| blight | plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy |
| blighted | suffering from a disease; destroyed |
| bliss | complete happiness; ADJ. blissful |
| blithe(blithesome) | gay; joyous |
| bloated | (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air |
| blotch | spot; blot; CF. blot+botch |
| blowhard | talkative boaster; braggart |
| bludgeon | club; heavy-headed weapon; V. |
| blue | gloomy; depressed |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| bluff | pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured |
| blunder | error; stupid mistake |
| blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
| blurt | utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement |
| blush | become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N. |
| bluster | blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale |
| bode | foreshadow; portend |
| bog | soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud |
| bogus | counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview |
| Bohemian | unconventional (in an artistic way) |
| boisterous | violent; rough; noisy |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| bolt | door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a | door); gobble down |
| bombardment | attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| bookish | fond of books and reading |
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