| Term | Definition |
|---|
| blunder | error |
| blurt | utter impulsively |
| bluster | blow in heavy gusts, threaten emptily; bully |
| bode | foreshadow; portend |
| bogus | counterfeit;, sham; not genuine |
| bohemian | unconventional ( in an artistic way) |
| boisterous | violent; rough; noisy |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| bolt | door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth (n) |
| bolt | dash or dart off; fasten a door; gobble down |
| bombardment | attack ( as with missiles) |
| bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| boon | blessing; benefit |
| boorish | rude; insensitive |
| bouillon | clear beef soup |
| bountiful | abundant; graciously generous |
| bourgeois | middle class; dully conventional; selfishly materialistic |
| bovine | cowlike; placid and dull |
| bowdlerize | expurgate |
| boycott | refrain from buying or using |
| brackish | somewhat saline |
| braggadocio | boasting |
| braggart | boaster |
| brandish | wave around; flourish |
| bravado | swagger |
| bravado | swagger; assumed air of defiance |
| brawn | muscular strength, sturdiness |
| brazen | insolent |
| breach | breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap |
| breadth | width; extent |
| brevity | conciseness, succinct; compendium; expressing much in few words |
| brindled | tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) |
| bristling | rising like bristles; showing irritation |
| brittle | easily broken; difficult |
| broach | introduce; open up |
| brocade | rich, figured fabric |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| brooch | ornamental clasp |
| brook | tolerate; endure |
| browbeat | bully; intimidate |
| browse | graze; skim or glance at casually |
| brunt | main impact or shock |
| brusque | blunt; abrupt |
| buccaneer | pirate |
| bucolic | rustic; pastoral |
| buffet | table with food set up for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that has been set out |
| buffoonery | clowning |
| bugaboo | bugbear, object of baseless terror |
| bullion | gold and silver in the form of bars |
| bulwark | earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends |
| bungle | mismanage; blunder |
| buoyant | able to float; cheerful and optimistic |
| bureaucracy | overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic |
| burgeon | grow forth; send out buds |
| burlesque | giving an imitation that ridicules |
| burnish | make shiny buy rubbing; polish |
| buttress | support; prop up |
| buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly |
| cabal | small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests |
| cache | hiding place |
| cacophonous | discordant; inharmonious |
| cadaver | corpse |
| cadaverous | like a corpse; pale |
| cadence | rhythmic rise and fall( of sound), beat |
| cadge | sponge, beg, or mooch; panhandle |
| cajole | coax; wheedle |
| calamity | disaster |
| calculated | deliberately planned; likely |
| caldron | large kettle |
| caliber | ability; quality |
| calligraphy | beautiful writing; excellent penmanship |
| callous | hardened; insensitive; thick skinned |
| callow | youthful; immature; inexperienced |
| calorific | heat-producing |
| calumny | malicious misrepresentation; slander |
| camaraderie | good fellowship |
| cameo | shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film |
| camouflage | disguise; conceal |
| canard | false or unfounded story; fabricated report |
| candor | frankness; open; honest |
| canine | related to dogs; doglike |
| canker | any ulcerous sore; any evil |
| canny | shrewd; thrifty |
| canon | collection or authoritative set of books |
| canon | rule or principle, frequently religious |
| cant | insincere expression of piety; jargon of thieves |
| cantankerous | ill-humored; irritable |
| cantata | story set to music to be sung by a chorus |
| canter | slow gallop |
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