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1.  baffle
   be a mystery or bewildering to
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   It baffles her physician as well, and has got doctors increasingly worried.
   — Time (Mar 23, 2012)
   
2. baleful
   deadly or sinister
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   His glance fell on Van Bleit, pallid, red-eyed, obviously suffering, observing him with the baleful look of some savage captive beast.
   — Young, F.E. Mills
   
3. balk
   refuse to comply
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   Congressional Republicans, particularly in the House of Representatives, have balked at raising the debt ceiling unless it is accompanied by significant spending cuts.
   — Reuters (Jun 19, 2011)
   
4. ballad
   a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   And in the encore there was a new ballad, “Silent Treatment,” which Ms. Bryan sang gently, backed only by Mr. Dafydd on acoustic guitar.
   — New York Times (Apr 1, 2012)
   
5. ban
   prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   That’s why gambling and wagers are heavily regulated or banned outright in nearly every country.
   — Slate (Apr 4, 2012)
   
6. banal
   repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   Not bare or messy — that might be interesting — just banal.
   — New York Times (Mar 8, 2011)
   
7. bane
   something causing misery or death
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   Knee pain is the bane of many runners, sometimes causing them to give up altogether.
   — Seattle Times (Jun 7, 2010)
   
8. banish
   expel, as if by official decree
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   He, however, was destined never to return but was proscribed and banished.
   — Stark, James H.
   
9. banter
   be silly or tease one another
   EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
   

   Instead, they bantered, enthused, tripped over each other's words and generally offered their audience the warmest welcome imaginable.
   — Seattle Times (Jan 25, 2011)
   
10. barbaric
    without civilizing influences
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The law was immediately hailed as a victory by animal welfare groups over what they consider to be a barbaric and outdated practice.
    — New York Times (Jul 28, 2010)
    
11. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    They destroyed army communications, local cellphone towers and laid down a barrage of mortar fire.
    — Reuters (Feb 10, 2012)
    
12. barren
    providing no shelter or sustenance
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    New homes are sprouting from farmland once irrigated by the nearby Tigris River but rendered barren by war and neglect.
    — New York Times (Mar 14, 2012)
    
13. bastion
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Dinner over, melons disposed of, fort, stores, and quarters examined, arrangements were made for sleeping in the various sheds and bastions of the fort.
    — Gray, William Henry
    
14. bathetic
    effusively or insincerely emotional
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Taken together, her tribulations have the makings of bathetic melodrama.
    — New York Times (Jul 14, 2011)
    
15. bearing
    characteristic way of bearing one's body
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    He thought her face, her whole bearing, singularly composed in view of his announcement.
    — Weyman, Stanley John
    
16. beckon
    summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Ten minutes more and the orderly opened the door, and, obedient to my beckoning finger, stepped out as the lady was ushered in.
    — King, Charles
    
17. bedlam
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    With more than 190 people killed and hundreds wounded just three days before the country’s general election, Spain was thrown into political bedlam.
    — Newsweek (May 5, 2011)
    
18. befuddle
    be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    But regulators are profiling data to help find patterns in trading activity that previously would have left regulators befuddled and scratching their heads.
    — Reuters (Apr 20, 2011)
    
19. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    This is such an entertaining, beguiling, charming and exciting picture.
    — The Guardian (Jul 14, 2011)
    
20. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Behemoths like JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and UBS have snapped up numerous small firms to create industry giants.
    — Reuters (Jul 19, 2010)
    
21. beholden
    under a moral obligation to someone
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Now, this obligation has offended me very much, because I am proud, and do not like to be beholden to people.
    — Thackeray, William Makepeace
    
22. behoove
    be appropriate or necessary
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The Hamburg magistrates had offered one hundred thalers for my arrest; consequently it behooved me to be very cautious.
    — J?kai, M?r
    
23. belie
    be in contradiction with
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Tang's congenial and accommodating administrative style, however, sometimes belies a harder edge.
    — Reuters (Nov 26, 2011)
    
24. belittle
    lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    A splendid or an affecting story may be degraded or belittled by being told in an unworthy style.
    — Various
    
25. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    So far from unduly fostering a bellicose spirit tending to war, these would be tactful preventives of wasteful foreign and civil broils.
    — Lee, Carson Jay
    
26. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    He was carrying his war tools and stood facing me for an instant in quite a belligerent attitude.
    — O'Neil, Owen Rowe
    
27. bemoan
    regret strongly
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Facing life-threatening surgery, Adam calls his therapist and bemoans all the things he’s never done.
    — BusinessWeek (Sep 30, 2011)
    
28. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Alternately bemused, puzzled, and intrigued, he read it over again and again.
    — Scientific American (Jan 30, 2012)
    
29. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Even world-class universities such as Oxford and Cambridge live off "old money" from property assets and a few key benefactors.
    — BusinessWeek (May 12, 2011)
    
30. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Invariably gentle, attentive, serious, benevolent, easily satisfied, he remained serene and peaceful.
    — Leonard, Arthur Glyn
    
31. benign
    not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    But its images cannot distinguish malignant tumors from benign growths filled with harmless breast tissue.
    — Scientific American (May 10, 2011)
    
32. bequeath
    leave or give by will after one's death
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The widow lived for a few years, and, at her death, he bequeathed upon the daughter of his adoption all that his mother possessed.
    — Various
    
33. berate
    censure severely or angrily
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    At almost every move through the drill he berated them caustically, though in such faultless military language of reproof as to keep him from censure.
    — Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
    
34. bereavement
    state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The team also helps the patients' families, instructing them in caring techniques and providing bereavement counseling after death.
    — Washington Post (Sep 7, 2010)
    
35. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Mr. Binney pleaded and besought, but all to no avail, and left his Tutor's presence at last, a disgraced and despairing man.
    — Marshall, Archibald
    
36. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The troops in the Potomac army were all lying in front of Petersburg, under fire day and night, preparing to besiege the place.
    — Terrill, J. Newton
    
37. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Because the dealer, widely respected in the Zurich art world, did not want his reputation besmirched, he agreed to settle the claim out of court.
    — New York Times (Sep 24, 2010)
    
38. bestow
    present
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    There was stillness in the room—utter stillness as at last Percivale laid his sleeping wife down, and, bending over her, bestowed a parting kiss.
    — Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
    
39. betrothed
    the person to whom you are engaged
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Perhaps he thinks an engaged young lady should be demure and dutiful, having no eyes or ears for any one except her betrothed.
    — Harland, Marion
    
40. bewildered
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Only the most commonplace things were said, and yet she puzzled him, bewildered him.
    — Hocking, Joseph
    
41. bias
    influence in an unfair way
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Analytical thinking happens in the left hemisphere of the brain and is essential to making more objective, less biased decisions.
    — Inc (Dec 9, 2011)
    
42. bicker
    argue over petty things
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    At times it felt like the candidates had already talked themselves out on the big themes and could only bicker over table scraps.
    — Slate (Feb 23, 2012)
    
43. bifurcated
    divided into or made up of two parts
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Like Lost, it’s story, at least at first, is bifurcated, taking place half in the magical world, half in ours.
    — Time (Oct 21, 2011)
    
44. bilateral
    affecting or undertaken by two parties
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Economic issues took up about half of the bilateral talks between the two leaders, said a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
    — Reuters (Jan 20, 2011)
    
45. billowing
    characterized by great swelling waves or surges
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    It was here that the Army cooked up chemical weapons, launched poison-packed mortar shells and sent gas clouds billowing over the fields.
    — New York Times (Mar 17, 2012)
    
46. binge
    an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The government surveys showed binge drinking — having more than five drinks in one day — increased among all ethnic groups and genders, but particularly among men.
    — Seattle Times (Dec 22, 2010)
    
47. blanch
    turn pale, as if in fear
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Officers and men stood aghast, with blanched faces, scarce knowing how to act.
    — Le Queux, William
    
48. bland
    lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Many critics were less than enamored with the kind of “easy listening” Mr. Williams embodied, deriding his approach as bland and unchallenging.
    — New York Times (Oct 9, 2011)
    
49. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    He had expected coaxings, blandishments, the pleadings and wiles with which Virginia the elder had made him so intimately acquainted.
    — Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
    
50. blare
    make a strident sound
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    First there were trumpets; then brasses blared and drums rumbled.
    — Broun, Heywood
    
51. blase
    uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Dull-eyed, blase, frayed by the social whirl, worn out, pulseless, all of them.
    — Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
    
52. blasphemy
    blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Instead of becoming silent, he poured forth a fresh storm of blasphemy; and continued cursing all the time I remained within hearing.
    — Beach, Charles A.
    
53. blatant
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Then there was great shouting among the Sophomores, with much blatant, exultant cheering.
    — Williams, Jesse Lynch
    
54. bleak
    offering little or no hope
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Although the situation looks bleak, there’s still room for hope, he said.
    — Washington Post (Dec 31, 2011)
    
55. blemish
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Fine red lines often can be seen just under the skin, and some people also experience pimplelike blemishes.
    — Seattle Times (Jan 19, 2011)
    
56. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Deep down inside her being something sang; outside, the carolling of the lark continued, blithe and joyous in the breaking dawn.
    — Blackwood, Algernon
    
57. blunder
    an embarrassing mistake
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The candidate's first name was misspelled "John" on media badges, a blunder later repeated in some campaign mailings.
    — Reuters (Nov 7, 2011)
    
58. blunt
    characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Even my lady, so blunt and outspoken by nature, had shrunk from trying to question the Dutch girl about her lover.
    — Weyman, Stanley John
    
59. blurt
    utter impulsively
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    But after that momentary pause he blurted out, "Is everything all right, Benny?"
    — Titus, Harold
    
60. bluster
    act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Ling was no longer an incarnate monster, a blustering, boisterous bully.
    — Strang, Herbert
    
61. boast
    wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    A pompous, boasting sort of man, I did not like him at all.
    — Wood, Mrs. Henry
    
62. bode
    indicate by signs
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    "Her early recovery is very promising," and bodes well for further improvement, he said.
    — Seattle Times (Jan 20, 2011)
    
63. bogus
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Also, Tello allegedly put the wrong address on the letter and included fake bar codes and bogus fax and telephone numbers, they said.
    — New York Times (Jan 11, 2012)
    
64. bohemian
    a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Bohemians were typically urban, liberal in outlook, but with few visible political passions and, above all, creative.
    — BBC (Mar 11, 2011)
    
65. boisterous
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Boys drinking champagne at adjacent tables were calling across to each other with boisterous merriment.
    — Matthews, Brander
    
66. bolster
    support and strengthen
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Manufacturing bolstered the nation’s economic recovery in March, according to data released Monday, with companies reporting strong gains in production and employment.
    — Washington Post (Apr 3, 2012)
    
67. bombardment
    an attack by dropping bombs
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    He made up air raids and heavy bombardments and fairly tore up the village in which he was living.
    — Broun, Heywood
    
68. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Once, only, your workmanship was not marred by schemes for titillating effects, for sensational contrasts, for grandiose and bombastic expression.
    — Rosenfeld, Paul
    
69. boon
    a desirable state
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The drilling has been an economic boon — creating jobs and reducing dependence on foreign energy.
    — New York Times (Mar 18, 2012)
    
70. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    He becomes boorish, subject to fits of passion, violent and unaccountable.
    — Zweig, Stefan
    
71. bountiful
    producing in abundance
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The wheat harvest that year was so bountiful that grain overflowed storage facilities.
    — Wall Street Journal (Feb 23, 2010)
    
72. bourgeois
    (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    This future son-in-law is very young, and remarkably good looking; he belongs to the upper bourgeois, even bordering on the nobility.
    — Sue, Eug?ne
    
73. bout
    a period of illness
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    While out of work, struggling financially, and single-handedly responsible for three children, Pauline had several bouts of depression during which she felt completely isolated.
    — BBC (Jan 30, 2012)
    
74. bovine
    any of various members of the genus Bos
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    We can see handsome bovines at any fat cattle show.
    — Lynch, Lawrence L.
    
75. bowdlerize
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Being an iconic classic, however, hasn’t protected “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from being banned, bowdlerized and bleeped.
    — New York Times (Jan 7, 2011)
    
76. boycott
    refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    In what became known as the Chilean Winter, students at university campuses and high schools across the country organized strikes, boycotted classes and occupied buildings.
    — New York Times (Apr 5, 2012)
    
77. brackish
    slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The waters of West Africa, salt, brackish, and fresh abound with fish, and many kinds are, if properly cooked, excellent eating.
    — Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
    
78. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Biggie talks about money and drugs, but “Juicy” contains no braggadocio, no empty boasts.
    — Time (Oct 24, 2011)
    
79. braggart
    a very boastful and talkative person
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    In his cups he was a witty, though arrogant, braggart.
    — Stocking, Charles Francis
    
80. brandish
    exhibit aggressively
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Yelling, shouting, and brandishing their weapons, the insurgents poured down.
    — Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
    
81. brash
    offensively bold
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Mr. Lancman, 43, is known for his brash, relentless and ambitious style.
    — New York Times (Mar 19, 2012)
    
82. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    All their courage and bravado was gone, and now, like the miserable cowards that they were, they had sought safety in flight.
    — Pinkerton, Allan
    
83. brawl
    a noisy fight in a crowd
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The slightest quarrel, the most commonplace street brawl are pretexts for rival factions to come out in battle array.
    — Bastide, Charles
    
84. brawn
    possessing muscular strength
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    He believes Hollywood has often have had an over-reliance on physical brawn as the deciding factor for portraying a strong man.
    — Reuters (Jul 10, 2010)
    
85. brazen
    unrestrained by convention or propriety
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    House has saved two lives, but Foreman is furious at his brazen disregard for the rules.
    — Time (Nov 22, 2011)
    
86. breach
    make an opening or gap in
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Just look at how hackers breached the accounts of Google’s mail service in the past year, other RIM executives have noted.
    — Washington Post (Apr 4, 2012)
    
87. breadth
    the extent of something from side to side
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    On the left side were also two store-houses, each thirty-six paces long by twelve in breadth, covered with shingles.
    — Drake, Samuel Adams
    
88. brevity
    the attribute of being brief or fleeting
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Brevity is key; journalists do not have a lot of time.
    — Inc (Feb 13, 2012)
    
89. brink
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Patterson often asked Groce to ease up in Taylor's demanding timed conditioning drills, noticing he was on the brink of hyperventilating from pushing his limits.
    — Chicago Tribune (Mar 31, 2012)
    
90. brisk
    quick and energetic
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    The rooms were scrupulously clean, the table service brisk and punctual.
    — Boyd, Mary Stuart
    
91. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Funeral directors must also navigate a topic that, even under normal circumstances, can prove uncomfortable to broach: money.
    — New York Times (Dec 29, 2011)
    
92. brood
    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    In fact, a daunting quietness brooded over the spot.
    — Bindloss, Harold
    
93. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    For ten minutes he bullied and browbeat the luckless sergeant, whose men had not been responsible for opening fire.
    — Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
    
94. brunt
    main force of a blow etc
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    While Texas, an epicenter now for wildfires and crop losses, is taking the brunt of the drought, surrounding states are also suffering.
    — Reuters (May 12, 2011)
    
95. bucolic
    (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    He is glad when he sees men busy fishing, planting, and hunting, and engaged in all manner of bucolic occupations.
    — Vondel, Joost van den
    
96. buffoon
    a rude or vulgar fool
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    They were sluggards, buffoons, dimwits, liars, brutes, and—without exception—drunks.
    — The New Yorker (Aug 2, 2010)
    
97. buoyant
    characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    By nature he was sunny and buoyant, taking life as he found it.
    — Penny, F. E.
    
98. burden
    an onerous or difficult concern
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Reconstruction spending is adding to the nation's huge debt burden.
    — Wall Street Journal (Mar 9, 2012)
    
99. bureaucracy
    any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
    EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
    

    Professors and graduate students have benefited from improved working conditions, quicker turnaround for photocopying and scanning, and decreased bureaucracy and red tape.
    — New York Times (Mar 21, 2012)
    
100. burgeon
     grow and flourish
     EXAMPLE SENTENCE: