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GRE Bs
B words for GRE
Question | Answer |
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bilk | cheat; defraud |
bigot | narrow-minded; prejudiced person |
billowing | swelling; fluttering; waving |
Blasphemy | speech which offends religious sentiments |
Blithe | free-spirited; carefree |
blunderbuss | (1) Ancient weapon (type of gun); (2) A clumsy Person |
blatant | obvious |
Blight | to afflict or destroy |
Bolster | To support; prop up |
Bambast | arrogant; pompous laguage |
Boorish | ill-mannered; crude person |
Bourgeois | middle-class |
Braggart | Someone who boasts |
Brawny | Muscular |
Brevity | Being Brief |
bristle | a short stiff hair; to show irritation |
Broach | Start to discuss; approach |
Brusque | blunt; abrupt |
Bulwark | fortification; barricade; wall |
Bureaucracy | officialdom |
Burgeon | grow; flourish; put forth new shoots |
Burnish | polish |
Buttress | strengthen; support |
Byline | the line that tells you who wrote an article |
Bellicose | war-like; aggressive |
Belligerent | aggressive; ready to fight |
Bemoan | complain about |
Benevolent | kindly |
Benign | kindly; harmless |
Benignity | compassion; gentleness; fondness |
Bequeath | leave something in one's will to be given after one's death |
Berate | scold; criticize |
Beret | type of cap |
Bestial | behaving like a beast; brutal |
Boycott | refuse to have dealings with |
Baleful | evil |
Bent | Inclination; attitude |
Blowhard | boastful person |
Burlesque | 1. comic play; 2. lampoon |
Brook | (1) Small stream; (2) Tolerate |
Barrage | extended gunfire to cover an attack; dam across river; deluge or information etc. |
Balm | soothing ointment or anything soothing [balmy (a)] |