to bilk | to swindle, to cheat |
billowing | swelling out in waves, surging |
bivouac | temporary encampment |
bizarre | fantastic, violently contrasting |
to blanch | to bleach, to whiten |
bland | soothing or mild/ agreeable |
blandishment | flattery |
blare | loud, harsh roar or screech/ dazzling blaze of light |
blase | bored with pleasure or dissipation |
blasphemy | irreverence, sacrilege, cursing |
blatant | flagrant, conspicuously obvious, loudly offensive |
bleak | cold or cheerless/ unlikely to be favorable |
blighted | suffering from a disease, destroyed |
blithe | gay, joyous, heedless |
bloated | swollen or puffed as with water or air |
bludgeon | club/ heavy-headed weapon |
bluff | pretense of strength, deception/ high cliff |
bluff (adj) | rough but good-natured |
blunder | error |
to blurt | to utter impulsively |
to bluster | to blow in heavy gusts/ to threaten emptily, to bully |
to bode | to foreshadow, to portend |
bogus | counterfeit, not authentic |
bohemian | unconventional in an artistic way |
boisterous | violent, rough, noisy |
to bolster | to support, to reinforce |
bolt | door bar |
to bolt | to dash or dart off/ to fasten a door/ to gobble down |
bombardment | attack with missiles |
bombastic | pompous, using inflated language |
boon | blessing/ benefit |
boorish | rude, clownish |
boundless | unlimited, vast |
bountiful | abundant, graciously generous |