Beseech

(v.) to ask earnestly

1. The soldiers beseeched the civilians for help.

Besmirch

(v.) to dirty or discolor

1. The soot from the chimney will besmirch clean curtains.

Bestial

(adj.) having the qualities of a beast; brutal

1. The bestial employer made his employees work in an unheated room.

Betroth

(v.) to promise or pledge in marriage

1. The man betrothed his daughter to the prince.

Biased

(adj.) prejudiced; influenced; not neutral

1. The vegetarian had a biased opinion regarding what should be ordered for dinner.

Biennial

(adj.; n.) happening every two years; a plant which blooms every two years

1. The biennial journal's influence seemed only magnified by its infrequent publication.
2. She has lived here for four years and has seen the biennials bloom twice.

(adj.) pertaining to or affecting both sides or two sides; having two sides

1. A bilateral decision was made so that both partners reaped equal benefits from the same amount of work.
2. The brain is a bilateral organ, consisting of a left and right hemisphere.

Blasphemous

(adj.) irreligious; away from acceptable standards; speaking ill of using profane language

1. The upper-class parents thought that it was blasphemous for their son to marry a waitress.
2. His blasphemous outburst was heard throughout the room.

Blatant

(adj.) obvious; unmistakable; crude; vulgar

1. The blatant foul was reason for ejection.
2. The defendant was blatant in his testimony.

Blighted

(adj.) causing frustration or destruction

1. The blighted tornado left only one building standing in its wake.

Blithe

(adj.) happy; cheery; merry; a cheerful disposition

1. The wedding was a blithe celebration.
2. The blithe child was a pleasant surprise.

Bode

(v.) to foretell something

1. The storm bode that we would not reach our destination.

Bombast

(n.) pompous speech; pretentious words

1. After he delivered his bombast at the podium, he arrogantly left the meeting.
2. The presenter ended his bombast with a prediction of his future success.

Bombastic

(adj.) pompous; wordy; turgid

1. The bombastic woman talks a lot about herself.

Boor

(n.) a rude person

1. The boor was not invited to the party, but he came anyway.

Breadth

(n.) the distance from one side to another

1. The table cloth was too small to cover the breadth of the table.

Brevity

(n.) briefness; shortness

1. On Top 40 AM radio, brevity was the coin of the realm.

Brindled

(adj.) mixed with a darker color

1. In order to get matching paint we made a brindled mixture.

Broach

(v.) to introduce into conversation

1. Broaching the touchy subject was difficult.

Brusque

(adj.) abrupt in manner or speech

1. His brusque answer was neither acceptable nor polite.

Bucolic

(adj.) having to do with shepherds or the country

1. The bucolic setting inspired the artist.

Bumptious

(adj.) arrogant

1. He was bumptious in manner as he approached the podium to accept his anticipated award.

Bungler

(n.) a clumsy person

1. The one who broke the crystal vase was a true bungler.

Burgeon

(v.) to grow or develop quickly

1. The tumor appeared to burgeon more quickly than normal.
2. After the first punch was thrown, the dispute burgeoned into a brawl.

Burlesque

(v.; n.) to imitate in a non-serious manner; a comical imitation

1. His stump speeches were so hackneyed, he seemed to be burlesquing of his role as a congressman.
2. George Burns was considered one of the great practitioners of burlesque.

Burly

(adj.) strong; bulky; stocky

1. The lumberjack was a burly man.

Burnish

(v.) to polish by rubbing

1. The vase needed to be burnished to restore its beauty.

Cabal

(n.) a group of persons joined by a secret

1. The very idea that there could be a cabal cast suspicion on the whole operation.

Cache

(n.) stockpile; store; heap; hiding place for goods

1. The town kept a cache of salt on hand to melt winter's snow off the roads.
2. Extra food is kept in the cache under the pantry.
3. The cache for his jewelry was hidden under the bed.

Cacophonous

(adj.) sounding jarring

1. The cacophonous sound from the bending metal sent shivers up our spines.