Synonyms- B
I.Bard:Poet
Shakespeare is a
great poet(Bard).
2.Boretaced:Shameless,bold
Shocked by Huck finn's boretaced lies,Miss Watson prayed the good lord would
give him a sense of his regenerate dickedness.
3.Bask:luxuriate,take
pleasure in warmth.
Basking on the
beach, she relaxed so completely that shell fell asleep.
4.Bate:let
down,restrain.
Until it was to open
the presents, the children had to bate their curiosity.
5.Beatific:giving
bliss,blissful.
The beatificsmile on
the child's face made us very happy.
6.Beeline:Direct,Quick route.
As soon as the movie
was over,jim made a beeline for the exit.
7.Behoove:Be suited to.
In this time of
crisis,it behooves all of us to remain calm and await the instruction of our
superiors.
8.Belie:Contradict,give a false impression.
His coarse,hard
bitten exterior belied his innate sensitivity.
9 Bestow: Conter.
He wished to bestow
great honors upon the hero.
10.B ilk: S windle, Cheat.
The Con man
specialized in bilking insurance companies.
11.Bland:Soothing or
mild,agreeable.
Jill tried a bland
ointment for her sun burn.
12.Blanch:Bleach, whiten.
Although age had
blanched his hair,he was still energetic.
13. Bicker:Quarrel.
The children
bickered morning, noon and night ,exasperating their parents.
14.Blurt:utter
impulsively.
Before she could
stop him,he blurted out the news.
15 .Boon: blessing, benefit.
The recent rains
that filled our empty reservoirs were a boon to the whole community.
16.Brawn:Muscular strenght,sturdiness.
It takes brawnto
become a champion weight-lifter.
17.Brook:tolerate;endure.
The dean would brook
no interference with his disciplinnary actions.
18.Brittle:easily
broken,difficult.
My employer's
brittle personality made it difficult for me to get along with her.
19.Broach:lntroduce,open
up.
He did not even try
to broach the subject.
20.Brazen:Insolent.
Her brazen contempt for
authority angered the ---
21.Brandish: Wave around,Hourish.
Doctor watson wildly
brandished
his
gun until Holmes told him to put the thing away before he shot himself.
22.Brunt:Main impact
or shock.
Tom sawyer claimed
credit for painting the fence,but the brunt of the work fell on
others.
23.Brackish:Somewhat
saline,
He found the only
wells in the area were brackish.
24.Bizarre:Fantastic, violently
contrating.
The plot of the
novel was too bizarre to be believed.
25.Bivouac:Temporaryencampment.
While in bivouac, we spent the night
in our sleeping bags under the stars.
26.Bait:harass,tease.
The school bully baited the smaller
children.
27.Babble:Chatter idly.
The little girl babbled about her doll.
28.Balk:Stop short,
as it faced with an obstacle and refuse to continue.
The cheif of police balked at sending his
officers into the riot torn area.
29.Banal:hackneyed,commonplace,trite,lacking
originality. He even resorted to the banality of having someone
slip on a banana peel!
30.Beneficent:Kindly,doing
good.
The overgenerous
philanthropist had to curb his beneficent impulses before he gave away
all his money and left himself with nothing.
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