blunder :: error blurt :: utter impulsively bluster :: blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully bode :: foreshadow; portend bogus :: counterfeit; not authentic bohemian :: unconventional (in an artistic way) boisterous :: violent; rough; noisy bolster :: support; reinforce bolt (n) :: door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric bolt (v) :: dash or dart off; fasten (a door); *gobble down* bombardment :: attack (as with missiles) bombastic :: pompous; using inflated language boon :: blessing; benefit boorish :: rude; insensitive; awkward; illmannered bouillon :: clear beef soup bountiful :: abundant; graciously generous bourgeois :: middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional bovine :: cowlike; placid and dull bowdlerize :: expurgate boycott :: refrain from buying or using brackish :: somewhat saline braggadocio :: boasting braggart :: boaster brandish :: wave around; flourish (<- [here] to make showy, wavy motions, as of the arms) bravado :: swagger; assumed air of defiance brawn :: muscular strength; sturdiness brazen :: insolent; shameless breach :: breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap breadth :: width; extent brevity :: conciseness brindled :: tawny or grayish with streaks or spots bristling :: rising like bristles; showing irritation broach :: introduce; open up brocade :: rich, figured fabric brochure :: pamphlet brooch :: ornamental clasp brook :: tolerate; endure 2) a small stream browbeat :: bully; intimidate browse :: graze; skim or glance at casually brunt :: main impact or shock brusque :: blunt; abrupt buccaneer :: a pirate, or sea robber bucolic :: rustic; pastoral buffet (n) :: table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out. buffet (v) :: slap; batter; knock about buffoonery :: clowning bugaboo :: bugbear; object of baseless terror bullion :: gold and silver in the form of bars bulwark :: earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends bungle :: mismanage; blunder buoyant :: able to float; *cheerful and optimistic* bureaucracy :: over regulated administrative system marked by red tape burgeon :: grow forth; send out buds

burlesque :: give an imitation that ridicules burnish :: make shiny by rubbing; polish buttress :: support; prop up buxom :: full-bosomed; plump; jolly cabal :: small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests cache :: hiding place cacophonous :: discordant; inharmonious cadaver :: corpse cadaverous :: like a corpse; pale cadence :: rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat cajole :: coax; wheedle calamity :: disaster; misery calculated :: deliberately planned; likely caldron :: large kettle caliber :: ability; quality calligraphy :: beautiful writing; excellent penmanship callous :: hardened; unfeeling callow :: youthful; immature; inexperienced calorific :: heat-producing calumny :: malicious misrepresentation; slander camaraderie :: good-fellowship cameo :: shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in the film camouflage :: disguise; conceal canard :: unfounded rumor; exaggerated report candor :: frankness; open honesty canine :: related to dogs; doglike canker :: *any ulcerous sore*; any evil canny :: shrewd; thrifty canon :: collection or authoritative list of books (e.g., by an author, or accepted as scripture); rule or standard set by ecclesiastical author cantankerous :: ill-humored; irritable cantata :: story set to music, to be sung by a chorus canter :: slow gallop