blade)
  38. blur
    confuse or make unclear
  39. blurt
    utter impulsively
  40. bluster
    be gusty, as of wind
  41. boggle
    overcome with amazement
  42. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  43. bolster
    support and strengthen
  44. bombast
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  45. bonhomie
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  46. boo
    show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
  47. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  48. boor
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement
  49. bootless
    unproductive of success
  50. bound
    confined by bonds
  51. boycott
    refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  52. bracing
    refreshing or invigorating
  53. brake
    a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
  54. brash
    offensively bold
  55. brassy
    resembling or containing an alloy of zinc and copper
  56. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
  57. bravura
    brilliant and showy technical skill
  58. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  59. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  60. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  61. bribe
    payment made to corrupt a person in a position of trust
  62. bridle
    headgear for a horse
  63. brisk
    quick and energetic
  64. bristle
    a stiff hair
  65. brittle
    having little elasticity
  66. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  67. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  68. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  69. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  70. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
  71. buck
    mature male of certain mammals, especially deer or antelope
  72. budge
    move very slightly
  73. bulge
    swell or protrude outwards
  74. bully
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  75. bumptious
    offensively self-assertive
  76. bungle
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  77. buoy
    an anchored float that marks locations in a body of water
  78. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
  79. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  80. burlesque
    a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor
  81. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  82. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  83. cache
    a hidden storage space
  84. cachet
    an indication of approved or superior status
  85. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  86. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
  87. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  88. calcify
    become impregnated with calcium salts
  89. calibrate
    make fine adjustments for optimal measuring
  90. calligraphy
    beautiful handwriting
  91. callous
    emotionally hardened
  92. callow
    young and inexperienced
  93. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  94. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  95. cameo
    engraving or carving in low relief on a stone
  96. camouflage
    an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
  97. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
  98. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  99. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
Created on Sun Sep 17 19:53:02 EDT 2023

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