GRE Words: Section B

Baleful

Sinister, pernicious, ominous

Bane

Cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration

Beatify

To bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to, to regard as saintly

Bedizen

To adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner

Beguile

To influence by trickery, flattery etc., to mislead

Belie

To give false impression of, to misrepresent

Bellicose

Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

Benign

Favorable, harmless

Bent

Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

Blandish

To coax with flattery, toady (yes-man) or fawn

Blithe

Carefree, merry

Boisterous

Loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

Bolster

To provide support or reinforcement

Bombastic

Pompous, self-important, grandiloquent (overly inflated)

Boor

A rude or insensitive person, lout, yokel

Bridling

To control or hold back, restrain

Broach

Bring up, announce, begin to talk about

Brook

To tolerate, endure, countenance

Bucolic

Rustic and pastoral, characteristics of rural areas and their inhabitants

Burgeon

To grow rapidly or flourish

Burnish

To polish, rub to a shine

Byzantine

Labyrinthine, complex