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Essential Words B-C

Essential Words for the GRE. Words beginning with "b" and "c."

TermDefinition
bacchanalian pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
banal commonplace; trite
bard poet
bawdy abscene
beatify to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to
bedizen to dress in a vulgar, showy manner
behemoth huge creature; anything very large and powerful
belie to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
beneficent kindly; doing good
bifurcate to divide into two parts
blandishment flattery
blase bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned
bolster to give a boost to; prop up; support
bombastic pompous; using inflated language
boorish rude; insensitive
bovine cowlike
brazen bold; shameless
broach to mention for the first time
bucolic characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral
burgeon to flourish
burnish to polish
buttress to reinforce; support
cacophonous unpleasant or harsh-sounding
cadge to beg; sponge
callous thick-skinned; insensitive
calumny false and malicious accusation; slander
canard false, deliberately misleading story
canon an established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works
cant insincere talk; language of a particular group
cantankerous irritable; ill-humored
capricious fickle
captious faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
cardinal of foremost importance
carnal of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
carping to find fault; complain
cartography science of making maps
caste any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification
Created by: JNWorley
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