DY SAT Vocab 007
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xDorothyYan on October 20, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Berate | To scold harshly |
| Bewilder | To confuse or puzzle |
| Blatant | Open and obvious to the point of being offensive |
| Blandishment | Gentle flattery used to get someone to behave a certain way |
| Bleak | Cold, miserable, barren, without hope |
| Blighted | Diseased; given over to hopelessness and despair |
| Blithe | Happily unconcerned and oblivious |
| Boisterous | Cheerfully loud and out of control |
| Bolster | To increase support |
| Breach | To break through, to violate |
| Brevity | Shortness and clarity in written or spoken word |
| Brittle | Hard but fragile |
| Broach | To approach a topic |
| Bucolic | Idealized characteristics of the country or country life |
| Bumptious | Loud and self serving to the point of being obnoxious |
| Buoyant | Lighthearted and happy; or to be able to float |
| Burgeon | To increase rapidly; to flourish and grow |
| Burnish | To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing or polishing it |
| Buttress | To support or reinforce a building, idea, thought, or argument |
| Braggart | One who brags unnecessarily |
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