476 | Baconian | adj. | Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy. |
477 | bacterium | n. | A microbe. |
478 | badger | v. | To pester. |
479 | baffle | v. | To foil or frustrate. |
480 | bailiff | n. | An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment. |
481 | baize | n. | A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc. |
482 | bale | n. | A large package prepared for transportation or storage. |
483 | baleful | adj. | Malignant. |
484 | ballad | n. | Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. |
485 | balsam | n. | A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing. |
486 | banal | adj. | Commonplace. |
487 | barcarole | n. | A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers. |
488 | barograph | n. | An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure. |
489 | barometer | n. | An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface. |
490 | barring | prep. | Apart from. |
491 | baritone | adj. | Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor. |
492 | bask | v. | To make warm by genial heat. |
493 | bass | adj. | Low in tone or compass. |
494 | baste | v. | To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking. |
495 | baton | n. | An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege. |
496 | battalion | n. | A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment. |
497 | batten | n. | A narrow strip of wood. |
498 | batter | n. | A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery. |
499 | bauble | n. | A trinket. |
500 | bawl | v. | To proclaim by outcry. |
501 | beatify | v. | To make supremely happy. |
502 | beatitude | n. | Any state of great happiness. |
503 | beau | n. | An escort or lover. |
504 | becalm | v. | To make quiet. |
505 | beck | v. | To give a signal to, by nod or gesture. |
506 | bedaub | v. | To smear over, as with something oily or sticky. |
507 | bedeck | v. | To cover with ornament. |
508 | bedlam | n. | Madhouse. |
509 | befog | v. | To confuse. |
510 | befriend | v. | To be a friend to, especially when in need. |
511 | beget | v. | To produce by sexual generation. |
512 | begrudge | v. | To envy one of the possession of. |
513 | belate | v. | To delay past the proper hour. |
514 | belay | v. | To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat. |
515 | belie | v. | To misrepresent. |
516 | believe | v. | To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others. |
517 | belittle | v. | To disparage. |
518 | belle | n. | A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc. |
519 | bellicose | adj. | Warlike. |
520 | belligerent | adj. | Manifesting a warlike spirit. |
521 | bemoan | v. | To lament |
522 | benediction | n. | a solemn invocation of the divine blessing. |
523 | benefactor | n. | A doer of kindly and charitable acts. |
524 | benefice | n. | A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service. |
525 | beneficent | adj. | Characterized by charity and kindness. |
526 | beneficial | adj. | Helpful. |
527 | beneficiary | n. | One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property. |
528 | benefit | n. | Helpful result. |
529 | benevolence | n. | Any act of kindness or well-doing. |
530 | benevolent | adj. | Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being. |
531 | benign | adj. | Good and kind of heart. |
532 | benignant | adj. | Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect. |
533 | benignity | n. | Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner. |
534 | benison | n. | Blessing. |
535 | bequeath | v. | To give by will. |
536 | bereave | v. | To make desolate with loneliness and grief. |
537 | berth | n. | A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc. |
538 | beseech | v. | To implore. |
539 | beset | v. | To attack on all sides. |
540 | besmear | v. | To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance. |
541 | bestial | adj. | Animal. |
542 | bestrew | v. | To sprinkle or cover with things strewn. |
543 | bestride | v. | To get or sit upon astride, as a horse. |
544 | bethink | v. | To remind oneself. |
545 | betide | v. | To happen to or befall. |
546 | betimes | adv. | In good season or time. |
547 | betroth | v. | To engage to marry. |
548 | betrothal | n. | Engagement to marry. |
549 | bevel | n. | Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees. |
550 | bewilder | v. | To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. |
551 | bibliomania | n. | The passion for collecting books. |
552 | bibliography | n. | A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject. |
553 | bibliophile | n. | One who loves books. |
554 | bibulous | adj. | Fond of drinking. |
555 | bide | v. | To await. |
556 | biennial | n. | A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second. |
557 | bier | n. | A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave. |
558 | bigamist | n. | One who has two spouses at the same time. |
559 | bigamy | n. | The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living. |
560 | bight | n. | A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line. |
561 | bilateral | adj. | Two-sided. |
562 | bilingual | adj. | Speaking two languages. |
563 | biograph | n. | A bibliographical sketch or notice. |
564 | biography | n. | A written account of one's life, actions, and character. |
565 | biology | n. | The science of life or living organisms. |
566 | biped | n. | An animal having two feet. |
567 | birthright | n. | A privilege or possession into which one is born. |
568 | bitterness | n. | Acridity, as to the taste. |
569 | blase | adj. | Sated with pleasure. |
570 | blaspheme | v. | To indulge in profane oaths. |
571 | blatant | adj. | Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. |
572 | blaze | n. | A vivid glowing flame. |
573 | blazon | v. | To make widely or generally known. |
574 | bleak | adj. | Desolate. |
575 | blemish | n. | A mark that mars beauty. |
576 | blithe | adj. | Joyous. |
577 | blithesome | adj. | Cheerful. |
578 | blockade | n. | The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces. |
579 | boatswain | n. | A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc. |
580 | bodice | n. | A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist. |
581 | bodily | adj. | Corporeal. |
582 | boisterous | adj. | Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. |
583 | bole | n. | The trunk or body of a tree. |
584 | bolero | n. | A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing. |
585 | boll | n. | A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton. |
586 | bolster | v. | To support, as something wrong. |
587 | bomb | n. | A hollow projectile containing an explosive material. |
588 | bombard | v. | To assail with any missile or with abusive speech. |
589 | bombardier | n. | A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells. |
590 | bombast | n. | Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects. |
591 | boorish | adj. | Rude. |
592 | bore | v. | To weary by tediousness or dullness. |
593 | borough | n. | An incorporated village or town. |
594 | bosom | n. | The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman. |
595 | botanical | adj. | Connected with the study or cultivation of plants. |
596 | botanize | v. | To study plant-life. |
597 | botany | n. | The science that treats of plants. |
598 | bountiful | adj. | Showing abundance. |
599 | Bowdlerize | v. | To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages. |
600 | bowler | n. | In cricket, the player who delivers the ball. |
601 | boycott | v. | To place the products or merchandise of under a ban. |
602 | brae | n. | Hillside. |
603 | braggart | n. | A vain boaster. |
604 | brandish | v. | To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear. |
605 | bravado | n. | An aggressive display of boldness. |
606 | bravo | interj. | Well done. |
607 | bray | n. | A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn. |
608 | braze | v. | To make of or ornament with brass. |
609 | brazier | n. | An open pan or basin for holding live coals. |
610 | breach | n. | The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation. |
611 | breaker | n. | One who trains horses, dogs, etc. |
612 | breech | n. | The buttocks. |
613 | brethren | n. | pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like. |
614 | brevity | n. | Shortness of duration. |
615 | bric-a-brac | n. | Objects of curiosity or for decoration. |
616 | bridle | n. | The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins. |
617 | brigade | n. | A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments. |
618 | brigadier | n. | General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general. |
619 | brigand | n. | One who lives by robbery and plunder. |
620 | brimstone | n. | Sulfur. |
621 | brine | n. | Water saturated with salt. |
622 | bristle | n. | One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc. |
623 | Britannia | n. | The United Kingdom of Great Britain. |
624 | Briticism | n. | A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British. |
625 | brittle | adj. | Fragile. |
626 | broach | v. | To mention, for the first time. |
627 | broadcast | adj. | Disseminated far and wide. |
628 | brogan | n. | A coarse, heavy shoe. |
629 | brogue | n. | Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people. |
630 | brokerage | n. | The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker. |
631 | bromine | n. | A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor. |
632 | bronchitis | n. | Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. |
633 | bronchus | n. | Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs. |
634 | brooch | n. | An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside. |
635 | brotherhood | n. | Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity. |
636 | browbeat | v. | To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner. |
637 | brusque | adj. | Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech. |
638 | buffoon | n. | A clown. |
639 | buffoonery | n. | Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc. |
640 | bulbous | adj. | Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb. |
641 | bullock | n. | An ox. |
642 | bulrush | n. | Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water. |
643 | bulwark | n. | Anything that gives security or defense. |
644 | bumper | n. | A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health. |
645 | bumptious | adj. | Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. |
646 | bungle | v. | To execute clumsily. |
647 | buoyancy | n. | Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas. |
648 | buoyant | adj. | Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. |
649 | bureau | n. | A chest of drawers for clothing, etc. |
650 | bureaucracy | n. | Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business. |
651 | burgess | n. | In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia. |
652 | burgher | n. | An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town. |
653 | burnish | v. | To make brilliant or shining. |
654 | bursar | n. | A treasurer. |
655 | bustle | v. | To hurry. |
656 | butt | v. | To strike with or as with the head, or horns. |
657 | butte | n. | A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated. |
658 | buttress | n. | Any support or prop. |
659 | by-law | n. | A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like. |
Friday 7 May 2010
Vocabulary builder B
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