GMAT, GRE, TOEFL., IELTS vocabulary list ( Group B)

1.            Banal : (adj.) trite; without freshness or originality

2.            Baneful : (adj.) deadly or causing distress, death  

3.            Baroque : (adj.) extravagant; ornate; embellished

4.            Bastion : (n.) a fortified place or strong defense

5.            batten (v.) to gain

6.            bauble : (n.) a showy yet useless thing

7.            beget : (v.) to bring into being

8.            beholden : (adj.) indebted to

9.            behoove : (v.) to be advantageous; to be necessary

10.       belittle : (v.) to make small; to think lightly of

11.       bellicose : (adj.) quarrelsome; warlike

12.       bemuse : (v.) to preoccupy in thought

13.       benefactor : (n.) one who helps others; a donor

14.       beneficent : (adj.) conferring benefits; kindly; doing good

15.       benevolent : (adj.) kind; generous

16.       benign : (adj.) mild; harmless

17.       berate : (v.) scold; reprove; reproach; criticize

18.       bereft : (v.; adj.) to be deprived of; to be in a sad manner; hurt by someone's death

19.       beseech : (v.) to ask earnestly

20.       besmirch : (v.) to dirty or discolor

21.       bestial : (adj.) having the qualities of a beast; brutal

22.       betroth : (v.) to promise or pledge in marriage

23.       biased : (adj.) prejudiced; influenced; not neutral

24.       biennial : (adj.; n.) happening every two years; a plant which blooms every two years

25.       bilateral : (adj.) pertaining to or affecting both sides or two sides; having two sides  

26.       blasphemous : (adj.) irreligious; away from acceptable standards; speaking ill of using profane language

27.       blatant : (adj.) obvious; unmistakable; crude; vulgar  

28.       blighted : (adj.) causing frustration or destruction

29.       blithe : (adj.) happy; cheery; merry; a cheerful disposition  

30.       bode : (v.) to foretell something

31.       bombast : (n.) pompous speech; pretentious words

32.       bombastic : (adj.) pompous; wordy; turgid

33.       boor : (n.) a rude person

34.       breadth : (n.) the distance from one side to another

35.       brevity : (n.) briefness; shortness

36.       broach : (v.) to introduce into conversation   

37.       brusque : (adj.) abrupt in manner or speech

38.       bucolic : (adj.) having to do with shepherds or the country  

39.       bumptious : (adj.) arrogant

40.       bungler : (n.) a clumsy person

The one who broke the crystal vase was a true bungler, burgeon

(v.) to grow or develop quickly

The tumor appeared to burgeon more quickly than normal.

After the first punch was thrown, the dispute burgeoned into a brawl.

burlesque

(v.; n.) to imitate in a non-serious manner; a comical imitation

His stump speeches were so hackneyed, he seemed to be burlesquing of

his role as a congressman.

George Burns was considered one of the great practitioners of burlesque.

burly

(adj.) strong; bulky; stocky The lumbeijack was a burly man.

burnish

(v.) to polish by rubbing

The vase needed to be burnished to restore its beauty, cabal

(n.) a group of personsjoined by a secret

The very idea that there could be a cabal cast suspicion on the whole operation.