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SAT Vocabulary Words Starting With B
Can you guess the definitions of these words that commonly appear on the Scholastic Aptitude Test?
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| First submitted | July 12, 2019 |
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1. Bucolic (adjective)
The bucolic landscape inspired many painters
Bizarre
Deeply religious
Related to the plague or other severe maladies
Rustic in a good way
2. Bellicose (adjective)
The bellicose chieftain wanted nothing more than to fight and kill his enemies
Covered with sores
Extremely wise
Overly sweet
Warlike
3. Bane (noun)
Severe tooth pain was the bane of his existence
A cause of misery or affliction
A legal document such as an arrest warrent
A person who commits fraud
The place where two rivers meet
4. Barren (adjective)
The land was barren and the peasants went hungry
Describes dry or caustic wit
Extremely boring
Hidden from view
Infertile
5. Bourgeois (adjective)
The artist rejected the bourgeois values of his parents
Extremely stylish
Related to the upper middle class
Specializing in custom or niche products
Weak-willed
6. Brandish (verb)
The musketeer brandished his sword and the rapscallions fled in fear
To completely destroy
To mark with a stamp of approval
To ostracize
To swing a weapon back and forth
7. Beckon (verb)
She beckoned to him and he approached
To completely use up
To harrass
To make a gesture that someone should come to you
To seduce
8. Baleful (adjective)
The raven's baleful squawk filled the man with dread
Filled with grief
Ominous; portending doom
Pathetic
Poorly dressed
9. Bedlam (noun)
There was bedlam in the streets after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup finals
A fragile equilibrium
A state of disrepair
Dread and angst
Uproar and confusion
10. Behemoth (noun)
Legends spoke of mighty behemoth living in the mountains
A windfall or inheritance
An enormous creature
One who attacks cherished beliefs
One who lives in solitude
11. Blithe (adjective)
Agnes showed a blithe disregard for traffic laws
Annoyed or angry
Indifferent or careless
Noisy and boisterous
Windy and humid
12. Blandishment (noun)
The king was not immune to the blandishments of his court
A flattering statement meant to persuade
A flurry of activity
A very embarrassing situation
Something added to a dish to make it less spicy
13. Bowdlerize (verb)
I have been obliged to bowdlerise the exact words he used
To coat with a thin layer of metal
To commit fraud against
To pummel
To remove offensive parts of a text
14. Bohemian (noun)
The seedy neighborhood was home to beatniks, bohemians, and beggars.
A boastful, talkative person
An uneducated person from a rural area
One who lives an uncoventional, artistic lifestyle
The head of a monastery
15. Benevolent (adjective)
The benevolent old man gave most of his money to charity
Altruistic and kind
Easily angered
Fertile
Non-toxic
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It's one thing to be able to make educated guesses on these and do pretty well on multiple choice. It's quite another to actually have them correctly incorporated into one's even semi-regular usage. I'd be far wprse with the latter than the former.