IBPS RRB Officers Selection Exam: Word List: Vocabulary B
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Word List: B
- Baleful-harmful, ominous, causing evil
- Balk-obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
- Balloon-swell out like balloon
- Balm-sweet-smelling oil; consolation
- Banal-uninteresting
- Band-flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies
- Bane-cause of injury, poison, source of harm
- Baneful-causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive
- Barrage-artificial obstacle built across a river
- Barren-not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value
- bask in-enjoy warmth and light
- bazaar-market
- be irreconcilable-cannot be brought into harmony
- beatify-to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to
- bedizen-to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
- belie-contradict, give a false impression
- belittle-cause to seem unimportant
- bellicose-belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
- belligerent- (person, nation) waging war
- belligerently-waging war
- bend-cause smth to be out of a straight line
- benefactor-person who has given help
- benevolence-wish or activity in doing good
- benign-kind and gentle; mild (climate)
- bequest-arrangement to give smth at death
- berate: Scold sharply
- bereft-rob or dispossess of smth (material)
- bewilder-puzzle, confuse
- biased-prejudice
- bigot: Stubborn, narrow-minded person
- bilge: Bulge, the protuberance of a cask
- blandishment-flattery, coaxing
- blandness-polite manner, comforting, uninteresting
- blatant: Noisy and rough
- blithe: Cheerful, casual, carefree
- blithe: Gay and joyous
- blueprint-plan, scheme, photographic print
- blunt-plain, not troubling to be polite
- boggle-be alarmed, hesitate, amazed
- bogus: Sham, counterfeit, not genuine
- boisterous: Loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
- bolster-give greatly needed support
- boorish: Crude, offensive, rude
- braid: Strands of hair woven together, smth edging sloth
- brash: Hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy
- brass: Yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
- brazen-made of brass
- breach-opening, broken place, breaking
- brisk: Active, lively
- brisket: Breast of an animal
- brittle: Easily broken
- broach: Bring up, announce, begin to talk about
- brook: To tolerate, endure
- buoyant-able to float; light-hearted
- burgeon: Grow forth, send out buds
- burnish-to polish, rub to a shine
- bust: Run out of money
- banal: Commonplace.
- bask: To make warm by genial heat.
- beatify: To make supremely happy.
- bedaub: To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
- bellicose: Warlike.
- belligerent: Manifesting a warlike spirit. Benefactor: A doer of kindly and charitable acts. Benevolence: Any act of kindness or well-doing. Benign: Good and kind of heart. Berate: To scold severely.
- bewilder: To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. Blandishment: Flattery intended to persuade. Blatant: Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. Blithe: Joyous.
- boisterous: Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. Bolster: To support, as something wrong.
- bombast: Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
- boorish: Rude.
- breach: The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation. Brittle: Fragile.
- broach: To mention, for the first time. Bumptious: Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. Buoyant: Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. Burnish: To make brilliant or shining.