| Term | Definition |
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| blunder | n. stupid or careless mistake |
| blunt | adj. without a sharp edge or a point |
| blurt | v. blurt sth out say sth suddenly and tactlessly |
| blush | v. ~ (at sth) become red in the face (because of sth) |
| bluster | v. blow fiercely or in strong gusts |
| bode | v. be a sign of (sth coming) |
| bog | n. wet spongy ground formed of decaying vegetation |
| bogus | adj. not genuine; false |
| Bohemian | n, adj having or displaying a very informal and unconventional way of life , |
| boisterous | adj. noisy, lively and cheerful |
| bolster | n. long pillow, usu shaped like a roll, across the head of a bed |
| bolt | metal bar that slides into a socket to lock a door, window, etc ; screw ; jump suddely; gobble down |
| bombardment | attack. |
| bombast | n. pompous and meaningless words |
| bombastic | adj. pompous and empty |
| bookish | adj. fond of reading; studious |
| boon | blessing; benefit; something very helpful |
| boor | n. rough, rude or insensitive man |
| boorish | adj insolent . ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance |
| boost | v. increase the strength or value of help or encourage (sb/sth) |
| botch | v. ~ sth spoil sth by poor or clumsy work; repair sth badly |
| bouillon | n. thin clear soup or broth; stock ; |
| bound | v. form the boundary of (sth); limit |
| bountiful | adj. giving generously |
| bourgeois | adj. of or relating to the property-owning middle class; dully conventional; middle class; selfishly materialistic |
| bout | n. ~ short period of a specified activity |
| bovine | cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm |
| bowdlerize | expurgate; edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| brackish | adj. slightly salty |
| brag | v. ~ (about/of sth) talk with too much pride (about sth); boast |
| braggadocio | a:empty boasting b:arrogant pretension:COCKINESS |
| braggart | n. person who brags |
| braid | n. number of threads of silk, cotton, etc woven together in a narrow band for decorating clothes and material |
| brand | n. particular make of goods or their trade mark |
| brandish | v. wave in a triumphant or threatening way; display; To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear |
| bravado | n. display of boldness |
| brave | adj. (of a person) ready to face and endure danger, pain or suffering; having no fear; courageous |
| brawl | n. noisy quarrel or fight |
| brawn | n. strong muscles; muscular strength |
| brawny | adj. strong and muscular |
| brazen | adj. shameless; insolent |
| breach | n. breaking trust or contract ; fissure, gap |
| breadth | n. distance or measurement from side to side; width |
| breed | v. (of animals) produce young |
| brevity | n. shortness or briefness |
| bridle | n.headgear for horse; he act of restraining power or action or limiting excess |
| brim | n. top edge of a cup, bowl, glass, etc |
| brindled | adj. brown with streaks of another colour |
| brink | n. edge at the top of a steep high place, eg a cliff |
| brisk | adj. quick; active; energetic |
| bristle | n. short stiff hair |
| bristling | rising like bristles; showing irritation |
| brittle | adj. hard but easily broken; fragile |
| broach | v bring up, announce, begin to talk about |
| brocade | n. fabric woven with a raised pattern, esp of gold or silver threads |
| brochure | n. booklet or pamphlet containing information about sth or advertising sth |
| broil | v. cook (meat) on a fire or gridiron; heat by a natural force |
| bromide | n. A dull person with conventional thoughts. A commonplace or conventional saying; chemical compound used in medicine to calm the nerves |
| brooch | n. ornament with a hinged pin and clasp, worn on women's clothes , |
| brood | n. all the young birds or other animals produced at one hatching or birth |
| brook | n. small stream |
| browbeat | v. ~ sb (into doing sth) frighten sb with stern looks and words; bully ; intimidate |
| browse | v. examine books in a casual, leisurely way |
| bruise | n. injury caused by a blow to the body or to a fruit, discolouring the skin but not breaking it |
| brunt | main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); |
| brusque | adj. rough and abrupt; curt; marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
| buccaneer | n. pirate |
| bucolic | adj. of country life or the countryside; rustic ; |
| buffet | n. strike, beat repeatedly (e.g. wind) ; counter where food and drink may be bought and consumed, esp in a railway station or on a train |
| buffoon | n. ridiculous but amusing person; clown |
| buffoonery | n. ridiculous behaviour; clowning ; |
| bugaboo | object of baseless terror; of concern (e.g. inflation) |
| bulge | n. rounded swelling; outward curve |
| bulk | n. size, quantity or volume, esp when great |
| bullion | n. gold or silver in bulk or bars, before it is made into coins, etc |
| bully | n. person who uses his strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people |
| bulwark | n. wall, esp of earth, built as a defence; Anything that gives security or defense.; around deck |
| bump | v. ~ against/into sb/sth knock or strike sth with a dull-sounding blow; collide with sth |
| bungle | v. do badly or clumsily; spoil (a task) through lack of skill |
| buoyant | able to float; cheerful and optimistic; |
| bureaucracy | n. system of government through departments managed by State officials, not by elected representatives |
| burgeon | v. grow forth, send out buds ; flourish |
| burlesque | n. comic or exaggerated imitation; parody |
| burly | adj. with a strong heavy body; sturdy |
| burnish | v. make smooth and shiny by rubbing; polish |
| bust | n. sculpture of a person's head, shoulders and chest |
| buttress | n. support built against a wall . |
| buxom | adj. (of women) plump and healthy-looking; having a large bosom ; |
| cabal | n. secret political plot |
| cache | n. place for hiding food, treasure or weapons |
| cacophonous | (adj.) sounding jarring |
| cacophony | n. loud unpleasant mixture of discordant sounds |
| cadaver | n. dead body of a person; corpse ; |
| cadaverous | adj. looking like a corpse; very pale and gaunt ; |
| cadence | n. rhythm in sound |
| cadet | n. young person training to become a policeman or an officer in the armed forces |
| cajole | v. ~ sb(into/out of sth); ~ sb (into/out of doing sth) persuade sb (to do sth) by flattery or deceit; coax sb |
| calamity | n. serious misfortune or disaster |
| calculated | undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failure |
| caldron | #NAME? |
| caliber | ability; capacity |
| calligraphy | n. beautiful handwriting |
| callous | adj. cruelly insensitive or unsympathetic |
| callow | adj. immature and inexperienced |
| callus | n. area of thick hardened skin |
| calorific | adj. of or producing heat |
| calumny | n. false statement about sb, made to damage his character |
| camaraderie | n. friendship and mutual trust; comradeship ; |
| cameo | n. small piece of hard stone with a raised design, esp one with two coloured layers so that the background is of a different colour from the design |
| camp | n. place where people (eg holiday-makers, Scouts or explorers) live temporarily in tents or huts |
| canard | n. false report or rumour |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression:FORTHRIGHTNESS |
| canine | adj. of, like or relating to dogs |
| canker | n. disease that destroys the wood of plants and trees |
| canny | adj. shrewd and careful, esp in business matters |
| cant | n. insincere talk, esp about religion or morality; hypocrisy ; |
| cantankerous | adj. bad-tempered; quarrelsome ; |
| cantata | n. short musical work, often on a religious subject, sung by soloists and usu a choir, accompanied by an orchestra |
| canter | n. (of a horse) movement that is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop |
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