Words Starting With "B"

1. B
2. Bemoan – to express sorrow or lament
3. Berserk – madly excited; in a state of frantic rage
4. Beseech – implore, beg, request, press, demand
5. Beset – overwhelmed, snowed under, inundated, beleaguered, plagued
6. Besmirch – defame, slander, sully, tarnish, damage, taint, defile
7. Bestial – humane (antonym), foul, beastlike, repulsive
8. Betoken – augur, portend, promise, divine, signify, indicate
9. Betroth – affiance, engage, plight
10. Bevy – horde, crowd, throng, flock, group
11. Bicker – dispute, quarrel, squabble, wrangle
12. Bigotry – prejudice, racism, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, chauvinism
13. Bilious – caused by gall or bile that comes from liver
14. Bilk – deceive or trick, con, swindle, defraud, bamboozle, dupe
15. Billow – bulge, swell, balloon, to fill something with air
16. Biometric (A) – using human physical characteristics (face shape, finger prints, etc.) for identification; a biometric test; biometric authentication; biometric census
17. Bivouac – temporary encampment
18. Blanch – whiten
19. Bland [A] – insipid, weak, tasteless, spicy (antonym), featureless lackluster, mediocre
20. Blandish – cajole, coax with flattery,
21. Blare – a loud noise
22. Blasé – nonchalant, laid back, cool, relaxed, unconcerned, offhand; uptight (antonym)
23. Blatant – obvious, barefaced, unashamed, furtive (antonym)
24. Bleak – miserable, austere, drab, dreary, hopeless, gloomy, futile
25. Bouillon - A thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock
26. Bowdlerize – censor, expurgate; amend
27. Brackish – salty, saline, briny
28. Braggadocio – vain and empty boasting
29. Braggart – boaster
30. Brandish – wield, handle; flourish
31. Bravado – audacity, boldness, daring, boasting, show
32. Brawn – muscle, brute force
33. Brazen – bold, barefaced, unashamed, blatant, discreet (antonym)
34. Brigand – a lawless fellow; one of a brand or robbers
35. Brindled – pattern of grey color
36. Bristle – hair, spine, spike, v- stand up, rise, poke out
37. Brittle – easily broken, fragile, delicate
38. Broach – mention, approach, raise, try out, put an agenda for discussion
39. Brocade – cloth, fabric etc., with decoration in sofa etc.
40. Brooch – clip of sari, badge, pin, ornament; trinket; accessory
41. Brook – to tolerate, allow, accept, countenance, suffer, sanction
42. Browbeat – badge, pester, annoy, bully, cudgel, nag, coerce, intimidate
43. Brunt – force, impact, burden, substance, bear the brunt (ph), I will bear the brunt of the loss,
44. Buffoonery – clown, joker, comedian, etc.’s cloth
45. Bugaboo – an imaginary monster to frighten children
46. Bullion – metal bar, gold bar or ingots
47. Bulwark – fortification, embankment, earthwork, barricade, rampart, wall, stronghold, aegis
48. Bungle – botch, mismanage, ruin, do badly, make a mess of, succeed (antonyms)
49. Buoyed (V) – float on the surface of water
50. Bureau (N) - Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
51. Burlesque – parody, caricature, travesty, mockery, lampoon, satire, vaudeville, revue, extravaganza,
52. Bursting (V) – come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; exploding