Words Starting With B
40 SAT and GRE words beginning with B. Each links to its full entry with a definition, an example sentence and related words.
- Banaladjective
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- Banenoun
something causing misery or death
- Bastionnoun
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- Baublenoun
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
- Belaborverb
attack verbally with harsh criticism
- Beleaguerverb
surround so as to force to give up
- Believerb
be in contradiction with
- Belittleverb
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
- Bellicoseadjective
having or showing a ready disposition to fight
- Belligerentadjective
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
- Benevolentadjective
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
- Benignadjective
not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
- Bequeathverb
leave or give by will after one's death
- Berateverb
censure severely or angrily
- Bereftadjective
unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
- Beseechverb
ask for or request earnestly
- Besiegeverb
harass, as with questions or requests
- Bestowverb
bestow a quality on
- Betrayverb
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- Bigotnoun
a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
- Blandishmentnoun
the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
- Blasphemynoun
blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
- Blatantadjective
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- Blightnoun
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
- Blitheadjective
lacking or showing a lack of due concern
- Bolsternoun
a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
- Bombasticadjective
ostentatiously lofty in style
- Boorishadjective
ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
- Bourgeoisadjective
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
- Bravadonoun
a swaggering show of courage
- Brazenadjective
unrestrained by convention or propriety; ; ; - Los Angeles Times; ; ; - Bertrand Russell
- Brevitynoun
the attribute of being brief or fleeting
- Broachverb
bring up a topic for discussion
- Brusqueadjective
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- Bucolicadjective
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
- Bulwarknoun
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- Bureaucracynoun
any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
- Burgeonverb
grow and flourish
- Burnishnoun
the property of being smooth and shiny
- Buttressnoun
a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building