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| (verb) chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. |
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| (noun) noisy party with lots of drinking |
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| (noun) the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus |
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| (verb) revert to bad habits |
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| (noun) of, relating to, or characteristic of Francis Bacon or his doctrines |
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| (noun) any of a domain (Bacteria) of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod-shaped single-celled microorganisms that may lack cell walls or are gram-positive or gram-negative if they have cell walls, that are often aggregated into colonies or motile by means of flagella, that typically live in soil, water, organic matter, or the bodies of plants and animals, that are usually autotrophic, saprophytic, or parasitic in nutrition, and that are noted for their biochemical effects and pathogenicity |
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| (noun) teasing conversation; banter; joking talk |
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| (verb) to harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals |
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| (noun) a coarse woolen or cotton fabric napped to imitate felt |
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| (noun) great evil; woe, sorrow |
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| (adj) evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
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| (verb) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate |
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| (noun) heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast |
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| (adj) soft and mild of air, fragrant |
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| (noun) an aromatic and usually oily and resinous substance flowing from various plants ; especially : any of several resinous substances containing benzoic or cinnamic acid and used especially in medicine b: a preparation containing resinous substances and having a balsamic odor |
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| (adj) hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; cliched |
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| (verb) discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with |
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| (noun) posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous |
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| (noun) heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning |
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| (noun) sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark; a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
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| (noun) a Venetian boat song usually in 6⁄8 or 12⁄8 time characterized by the alternation of a strong and weak beat that suggests a rowing rhythm; music imitating a barcarole |
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| (adj) shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face; Ex. barefaced lie |
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| (noun) a recording barometer |
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| (noun) an instrument for determining the pressure of the atmosphere and hence for assisting in forecasting weather and for determining altitude |
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| (noun) barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements; Ex. a barrage of criticism |
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| (noun) counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar |
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| (adj) contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron |
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| (verb) to luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth |
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| (verb) to sew with long loose stitches in order to hold something in place temporarily |
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| (noun) stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism |
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| (verb) let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate |
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| (noun) army unit made up of four or more companies |
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| (verb) to grow fat; to feed gluttonously |
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| (noun) trinket; cheap jewel; trifle |
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| (adj) indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd |
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| (noun) an object, surface, or point that supports b: a machine part in which another part (as a journal or pin) turns or slides |
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| (adj) giving or showing bliss; blissful |
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| (noun) blessedness; state of great happiness |
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| (verb) to keep motionless by lack of wind; to stop the progress of; to make calm, soothe |
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| (verb) to ornament with vulgar excess; to smear |
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| (verb) to clothe with finery |
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| (Verb) dress with vulgar finery |
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| (noun) a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion |
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| (verb) wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled |
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| (verb) confuse, fog, obscure |
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| (verb) to father, become the father of |
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| (verb) envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success. |
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| (verb) deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex. beguiling smile |
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| (adj) obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude |
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| (verb) be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do. |
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| (Verb) harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically |
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| (verb) stop, quit —used in the imperative |
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| (verb) besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset |
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| (verb) contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure. |
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| (verb) lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of |
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| (adj) confused; lost in thought; preoccupied |
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| (noun) an ecclesiastical office to which the revenue from an endowment is attached; a feudal estate in lands : fief |
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| (adj) generous; charitable; having a wish to do good |
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| (adj) deprived of (someone beloved through death) |
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| (noun) state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft |
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| (adj) deprived of (something valuable); lacking |
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| (adj) mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited |
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| (noun) sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship |
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| (verb) harass or trouble from all directions; hem in |
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| (Verb) surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually |
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| (very) to soil, make dirty |
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| (adj) beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel |
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| (verb) to lie scattered over |
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| (verb) to ride, sit, or stand astride : straddle |
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| (verb) to cause (oneself) to be reminded, to recall, remember |
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| (verb) happen especially as if by fate |
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| (verb) signify; indicate; be a sign of |
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| (noun) extreme preoccupation with collecting books |
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| (adj) highly absorbent; fond of alcoholic beverages |
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| (adjective) two-chambered as a legislative body |
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| (noun) a stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed |
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| (noun) a bend in a coast forming an open bay; a slack part or loop in a rope |
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| (adj) suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated |
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| (noun) large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows |
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| (adj) swelling out in waves; surging |
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| (noun) a two-footed animal |
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