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GRE Bs
B words for GRE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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)] |