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calculated
deliberately planned
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buffet (pronounced buffit)
slap; batter; knock about
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brocade
rich, figured fabric
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cannon
- collection or authoritative list of books (e.g, by an author or accepted as a scripture);
- rule or principle, frequently religious
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cadence
rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat
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brawn
muscular strength; sturdiness
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burnish
make shiny by rubbing; polish
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broach
introduce; open up
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cadge
beg; mooch; panhandle
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bureaucracy
over regulated administrative system marked by red tape
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cant
- insincere expressions of piety;
- jargon of thieves
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bravado
swagger; air of defiance
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boorish
rude; insensitive
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calamity
disaster; misery
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browbeat
bully; intimidate
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brandish
wave around; flourish
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buoyant
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
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burlesque
give an imitation that ridicules
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cajole
- coax; wheedle; blandish
- persuade by flattery
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brunt
main impact or shock (as of an attack)
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bugaboo
bugbear; object of baseless terror
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bluster
blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully
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bourgeois
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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burgeon
- grow forth; send out buds
- grow or develop quickly
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cadaverous
like a corpse; pale
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bungle
- mismanage; blunder
- clumsily and awkwardly
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bountiful
abundant; graciously generous
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buttress
support; prop up
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buxom
full blossomed; plump; jolly
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cabal
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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candor
frankness; open honesty
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canard
false or unfounded story; fabricated report
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bolster
support; reinforce
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bullion
gold and silver in the form of bars
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brittle
easily broken; difficult
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calumny
- malicious representation; slander
- false statements
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cameo
- shell or jewel carved in relief;
- star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
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bowdlerize
- expurgate;
- amend by removing words
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bolt
- length of fabric;
- gobble down;
- dash or dart off; fasten (door, pin, screw); door bar
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brazen
- insolent (rude);
- shameless, bold
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cacophonous
- discordant; inharmonious
- harsh sound
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cantata
story set to music, to be sung by a chorus
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callow
youthful; immature; inexperienced
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bohemian
unconventional (in an artistic way)
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brackish
- somewhat saline;
- salty and distasteful
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bogus
counterfeit; not authentic
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brindled
tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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breach
breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap
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bovine
cowlike; placid and dull
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bulwark
- earthwork or other strong defense;
- person who defends
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braggart
boaster; someone who brags alot
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canker
any ulcerous sore; any evil
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camaraderie
good fellowship
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callous
hardened; unfeeling
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bombastic
pompous; using inflated language
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bristling
- rising like bristles;
- showing irritation
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cantankerous
ill humored; irritable
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