B-common (part 1)

balk

(v) stop, block abruptly (chùn bước, ngần ngại, hoặc từ chối trước một việc gì đó)

• Edna’s boss …ed at her request for another raise.

ballad

(n) a love song

banal

(adj) dull, commonplace (chuyện tầm thường)

bane

(n) a burden

• Advanced physics is the … of many students’ academic lives

bard

(n) a poet, often a singer as well (thi sĩ)

• Shakespeare is often considered the greatest … in the history of the English language.

Bashful

(adj) shy, excessively timid

battery

(n)

1. a device that supplies power

2. assault, beating

beguile

(v) trick, deceive

behemoth

(n) sth of tremendous power or size

benevolent

(adj) nhân từ, lòng từ thiện

benign

(adj) favorable, not threatening, mild

• We were all relieved to hear that the medical test determined her tumor to be …

bequeath

(v) pass on, give

• Jon’s father …ed his entire estate to his mother.

berate

(v) mắng nhiếc

bereft

(adj) = DEVOID OF = without

• His family was … of food and shelter following the tornado.

beseech

(v) to beg, plead, implore

• The servant …ed the king for food to feed his starving family.

bilk

(v) cheat, defraud

blandish

(v) xu nịnh

blemish

(n) an imperfection, flaw

blight

(n)

1. a plague, disease

2. sth that destroys hope

• His bad morale is a … upon this entire operation.

boisterous

(Adj) loud and full of energy

bombastic

(adj) excessively confident, pompous (khoa trương)

• The singer’s bombastic performance disgusted the crowd.

boon

(n) a gift or blessing

bourgeois

(n) /ˈbʊrʒwɑː/ a middle-class person, capitalist

• Many businessmen receive criticism for their … approach to life.

brazen

(adj) trơ trẽn, vô liêm sĩ

brusque

(Adj) thô lỗ, cộc lốc

buffet

(v)

1. (v) to strike with force

• the strong winds …ed the ships, threatening to capsize them.

2. (n) an arrangement of food set out on the table

• rather than sitting around a table, the guests took food from our … and ate standing up.

burnish

(v) polish, shine

• His mother asked him to … the silverware before setting the table.

buttress

(v) support, hold up

• the column …es the roof above the statue.

(n) sth that offers support

• the … supports the roof above the statues.