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bacchanalian
badinage
bailiff
bang
bantering
barterer
bate
batter
bead
beamline
beatific
beatitude
becalm
beckon
becloud
bedeck
bedizen
bedraggle
beforehand
befuddle
behemoth
beleaguer
bellicose
bemoan
bemused
besiege
bestial
betoken
betroth
bevy
bewilder
bicameral
biennial
billowing
bitumen
bivouac
blandishment
blare
bleak
blench
blighted
blindside
bludgeon
bolster
bombardment
bombastic
boost
booth
boson
botnet
bounty
bovine
bowdlerize
brandish
brindled
bristling
bristly
broil
brood
brush
buccaneer
bucolic
buffoonery
bumptious
bungle
burgeon
burnish
bursar
bursary
buttress
cabal
cacophonous
cactus
cadaverous
cadence
cajole
caldron
callow
calorific
canister
cannibalize
canny
cantankerous
cantata
canto
caper
capitalize
capitulate
capsize
captious
captivate
cardiovascular
careen
careworn
caribou
carnage
carping
cartel
cartographer
castigate
cataclysm
catapult
cataract
catcall
catechism
categorical
cater
caulk
causal
cavil
cede
censorious
centigrade
centrifugal
centripetal
centurion
cerebral
cerebration
ceremonious
certitude
chaffing
chalice
chary
chasten
cherubic
chicanery
choleric
chortle
christening
chug
churlish
circa
circumlocution
circumscribe
citadel
clamber
clan
clangor
climactic
clime
cloying
coagulate
coalesce
codify
cogency
cogent
cogitate
cognate
cognizance
cohere
Word and Definition List
bacchanalian
a. drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
badinage
n. teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversationbailiff
n. legal officer to whom some degree of authoritybang
n. sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of actionbantering
a. good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tonebarterer
n. trader; one who trades goods for other goods without involving moneybate
v. let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderatebatter
v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blowsbead
n. small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threadingbeamline
n. line traveled by a particle beam in an acceleratorbeatific
a. completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joybeatitude
n. blessedness; state of extreme happinessbecalm
v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or stillbeckon
v. signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearancebecloud
v. make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with cloudsbedeck
v. adorn or ornament in a showy fashionbedizen
v. ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finerybedraggle
v. wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in dirt, mud, moist placesbeforehand
ad. in advance; early; at an earlier or preceding timebefuddle
v. confuse thoroughly; becloud and confuse, as with liquor; make stupid with alcoholbehemoth
n. something enormous in size or powerbeleaguer
v. besiege or attack; harass; surround with troopsbellicose
a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combativebemoan
v. regret strongly; express disapproval ofbemused
a. confused; lost in thought; preoccupiedbesiege
v. surround with hostile forces; crowd around; cause to feel distressed or worriedbestial
a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reasonbetoken
v. signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence ofbetroth
v. become engaged to marry; promise to marrybevy
n. large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quailbewilder
v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazesbicameral
a. composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branchesbiennial
a. every two years; lasting or living for two yearsbillowing
a. swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by stormsbitumen
n. any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbonsbivouac
n. temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch tentblandishment
n. flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heartblare
n. loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of lightbleak
a. depressing, sombre, coldblench
v. draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fearblighted
a. suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiledblindside
v. to take by surprisebludgeon
n. short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weaponbolster
v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushionbombardment
n. attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other positionbombastic
a. pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaningboost
v. raise or lift by pushing up from behind or below; increase; raisebooth
n. small enclosed compartment with a window, used to separate the occupant from others; small stall for the display and sale of goodsboson
n. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principlebotnet
n. a collection of compromised computers that is slowly built up then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spambounty
n. liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindnessbovine
a. dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dullbowdlerize
v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemlybrandish
v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directionsbrindled
a. of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patternsbristling
a. rising like bristles; showing irritationbristly
a. having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritablebroil
v. cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heatedbrood
n. children in one family; young of certain animalsbrush
n. short and sometimes occasional encounter or experiencebuccaneer
n. pirate; robber upon the seabucolic
a. rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupationbuffoonery
n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and posturesbumptious
a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushingbungle
v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering mannerburgeon
v. to develop or grow rapidlyburnish
v. make shiny by rubbing; polishbursar
n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other communitybursary
n. treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order; scholarship granted to a university student in needbuttress
v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidencecabal
n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interestscacophonous
a. discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-soundingcactus
n. any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regionscadaverous
a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human bodycadence
n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beatcajole
v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flatteringcaldron
n. large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or ironcallow
a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without featherscalorific
a. capable of producing heat; causing heat; heatingcanister
n. small box or case for tea, coffee, etccannibalize
v. remove parts of machine for use in other similar machines; consume another of one's own type or kindcanny
a. having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewdcantankerous
a. ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; maliciouscantata
n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by choruscanto
n. part or division of poem of some lengthcaper
n. crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crimecapitalize
v. to use something to one's benefit for advantagecapitulate
v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or complycapsize
v. to cause to overturn (usually a vessel)captious
a. intended to confuse in an argumentcaptivate
v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemycardiovascular
a. of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vesselscareen
v. lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to sidecareworn
a. worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stressescaribou
n. large reindeer native to northern North Americacarnage
n. massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battlecarping
a. fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censurecartel
n. a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the memberscartographer
n. one who makes maps or chartscastigate
v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publicationcataclysm
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of watercatapult
v. increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launchcataract
n. disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindnesscatcall
n. shout of disapproval; shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from crowd or audiencecatechism
n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answercategorical
a. absolute; having no exception; of using category or categoriescater
v. supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasioncaulk
v. make watertight by filling in crackscausal
a. implying cause-and-effect relationshipcavil
v. criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objectionscede
v. yield or formally resign and surrender to anothercensorious
a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censurecentigrade
a. measure of temperature, used widely in Europecentrifugal
a. radiating; departing from the centercentripetal
a. tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axiscenturion
n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor divisioncerebral
a. intellectual rather than emotionalcerebration
n. act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activityceremonious
a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritualcertitude
n. state of being certain; complete assurance; confidencechaffing
a. joking; use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridiculechalice
n. goblet; bowl-shaped drinking vessel; large drinking cup, often having stem and basechary
a. cautious; sparing or restrained about givingchasten
v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproofcherubic
a. angelic; innocent-looking; like a baby; infantilechicanery
n. mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistrycholeric
a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing angerchortle
v. chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraintchristening
n. a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infantchug
v. dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring enginechurlish
a. difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageablecirca
ad. approximately, about; commonly abbreviated ca. -- used especially before dates and numerical measures.circumlocution
n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writingcircumscribe
v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encirclecitadel
n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battleclamber
v. climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; climb by crawlingclan
n. a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestorclangor
n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging soundclimactic
a. relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climaxclime
n. region; climate; particular region as defined by its weather or climatecloying
a. distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimentalcoagulate
v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid masscoalesce
v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unitecodify
v. arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematizecogency
n. power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibilitycogent
a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasivecogitate
v. think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeplycognate
a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or functioncognizance
n. knowledge or recognition; awareness; range of what one can know or understandcohere
v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation