GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(7)

　　betroth become engaged to marry bevy large group; Ex a bevy of starlets beware be cautious

　　bewitch

　　cast a spell over; captivate completely

　　bicameral

　　two-chambered as a legislative body

　　bicker

　　quarrel

　　bid

　　command; utter ; offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom

　　biennial

　　every two years

　　bifurcated

　　divided into two branches; forked

　　bigot

　　one who is intolerant

　　bigotry

　　stubborn intolerance

　　bilious

　　suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated

　　bilk

　　swindle; cheat

　　billow

　　large wave of water; a great swell or surge ; V: surge, swell, roll in billows

　　billowing

　　swelling out in waves; surging

　　biting

　　sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex. biting wind/remarks

　　bitter

　　having a sharp biting taste; 敬; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tears

　　bivouac

　　temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.

　　bizarre

　　fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional

　　blackball

　　vote against ; ostracize; N: negative vote

　　blanch

　　bleach; whiten; make white or pale

　　bland

　　soothing or mild ; agreeable; causing no trouble or offence

　　blandishment

　　flattery

　　blare

　　loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light

　　blase

　　bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored

　　blasphemy

　　irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege

　　blatant

　　extremely obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy

　　bleak

　　cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing

　　blemish

　　mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect ; Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished

　　blight

　　plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy

　　blighted

　　suffering from a disease; destroyed

　　bliss

　　complete happiness; ADJ. blissful

　　blithe

　　gay; joyous

　　bloated

　　swollen or puffed as with water or air

　　blotch

　　spot; blot; CF. blot+botch

　　blowhard

　　talkative boaster; braggart

　　bludgeon

　　club; heavy-headed weapon; V.

　　blue

　　gloomy; depressed

　　blues

　　state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music

　　bluff

　　pretense ; deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured

　　blunder

　　error; stupid mistake

　　blunt

　　having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt

　　blurt

　　utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement

　　blush

　　become red in the face ; become red or rosy; N.

　　bluster

　　blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale

　　bode

　　foreshadow; portend

　　bog

　　soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud

　　bogus

　　counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview

　　Bohemian

　　unconventional

　　boisterous

　　violent; rough; noisy

　　bolster

　　support; reinforce

　　bolt

　　door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten ; gobble down

　　bombardment

　　attack ; V. bombard

　　bombast

　　grandiloquent, pompous speech

　　bombastic

　　pompous; using inflated language

　　bookish

　　fond of books and reading

　　boon

　　blessing; benefit; something very helpful

　　boor

　　rude, insensitive person

　　boorish

　　rude; insensitive

　　boost

　　lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase

　　botch

　　mismanage; blow

　　bouillon

　　clear beef soup

　　bound

　　leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something ; confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to

　　bountiful

　　generous; graciously generous; showing bounty

　　bourgeois

　　middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions

　　bout

　　match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu

　　bovine

　　cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm

　　bowdlerize

　　expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler

　　brackish

　　somewhat saline

　　brag

　　boast

　　braggadocio

　　boasting

　　braggart

　　boaster; bragger

　　braid

　　plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment

　　brand

　　trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar.

　　brandish

　　wave around ; flourish

　　bravado

　　swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery

　　brave

　　face courageously; Ex. brave the storm

　　brawl

　　noisy quarrel

　　brawn

　　human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness

　　brawny

　　muscular; having well-developed muscles

　　brazen

　　insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence

　　breach

　　breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.

　　breadth

　　width; extent

　　breed

　　produce young; rear; bring up; produce ; N: kind or sort of animal or plant

　　brevity

　　conciseness; shortness of duration

　　bridle

　　harness fitted about a horses head ; curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger

　　brim

　　uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim ; Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim

　　brindled

　　tawny or grayish with streaks or spots

　　brink

　　edge ; Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon

　　brisk

　　quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor