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No. Word Root Meaning Word Meaning

1 blunder ------- ------- error

2 blurt ------- ------- utter impulsively

3 bluster ------- ------- blow in heavy gusts

4 bode ------- ------- foreshadow

5 bogus ------- ------- counterfeit

6 bohemian ------- ------- unconventional7 bolster ------- ------- support

8 bolt ------- ------- dash or dart off

9 bombardment attack

10 bombastic bombax cotton pompous

11 boon bon prayer blessing

12 boorish ------- ------- rude

13 bouillon ------- ------- clear beef soup

14 bountiful ------- ------- abundant

15 bourgeois ------- ------- middle class

16 bovine bovus cow cow like

17 bowlderize expurgate18 boycott refrain from using or buying

19 brackish ------- ------- somewhat saline

20 braggadocio ------- ------- boasting

21 braggart ------- ------- boaster

22 brandish ------- ------- flourish

23 bravado ------- ------- assumed air of defiance

24 brawn ------- ------- muscular strength

25 brazen ------- ------- insolent

26 breach ------- ------- breaking of contract

27 breadth ------- ------- width

28 brevity brevis short conciseness

29 brindled ------- ------- grayish with spots

30 bristling ------- ------- rising like bristles

31 brittle ------- ------- easily broken

32 broach ------- ------- introduce

33 brocade ------- ------- rich,figured frabic

34 brochure ------- ------- pamphlet

35 brooch ------- ------- ornamental clasp

36 brook ------- ------- endure,tolerate

37 browbeat ------- ------- bully

38 browse ------- ------- graze39 brunt ------- ------- shock

40 brusque ------- ------- abrupt

41 buccaneer ------- ------- pirate

42 bucolic bovus cow rustic

43 buffet ------- -------

meal at which people support themselves

/knock about

44 buffoonery clowning

45 bugaboo ------- ------- bugbear

imitaion of a sound

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46 bullion bullus gold gold and silver in the form of bars

47 bulwark ------- ------- earthwork or other strong defence

48 bungle ------- ------- blunder

49 buoyant ------- ------- able to float

50 bureaucracy bureau office

overregulated administrative system marked

by red tape

51 burgeon ------- ------- grow forth52 burlesque ------- ------- give an imitation that ridicules

53 burnish ------- ------- polish

54 buttress ------- ------- support

55 buxom ------- ------- plump

56 cabal ------- -------

small group of persons secretly united to

promote their own interest

57 cache agere drive hiding place

58 cacophonous phonos sound discordant

59 cadaver cadere fall corpse

60 cadaverous cadere fall like a corpse

61 cadence cadere fall rhythmic rise and fall62 cadge ------- ------- beg

63 cajole ------- ------- coax

64 calamity ------- ------- disaster

65 calculated ------- ------- deliberately planned

66 caldron calere warm large kettle

67 calligraphy graphein write beautiful writing

68 callous callum hard skin hardened

69 callow ------- ------- youthful

70 calorific calere warm heat producing

71 calumny ------- ------- malicious misrepresentation

72 camarderie camera chamber good fellowship

73 cameo ------- -------

star's special appearance in a minor role in a

film

74 camouflage ------- ------- conceal

75 canard false story

76 candor candere shine frankness

77 canine canus dog related to dogs

78 canker cancer crab any ulcerous sore

79 canny ------- ------- shrewd

80 canon ------- ------- collection or authoritative list of books

81 cant cant sing insincere expressions of piety82 cantankerous cant sing irritable

83 cantata cant sing story set to music,to be sung by a choru

84 canter cant sing slow gallop

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