| Term | Definition |
|---|
| balk | to stop, block abruptly |
| ballad | a love song |
| banal | dull, commonplace |
| bane | a burden |
| bard | a poet, often a singer as well |
| bashful | shy, excessively timid |
| battery | 1.a device that supplies power 2.assault, beating |
| beguile | to trick, deceive |
| behemoth | something of tremendous power or size |
| benevolent | marked by goodness or doing good |
| benign | favorable, not threatening, mild |
| bequeath | to pass on, give |
| berate | to scold vehemently |
| bereft | devoid of, without |
| beseech | to beg, plead, implore |
| bias | a tendency, inclination, prejudice |
| bilk | cheat, defraud |
| blandish | to coax by using flattery |
| blemish | an imperfection, flaw |
| blight | 1.a plague, disease 2.something that destroys hope |
| boisterous | loud and full of energy |
| bombastic | excessively confident, pompous |
| boon | a gift or blessing |
| bourgeois | a middle-class person, capitalist |
| brazen | excessively bold, brash |
| brusque | short, abrupt, dismissive |
| buffet | 1.to strike with force 2.an arrangement of food set out on a table |
| burnish | to polish, shine |
| buttress | to support, hold up |
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