| A | B |
|---|
| avid | greedy; eager for |
| awe | solemn wonder |
| babble | chatter idly |
| badger | pester; annoy; harass |
| baffle | frustrate; perplex |
| balk | foil or thwart; stop short; refuse to go on |
| banal | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking; originality |
| bane | cause of ruin; curse |
| bastion | stronghold; something seen as a source of protection |
| begrudge | resent |
| beguile | mislead or delude; cheat; pass time |
| belie | contradict; give a false impression of |
| benefactor | gift giver; patron |
| beneficial | helpful; advantageous; useful |
| beneficiary | person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will |
| benevolent | generous; charitable |
| benign | kindly; favorable; not malignant |
| bestow | confer |
| betray | be unfaithful; reveal |
| biased | slanted; prejudiced |
| bizarre | fantastic; violently contrasting |
| bland | soothing; mild; dull |
| blandishment | flattery |
| blare | loud, harsh roar; screech |
| blasphemy | irreverence; sacrilege; cursing |
| blatant | flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive |
| bloat | expand or swell; puff up with conceit |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| boon | blessing; benefit |
| boundless | unlimited; vast |
| bountiful | abundant; graciously generous |
| bourgeois | middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional |
