Synonyms- B
1.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.
Bestow:Conter.
He wished to bestow great honors upon the hero.
9.Bilk:Swindle,Cheat.
The Con man specialized in bilking insurance companies.
10.Bland:Soothing or mild,agreeable.
Jill tried a bland ointment for her sun burn.
11.Blanch:Bleach,whiten.
Although age had blanched his hair,he was still energetic.
12. Bicker:Quarrel.
The children bickered morning,noon and night ,exasperating
their parents.
13.Blurt:utter impulsively.
Before she could stop him,he blurted out the news.
14.Boon:blessing,benefit.
The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs
were a boon to the whole community.
15.Brawn:Muscular strenght,sturdiness.
It takes brawnto become a champion weight-lifter.
16.Brook:tolerate;endure.
The dean would brook no interference with his disciplinnary
actions.
17.Brittle:easily broken,difficult.
My employer's brittle personality made it difficult for me
to get along with her.
18.Broach:Introduce,open up.
He did not even try to broach the
subject.
19.Brazen:Insolent.
Her brazen contempt for authority angered the aooicials.
20.Brandish:Wave around,Hourish.
Doctor watson wildly brandished his gun until Holmes told him
to put the thing away before he shot himself.
21.Brunt:Main impact or shock.
Tom sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence,but the brunt
of the work fell on others.
22.Brackish:Somewhat salinc.
He found the only wells in the area were brackish.
23.Bizarre:Fantastic,violently contrating.
The plot of the novel was too bizarre to be believed.
24.Bivouac:Temporary encampment.
While in bivouac,we spent the night in our sleeping bags under
the stars.
25.Bait:harass,tease.
The school bully baited the smaller children.
26.Babble:Chatter idly.
The little girl babbled about her doll.
27.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.
28.Banal:hackneyed,commonplace,trite,lacking originality.
He even resorted to the banality of having someone slip on a
banana peel!
29.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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