AP Lit vocab #2

balk(v)

to stop or block abruptly

banal(adj)

dull, commonplace

bane(n)

burden

bashful(adj)

shy, excessively timid

beguile(v)

to trick or deceive

behemoth(n)

something of tremendous power and size

benevolent(adj)

marked by goodness or doing good

benign(adj)

favorable, not threatening, mild

bequeath(v)

to pass on, give

berate(v)

to scold vehemently

bereft(adj)

devoid of, without

boisterous(adj)

loud and full of energy

bombastic(adj)

excessively confident, pompous

bourgeois(n)

middle-class person, capitalist

brazen(adj)

excessively bold or brash