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SAT Words (B)
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English
12th Grade
05/18/2013

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Banal (buh NAL)/(BANE ul)  adj
Definition
Unorginial; ordinary
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Bane (bayn)  n
Definition
Poison; torment; cause of harm
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Bastion (BAS chun)  n
Definition
Stronghold; fortress
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Beget (bih GET)  v
Definition
To give birth to; to create
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Belabor (bi LAY bur)  v
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To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent.
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Beleaguer (bih LEE gur)  v
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To surround; to besiege; to harass
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Belie (bih LYE)  v
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To give a false impression of; to contradict
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Belittle (bih LIT ul)  v
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To make to seem little; to put someone down.
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Belligerent (buh LIJ ur unt)  adj
Definition
Combative; quarrelsome; waging war
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Bemused (bih MYOOZD)  adj
Definition
Confused; bewildered
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Benefactor (BEN uh fac tur)  n
Definition
One who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation.
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Benevolent (beh NEV uh lunt)  adj
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Generous; kind; doing good deeds.
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Benign (bih NYNE)  adj
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Gentle; kind; mild
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Bequest (bih KWEST) n
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Something left to someone in a will
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Bereaved (buh REEVD) adj
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Deprived or left desolate, especially through death.
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Beset (bih SET) v
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To harass; to surround
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Blasphemy (BLAS fuh mee) n
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Irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
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Blatant (BLAYT unt) adj
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Unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
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Blight (blyte) n
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A disease in plants
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Blithe (blythe) adj
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Carefree; cheerful
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Bourgeois (boor ZHWAH) adj
Definition
Middle class, usually in a pejorative sense.
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Bovine (BOH vyne) adj
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Cow related; cowlike
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Brevity (BREV I tee) n
Definition
Briefness
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Broach (brohch) v
Definition
To open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject.
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Bucolic (byoo KAHL ik) adj
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Charmingly rural; rustic; countrylike.
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Bureaucracy ( byoo RAHK ruh see) n
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A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules.
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Burgeon (BUR jun) v
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To expand; to flourish
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Burlesque (bur LESK) n
Definition
A ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation.
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