bourgeois	middle class/ selfishly materialistic/ dully conventional
bovine	cowlike/ placid and dull
to bowdlerize	to expurgate
to boycott	to refrain from buying or using
braggart	boaster
to brandish	to wave around/ to flourish
bravado	swagger/ assumed air of defiance
brawn	muscular strength, sturdiness
brazen	insolent
breach	an instance of breaking a contract or duty
to breach	to break
breadth	width/ extent
brevity	conciseness
brindled	tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
bristling	rising like bristles/ showing irritation
brittle	easily broken/ difficult
to broach	to introduce/ to open up
brochure	pamphlet/ small piece of paper with ad
brooch	ornamental clasp
to browbeat	to bully, to intimidate
to browse	to graze/ to skim or glance at casually
brunt	main impact or shock
brusque	blunt, abrupt
buccaneer	pirate
buffet	a table with self-service food
to buffet	to slap/ to batter/ to knock about
buffoonery	clowning
bullion	gold and silver in the form of bars
bulwark	earthwork, strong defense/ a defender
bumptious	self-assertive
bungalow	small cottage
to bungle	to mismanage/ to blunder
buoyant	able to float/ cheerful and optimistic
bureaucracy	over-regulated administrative system
to burgeon	to grow forth/ to send out buds
to burlesque	to give and imitation that ridicules
burly	husky, muscular
to burnish	to make shiny, to polish