Gmat Word List - B

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Badger

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to harass, nag

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Badinage

Back 2

banter, an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.

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Baleful

Back 3

harmful, evil

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Balm

Back 4

something that soothes

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Banal

Back 5

meaningless, commonplace

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Bandy

Back 6

to exchange (word)

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Band

Back 7

cause of harm

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Barrister

Back 8

court lawyer

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Bedizen

Back 9

to dress in a gaudy, vulgar manner

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Beguile

Back 10

to deceive

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Belabor

Back 11

to attack verbally, drag out

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Bellicose

Back 12

warlike

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Beneficient

Back 13

liberal, kind

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Benign

Back 14

gentle, mild

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Berate

Back 15

to scold

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Bereft

Back 16

bereaved, deprived of

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Bestial

Back 17

savage

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Bestride

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to mount

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Bicameral

Back 19

having two legislative chambers

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Biennial

Back 20

every two years

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Bilious

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bad-tempered

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Biped

Back 22

two-footed animal

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Bivouac

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encampment, a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.

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Bland

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mild

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Blasé

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indifferent

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Blasphemy

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profane abuse of anything sacred

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Blatant

Back 27

noisy, vociferous

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Blazon

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to adorn, proclaim

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Bluster

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to swagger, boast

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Bogus

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counterfeit, not genuine

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Boisterous

Back 31

violent, furious

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Bombast

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pompous speech

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Botch

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to ruin

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Bounty

Back 34

generosity

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Bourgeois

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middle class

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Bovine

Back 36

ox or cow

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Brandish

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to wave menacingly, to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.

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Bravado

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pretense of bravery, a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.

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Breech

Back 39

lower part of the body

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Brigand

Back 40

robber, bandit

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Broach

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to start a discussion

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Browbeat

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to intimidate

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Brusque

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abrupt in manner

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Bucolic

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rustic

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Buffoon

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clown

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Buoyancy

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lightness, animation

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Bureaucracy

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government of specialized functions and hierarchy of officials

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Burgeon

Back 48

bud, sprout

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Burnish

Back 49

to polish

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Butte

Back 50

hill

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Buttress

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prop, protuberance