bard	poet
baroque	highly ornate
barrage	barrier laid down by artillery fire
barren	desolate, fruitless and unproductive, lacking
barterer	trader
to bask	to luxuriate, to take pleasure in warmth
bastion	fortress, defense
to bate	to let down, to restrain
bauble	trinket, triffle
bawdy	indecent, obscene
beatific	giving bliss, blissful
beatitude	blessedness, state of bliss
to bedizen	to dress with vulgar finery
to bedraggle	to wet thoroughly, to stain with mud
to make a beeline for sth	to go by direct, quick route
to befuddle	to confuse thoroughly
to beget	to father, to produce, to give rise to
to begrudge	to resent
to beguile	to mislead or delude/ to pass time
behemoth	huge creature, monstrous animal