| A | B |
|---|
| bard | poet |
| baroque | highly ornate |
| barrage | barrier laid down by artillery fire |
| barren | desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking |
| barricade | hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle |
| barterer | trader |
| bask | luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth |
| bastion | fortress;defense |
| bate | let down;restrain |
| bauble | trinket;trifle |
| bawdy | indecent;obscene |
| beam | ray of light;long piece of metal or wood;course of a radio signal |
| beatific | giving bliss;blissful |
| beatitude | blessedness;state of bliss |
| bedizen | dress with vulger finery |
| bedraggle | wet throughtly;stain with mud |
| beeline | direct, quick route |
| befuddle | confuse throughly |
| beget | father; produce; give rise to |
| begrudge | resent |
| behemoth | huge creature; monstrous animal |
| belabor | explain or go over excessivelyor to a ridiculous degree;attack verbally |
| belated | delayed |
| beleaguer | besiege or attacked;harassed |
| belittle | depareage or depreciate;put down |
| bellicose | warlike |
| belligerent | quarrelsome |
| bemoan | lament;express disapproval of |
| bemused | confused;lost in tought |
| benecdiction | blessing |
| benefactor | gift giver;patron |
| beneficial | helpful;useful |
| beneficiary | person entitled to benifits of proceeds of an insurance policy or will |
| benign | kindly;favorable;not malignant |
| bent | determined;natural talent or inclination |
| berate | scold strongly |
| bereavement | state of bring deprived of something valueble or beloved |
| berefit | deprived of ;lacking;desolate because of a loss |
| berserk | frenzied |
| beseech | beg;plead with |
| beset | harass or trouble;hem in |
| besige | surround with arm forces;harass |
| besmirch | soil;defile |
| bestial | beastlike;brutal |
| bostow | give |
| betoken | signify;indicate |
| betray | be unfaithful;reveal |
| betroth | become engaged to marry |
| bevy | large group |
| biased | slanted;prejiduced |
| bicameral | two-chambered, as a legislative body |
| bicker | quarrel |
| biennial | every two years |
| bigotry | stubborn intolerance |
| bilious | suffering from indigestion; irritable |
| bilk | swindle; cheat |
| billowing | swelling out in waves; surging |
| bivouac | temporary encampment |
| bizarre | fantastic; violently contrasting |
| blanch | bleach; whiten |
| bland | soothing or mild; aggreeable |
| blandishment | flattery |
| blare | loud harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light |
| blase | bored with pleasure or dissipation |
| blasphemy | irreverence; scrilege; cursing |
| blatant | flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive |
| bludgeon | club; heavy-headed weapon |
| bluff | rough but good natured |
| bluff | pretense of strength; deception; high cliff |
