nikki english vocabulary lesson II
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- barbarous (barbarus)
- uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- beautify (beatus)
- to make or become beautiful.
- beatitude (beatus)
- 1. supreme blessedness; exalted happiness. 2. (often initial capital letter) any of the declarations of blessedness pronounced by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
- bellicose (bellium)
- inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- belligerence (bellium)
- a warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude.
- benefaction (bene)
- an act of conferring a benefit; the doing of good; a good deed: He is known throughout the region for his many benefactions.
- benefactor (bene)
- a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.
- beneficiary (bene)
- a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- bibber (bibo)
- a steady drinker; tippler (usually used in combination): winebibber.
- imbibe (bibo)
- to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
- bibliography (biblotecha)
- a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- bibliopegy (bibliotecha)
- the art of binding books
- bibliophile (bibliotecha)
- a person who loves or collects books, esp. as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, or the like.
- bibliopole (bibliotecha)
- a bookseller, esp. a dealer in rare or used books.
- biannual (bis)
- 1. occurring twice a year; semiannual. 2. occurring every two years; biennial.
- bipartisan (bis)
- representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
- bicuspid (bis)
- adj. Having two points or cusps, as the crescent moon. n. A bicuspid tooth, especially a premolar.
- bifacial (bis)
- 1. having two faces or fronts. 2. Archaeology. having the opposite surfaces alike, as some tools
- bigamy (bis)
- Law. the crime of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.
- bilateral (bis)
- 1. pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like: a bilateral agreement; bilateral sponsorship. 2. located on opposite sides of an axis; two-sided, esp. when of equal size, value, etc
- bimanous (bis)
- having two hands, esp. as distinct from feet.
- bovine (bos)
- of or pertaining to the subfamily Bovinae, which includes cattle, buffalo, and kudus.
- brevity (brevis)
- shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
- abbreviate (brevis)
- to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot, ab. for about, R.I. for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian.