Kaplan - B
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- bacchanalian
- drunkenly festive
- baleful
- harmful, with evil intentions
- balk
- to refuse, shirk; prevent
- balm
- soothing, healing influence
- bane
- something causing ruin, death, or destruction
- bay (v)
- to bark, especially in a deep prolonged way
- beatific
- appearing to be saintly, angelic
- becloud
- to confuse; darken with clouds
- beguile
- to deceive, mislead; to charm
- belie
- to misrepresent; expose as false
- bellicose
- warlike, aggressive
- bemuse
- to confuse, stupefy; to plunge deep into thought
- beneficent
- kindly, charitable; doing good deeds; producing good effects
- benison
- blessing
- bent
- a natural inclination toward something
- besmear
- smear
- bespatter
- to spatter
- betoken
- to indicate, signify, give evidence of
- bevy
- group
- bibliophile
- book lover
- bifurcate
- divide into two parts
- bilious
- bad-natured
- bilk
- to cheat, defraud
- billet
- board and lodging for troops
- biped
- two-footed animal
- blanch
- to pale; take the color out of
- blandish
- to coax with flattery
- blight (v)
- to afflict, destroy
- blithe
- joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
- bluster
- to boast or make threats loudly
- bombastic
- pompous in speech or manner
- bonanza
- extremely large amount; something profitable
- bonhomie
- good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer
- boon
- blessing, something to be thankful for
- bourgeois
- middle-class
- brazen
- bold, shameless, impudent; of or like brass
- brigand
- bandit, outlaw
- bromide
- a dull, commonplace person or idea
- brusque
- rough and abrupt in manner
- bulwark
- defense wall; anything serving as defense
- bursar
- treasurer
- butt
- person or thing that is object of ridicule
- buttress (v)
- to reinforce or support
- byway
- back or side road