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GRE Lesson 6
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blithe(blithesome) | gay; joyous |
| bloated | (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air |
| blotch | spot; blot; CF. blot+botch |
| blowhard | talkative boaster; braggart |
| bludgeon | club; heavy-headed weapon; V. |
| blue | gloomy; depressed |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| bluff | pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured |
| blunder | error; stupid mistake |
| blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
| blurt | utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement |
| blush | become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N. |
| bluster | blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale |
| bode | foreshadow; portend |
| bog | soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud |
| bogus | counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview |
| Bohemian | unconventional (in an artistic way) |
| boisterous | violent; rough; noisy |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| bolt | door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a | door); gobble down |
| bombardment | attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| bookish | fond of books and reading |
| boon | blessing; benefit; something very helpful |
| boor | rude, insensitive person |
| boorish | rude; insensitive |
| boost | lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase |
| botch | mismanage; blow |
| bouillon | clear beef (or meat) soup |
| bound | leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to |
| bountiful | generous; graciously generous; showing bounty |
| bourgeois | middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions |
| bout | match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu |
| bovine | cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm |
| bowdlerize | expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler |
| brackish | somewhat saline |
| brag | boast |
| braggadocio | boasting |
| braggart | boaster; bragger |
| braid | plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment (as of hair) |
| brand | trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar. |
| brandish | wave around (a weapon); flourish |
| bravado | swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery |
| brave | face courageously; Ex. brave the storm |
| brawl | noisy quarrel |
| brawn | human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness |
| brawny | muscular; having well-developed muscles |
| brazen | insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence |
| breach | breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. |
| breadth | width; extent |
| breed | produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant |
| brevity | conciseness; shortness of duration |
| bridle | harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger |
| brim | uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim |
| brindled | tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) |
| brink | edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon |
| brisk | quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor |
| bristle | short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly |
| bristling | rising like bristles; showing irritation |
| brittle | hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation |
| broach | introduce as a subject; moot; open up |
| brocade | rich, figured(patterned) fabric |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| broil | cook by direct heat; N. |
| bromide | platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement |
| brooch | ornamental clasp; pin |
| brood | sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time |
| brook | tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream |
| browbeat | bully; intimidate |
| browse | graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually |
| bruise | injure without breaking the skin; N. |
| brunt | main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument |
| brusque | blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice |
| buccaneer | pirate |
| bucolic | rustic; pastoral |
| buffet | strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set |
| buffoon | stupid person; clown |
| buffoonery | clowning |
| bugaboo | bugbear; object of baseless terror |
| bulge | protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude |
| bulk | size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size |
| bullion | gold and silver in the form of bars |
| bully | one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V. |
| bulwark | strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends |
| bump | hit or knock against with force; N. |
| bungle | mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior |
| buoyant | able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market |
| bureaucracy | overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic |
| burgeon | grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon |
| burlesque | give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly |
| burnish | make shiny by rubbing; polish |
| bust | piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster |
| buttress | support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress |
| buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly |
| cabal | small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests |
| cache | hiding place; V. |
| cacophonous | discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds |
| cadaver | corpse; dead human body |
| cadaverous | like a corpse; pale |
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