Barrons 7 (Blunder to Canter)
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- brazen
- adj. shameless; insolent
- broach
- v bring up, announce, begin to talk about
- buffet
- n. strike, beat repeatedly (e.g. wind) ; counter where food and drink may be bought and consumed, esp in a railway station or on a train
- bulwark
- n. wall, esp of earth, built as a defence; Anything that gives security or defense.; around deck
- cajole
- v. ~ sb(into/out of sth); ~ sb (into/out of doing sth) persuade sb (to do sth) by flattery or deceit; coax sb
- buffoon
- n. ridiculous but amusing person; clown
- caldron
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- bromide
- n. A dull person with conventional thoughts. A commonplace or conventional saying; chemical compound used in medicine to calm the nerves
- buttress
- n. support built against a wall .
- bombast
- n. pompous and meaningless words
- botch
- v. ~ sth spoil sth by poor or clumsy work; repair sth badly
- calligraphy
- n. beautiful handwriting
- brisk
- adj. quick; active; energetic
- canny
- adj. shrewd and careful, esp in business matters
- cadence
- n. rhythm in sound
- bovine
- cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm
- bruise
- n. injury caused by a blow to the body or to a fruit, discolouring the skin but not breaking it
- camaraderie
- n. friendship and mutual trust; comradeship ;
- bombardment
- attack.
- burgeon
- v. grow forth, send out buds ; flourish
- brag
- v. ~ (about/of sth) talk with too much pride (about sth); boast
- brood
- n. all the young birds or other animals produced at one hatching or birth
- brawn
- n. strong muscles; muscular strength
- brunt
- main impact or shock (of an attack or blow);
- bog
- n. wet spongy ground formed of decaying vegetation
- braggadocio
- a:empty boasting b:arrogant pretension:COCKINESS
- cache
- n. place for hiding food, treasure or weapons
- bust
- n. sculpture of a person's head, shoulders and chest
- bristle
- n. short stiff hair
- callow
- adj. immature and inexperienced
- bump
- v. ~ against/into sb/sth knock or strike sth with a dull-sounding blow; collide with sth
- breach
- n. breaking trust or contract ; fissure, gap
- bountiful
- adj. giving generously
- brackish
- adj. slightly salty
- bowdlerize
- expurgate; edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- bullion
- n. gold or silver in bulk or bars, before it is made into coins, etc
- blunt
- adj. without a sharp edge or a point
- callus
- n. area of thick hardened skin
- browse
- v. examine books in a casual, leisurely way
- cadaverous
- adj. looking like a corpse; very pale and gaunt ;
- brook
- n. small stream
- brindled
- adj. brown with streaks of another colour
- burnish
- v. make smooth and shiny by rubbing; polish
- brandish
- v. wave in a triumphant or threatening way; display; To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear
- camp
- n. place where people (eg holiday-makers, Scouts or explorers) live temporarily in tents or huts
- canter
- n. (of a horse) movement that is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop
- brooch
- n. ornament with a hinged pin and clasp, worn on women's clothes ,
- boon
- blessing; benefit; something very helpful
- breed
- v. (of animals) produce young
- boost
- v. increase the strength or value of help or encourage (sb/sth)
- buccaneer
- n. pirate
- bravado
- n. display of boldness
- brusque
- adj. rough and abrupt; curt; marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- calamity
- n. serious misfortune or disaster
- canine
- adj. of, like or relating to dogs
- blush
- v. ~ (at sth) become red in the face (because of sth)
- broil
- v. cook (meat) on a fire or gridiron; heat by a natural force
- bookish
- adj. fond of reading; studious
- canker
- n. disease that destroys the wood of plants and trees
- brawl
- n. noisy quarrel or fight
- canard
- n. false report or rumour
- brave
- adj. (of a person) ready to face and endure danger, pain or suffering; having no fear; courageous
- braid
- n. number of threads of silk, cotton, etc woven together in a narrow band for decorating clothes and material
- bulge
- n. rounded swelling; outward curve
- brevity
- n. shortness or briefness
- bureaucracy
- n. system of government through departments managed by State officials, not by elected representatives
- caliber
- ability; capacity
- brochure
- n. booklet or pamphlet containing information about sth or advertising sth
- bristling
- rising like bristles; showing irritation
- boorish
- adj insolent . ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
- bungle
- v. do badly or clumsily; spoil (a task) through lack of skill
- bolt
- metal bar that slides into a socket to lock a door, window, etc ; screw ; jump suddely; gobble down
- cabal
- n. secret political plot
- brocade
- n. fabric woven with a raised pattern, esp of gold or silver threads
- bugaboo
- object of baseless terror; of concern (e.g. inflation)
- bout
- n. ~ short period of a specified activity
- bombastic
- adj. pompous and empty
- burlesque
- n. comic or exaggerated imitation; parody
- braggart
- n. person who brags
- buoyant
- able to float; cheerful and optimistic;
- brand
- n. particular make of goods or their trade mark
- brim
- n. top edge of a cup, bowl, glass, etc
- cantata
- n. short musical work, often on a religious subject, sung by soloists and usu a choir, accompanied by an orchestra
- buffoonery
- n. ridiculous behaviour; clowning ;
- blurt
- v. blurt sth out say sth suddenly and tactlessly
- calumny
- n. false statement about sb, made to damage his character
- bucolic
- adj. of country life or the countryside; rustic ;
- bolster
- n. long pillow, usu shaped like a roll, across the head of a bed
- burly
- adj. with a strong heavy body; sturdy
- bully
- n. person who uses his strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people
- boisterous
- adj. noisy, lively and cheerful
- cant
- n. insincere talk, esp about religion or morality; hypocrisy ;
- brittle
- adj. hard but easily broken; fragile
- calculated
- undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failure
- Bohemian
- n, adj having or displaying a very informal and unconventional way of life ,
- bourgeois
- adj. of or relating to the property-owning middle class; dully conventional; middle class; selfishly materialistic
- bouillon
- n. thin clear soup or broth; stock ;
- callous
- adj. cruelly insensitive or unsympathetic
- cameo
- n. small piece of hard stone with a raised design, esp one with two coloured layers so that the background is of a different colour from the design
- cadet
- n. young person training to become a policeman or an officer in the armed forces
- candor
- unreserved, honest, or sincere expression:FORTHRIGHTNESS
- browbeat
- v. ~ sb (into doing sth) frighten sb with stern looks and words; bully ; intimidate
- calorific
- adj. of or producing heat
- buxom
- adj. (of women) plump and healthy-looking; having a large bosom ;
- breadth
- n. distance or measurement from side to side; width
- bode
- v. be a sign of (sth coming)
- bluster
- v. blow fiercely or in strong gusts
- cantankerous
- adj. bad-tempered; quarrelsome ;
- brawny
- adj. strong and muscular
- bound
- v. form the boundary of (sth); limit
- brink
- n. edge at the top of a steep high place, eg a cliff
- cadaver
- n. dead body of a person; corpse ;
- cacophony
- n. loud unpleasant mixture of discordant sounds
- blunder
- n. stupid or careless mistake
- bogus
- adj. not genuine; false
- bulk
- n. size, quantity or volume, esp when great
- cacophonous
- (adj.) sounding jarring
- bridle
- n.headgear for horse; he act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- boor
- n. rough, rude or insensitive man