| A | B |
|---|
| benign | adj. kindly; favorable; not malignant |
| benison | n. blessing |
| bent | adj.; n. determine; natural talent or inclination |
| bequeath | v. leave to someone by mean of a will; hand down |
| berate | v. scold strongly |
| bereavement | n. state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved |
| bereft | adj. deprived of; lacking |
| berserk | adv. frenzied, angered |
| beseech | v. beg; plead with |
| beset | v. harass or trouble; hem in |
| besiege | v. surround with armed forces; harass (with requests) |
| besmirch | v. soil, defile |
| bestial | adj. beastlike; brutal; inhuman |
| bestow | v. confer |
| betoken | v. signify; indicate |
| betray | v. be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly) |
| betroth | v. become engaged to marry |
| bevy | n. large group |
| bicameral | adj. two-chambered, as a legislative body |
| bicker | v. quarrel |
| biennial | adj. every two years |
| bifurcated | adj. divided into two branches; forked |
| bigotry | n. stubborn intolerance |
| billious | adj. suffering from indigestion; irritable |
| bilk | v. swindle; cheat |
| billowing | adj. swelling our in waves; surging |
| bivouac | n. temporary encampment |
| bizarre | adj. fantastic; violently contrasting |
| blanch | v. bleach; whiten |
| bland | adj. soothing or mild; agreeable |
| blandishment | n. flattery |
| blare | n. loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light |
| blase | adj. bored with pleasure or dissipation |
| blasphemy | n. irreverrence; sacrilege; cursing |
| blatant | adj. extremely obvious; loudly offensive |
| bleak | adj. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable |
| blighted | adj. suffering from a disease; destroyed |
