| Term | Definition |
|---|
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| beguile | deceive |
| bellicose | warlike |
| benediction | the invocation of a blessing |
| beneficence | kindness |
| benign | harmless |
| beset | trouble, harass, attack |
| bestial | savage |
| bestow | to present (as a gift) |
| bestride | to ride, sit, or stand astride |
| biennial | taking place once in two years |
| bilk | cheat, swindle |
| bland | gentle, mild, soft, balmy |
| blasphemy | expressing lack of reverence for God |
| blatant | objectionably loud |
| blazon | to adorn; to proclaim |
| blithe | happily lighthearted, gay |
| bluster | to speak boastfully |
| boorish | rude |
| botch | to ruin through clumsiness |
| bounty | a reward, premium, or subsidy given |
| bourgeois | a middle class person |
| bovine | of or relating to oxen or cows |
| brandish | to shake or wave menacingly |
| breech | buttocks, rump |
| brigand | bandit, robber |
| broach | to introduce as a topic of conversation |
| browbeat | to intimidate by sternness or arrogance |
| bruit | to spread news |
| brusque | curt, blunt, abrupt in manner |
| bucolic | pertaining to the country; pastoral |
| buffoon | clown; fool |
| bullion | gold or silver |
| bumptious | arrogant |
| bureaucracy | government through special agencies |
| burnish | to make shiny by rubbing; polish |
| cacophony | harsh or discordant sound |
| cajole | to persuade or coax |
| caliber | degree of worth |
| calumny | slander |
| canticle | any of several liturgical songs taken from the Bible |
| canter | to trot |
| canvass | to make a survey |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| caprice | an inclination to do things impulsively |
| captious | to find fault |
| captivate | to fascinate |
| careen | to sway from side to side |
| carnage | slaughter |
| carp | complain constantly |
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