Quizlet Kaplan SAT Word List: "B" Words

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  1. balk: To stop short and refuse to continue
  2. ballast: A structure that helps to stabilize
  3. beatific: Exhibiting calmness and joy; pertaining to a state of celestial happiness
  4. becalm: To soothe; to halt the progress of
  5. becloud: To blur or obsure; to make less visible or clear
  6. bedraggle: Dilapidated; wet and limp; soiled; dirty
  7. beget: To produce as an effect; to "bring about"
  8. behemoth: Something gigantic in size/power; monstrous creature
  9. beneficient: Relating to kindness
  10. berate: To scold harshly; reprimand
  11. bilious: Ill-tempered; sickly
  12. blasphemious: Cursing; extremely disrespectful or inconsiderate
  13. blatant: Very obvious and easily noticed, usually in an offensive, rude manner
  14. blithely: Merrily; lighthearted or carefree manner
  15. bombastic: Superior-sounding, but not significant at all; lofty in style
  16. bovine: Relating to cows; having characteristics of a cow (sluggishness or dullness)
  17. braggart: Someone who boasts in a loud but empty manner
  18. broach: To mention for the very first time
  19. bucolic: Rural; simple
  20. burnish: To polish; make glossy or smooth
  21. bursar: A treasurer or keeper of money/funds