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Word List 7
Blunder - Canter
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Blurt | to utter impulsively |
| Bluster | to be loud and noisy; empty threats |
| Bode | to foreshadow; portend (to give an omen) |
| Bogus | counterfeit; not authentic |
| Bohemian | unconventional (in an artistic way) |
| Boisterous | violent; rough; noisy |
| Bolster | to support; to reinforce |
| Bolt (N) | door bar; a fastening pin or screw; the length of fabric |
| Bolt (V) | to dash or to dart off; fasten (a door); to gobble down |
| Bombardment | an attack with bombs |
| Bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| Boon | blessing; benefit |
| Boorish | rude; insensitive |
| Bouillon | clear beef or chicken soup |
| Bountiful | abundant; graciously generous |
| Bourgeois | middle class; selfishly materialistic |
| Bovine | cowlike; placid and dull |
| Bowdlerize | to remove passages considered vulgar: to expurgate |
| Boycott | to refrain from buying or using |
| Brackish | somewhat salty; unpleasant or distasteful <He found the only wells in the area were brackish; drinking the water made him nauseous.> |
| Braggadocio | boasting; cockiness <He was disliked because his manner was always full of braggadocio.> |
| Braggart | boaster |
| Brandish | to wave around; to flourish |
| Bravado | pretense display of bravery; swaggering (boasting) |
| Brawn | muscular strength; sturdiness |
| Brazen | contemptuous in speech or conduct; insolent |
| Breach | breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap |
| Breadth | width; extent |
| Brevity | shortness or conciseness |
| Brindled | tawny or grayish with streaks or sports |
| Bristling | rising like bristles; showing irritation |
| Brittle | easily broken or damaged; lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion |
| Broach | to introduce; to open up |
| Brocade | rich, figured fabric |
| Brochure | pamphlet |
| Brooch | ornamental clasp |
| Brook | to tolerate; to endure |
| Browbeat | to bully; to intimidate |
| Browse | to graze; to skim or glance at casually |
| Brunt | main impact or shock <His arm took the brunt of the blow.> |
| Brusque | blunt; abrupt |
| Buccaneer | pirate |
| Bucolic | rustic; pastoral |
| Buffet | to slap; batter; knock about |
| Buffoonery | clowning |
| Bugaboo | something that causes fear or worry; bugbear |
| Bullion | gold and silver in the form of bars |
| Bulwark | a defense wall; person who defends |
| Bungle | to act or work clumsily or inadequately; to mishandle; to botch |
| Buoyant | able to float; cheerful and optimistic |
| Bureaucracy | overregulated administrative system marked by red tape |
| Burgeon | to sprout; to flourish |
| Burlesque | to give an imitation that ridicules |
| Burnish | to make shiny by rubbing; polish |
| Buttress | to support; to prop up |
| Buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly |
| Cabal | persons secretly united in a plot; club or group <a cabal of artist> |
| Cache | hiding place |
| Cacophonous | having a harsh or discordant sound; inharmonious |
| Cadaver | corpse |
| Cadaverous | like a corpse; pale |
| Cadence | rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat |
| Cajole | to coax; to wheedle |
| Calamity | disaster; misery |
| Calculated | deliberately planned; likely |
| Cauldron | large kettle |
| Caliber | ability; quality |
| Calligraphy | beautiful writing; excellent penmanship |
| Callous | hardened; unfeeling |
| Callow | inexperience; immature |
| Calorific | heat-producing |
| Calumny | malicious misrepresentation; slander |
| Camaraderie | good-fellowship |
| Cameo | shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film |
| Camouflage | to disguise; to conceal |
| Canard | a false story; exaggerate report |
| Candor | frankness; open honesty |
| Canine | related to dogs; doglike |
| Canker | any ulcerous sore; any evil |
| Canny | Careful, cautious; shrewd; skilled; thrifty |
| Canon | the body of rules, principles, or standards; standard or criterion |
| Cant | insincere expressions of piety; private language of the underworld |
| Cantankerous | ill-humored; irritable |
| Cantata | story set to music, to be sung by a chorus |
| Blunder | error |
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