SAT Vocabulary Words That Start With B

chat; utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

bother; annoy persistently

resist; refuse to comply

commonplace; repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

extremely harmful

support; a group that defends a principle

resent; be envious of; set one's heart on

benefit; for someone's benefit

give a false impression

make seem unimportant

benevolent; doing or producing good

useful; promoting or enhancing well-being

recipient; the recipient of funds or other benefits

kind and well meaning

harmless and gentle

the experience of loss and grief

brutal; resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

confer; present

show; break the trust of; reveal unintentionally

unfair opinion; a partiality preventing objective consideration

tasteless; lacking taste or flavor or tang

flattery; flattery intended to persuade

blast; make a strident sound

swearing; blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

happy; lacking or showing a lack of due concern

swell; become bloated or swollen or puff up

support or strengthen

pretentious language

overly pompous

blessing; a desirable state

jerk; a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

endless; seemingly limitless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

middle-class; a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

refuse to do business with; refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

boastful person; a very boastful and talkative person

flourish; move or swing back and forth

break; act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

shortness in expression

fragile; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

document; a small book usually having a paper cover

abrupt; marked by rude or peremptory shortness

volume; the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts

mistake; make a mess of, destroy or ruin

floaty; tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

grow; grow and flourish

polish; polish and make shiny

activity; move or cause to move energetically or busily

support; reinforce with a buttress