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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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Bucolic (adjective)
Bizarre
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Deeply religious
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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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Extremely wise
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Overly sweet
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Warlike
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The bellicose chieftain wanted nothing more than to fight and kill his enemies
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Bane (noun)
A cause of misery or affliction
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A legal document such as an arrest warrent
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A person who commits fraud
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The place where two rivers meet
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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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Extremely boring
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Hidden from view
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Infertile
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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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Related to the upper middle class
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Specializing in custom or niche products
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Weak-willed
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The artist rejected the bourgeois values of his parents
6.
Brandish (verb)
To completely destroy
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To mark with a stamp of approval
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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 completely use up
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To harrass
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To make a gesture that someone should come to you
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To seduce
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She beckoned to him and he approached
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Baleful (adjective)
Filled with grief
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Ominous; portending doom
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Pathetic
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Poorly dressed
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The raven's baleful squawk filled the man with dread
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Bedlam (noun)
A fragile equilibrium
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A state of disrepair
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Dread and angst
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Uproar and confusion
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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)
A windfall or inheritance
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An enormous creature
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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)
Annoyed or angry
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Indifferent or careless
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Noisy and boisterous
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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)
A flattering statement meant to persuade
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A flurry of activity
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A very embarrassing situation
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Something added to a dish to make it less spicy
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The king was not immune to the blandishments of his court
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Bowdlerize (verb)
To coat with a thin layer of metal
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To commit fraud against
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To pummel
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To remove offensive parts of a text
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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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An uneducated person from a rural area
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One who lives an uncoventional, artistic lifestyle
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The head of a monastery
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The seedy neighborhood was home to beatniks, bohemians, and beggars.
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Benevolent (adjective)
Altruistic and kind
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Easily angered
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Fertile
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Non-toxic
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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.