GRE Essential Vocabulary – B (ii)

Blob- blob, smudge, dab, spot
Blowsy- slovenly, unkempt, coarse, frowzy
Opp: respectable
Bolshie- uncooperative, awkward, obstinate, exasperating
Opp: compliant
Bolster- pillow, cushion, pad
Opp: undermine
Bonhomie- geniality, amiability, bonhomie
Opp: coldness
Bonny- attractive, pretty, gorgeous
Opp- unattractive
Boomerang- backfire, reverse, recoil
Boorish- uncouth, rude, loutish
Opp: refined
Bootlicker- sycophant, lackey, lickspittle, truckler
Bourgeois- conservative, conventional, provincial
Bout- spell, flurry, spurt, period, time
Bovine- stupid, slow, dumb, bird brained
Brackish- salty, saline
Bravado- bluster, boasting, bragging
Brawl – Melee, fray, tussle, scuffle
Brawn- burliness, huskiness, power, might
Brew- impend, stew, loom
Brief- abridged, incisive, precise
Opp: lengthy
Brusque- abrupt, blunt, peremptory
Opp: Polite
Buccaneer- Pirate, plunderer, cut throat, rider
Bulwark- fortification, stockade, embankment, earthwork
Bumpkin-yokel, hayseed, countrywoman
Bumptious- self assertive, swaggering, egotistical
Opp: modest
Burble – murmur, blether, maunder
Burgeon- prosper, thrive, flourish
Burgle- rob, plunder, pillage
Opp: Exhumation
Burnish- buff, polish, shine
Bustling- swarming, teeming, thronged
Opp: deserted