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