| Sr No. | Word | शब्द | Meaning | Example |
| 1 | babble | प्रलाप | chatter idly | The little girl babbled about
her doll. |
| 2 | bacchanalian | bacchanalian | drunken | Emperor Nero attended the
bacchanalian orgy. |
| 3 | badger | बिज्जू | pester; annoy | She was forced to change her
telephone number because she was badgered by obscene phone calls. |
| 4 | badinage | ठट्ठा | teasing conversation | Her friends at work greeted the
news of her engagement with cheerful badinage.
|
| 5 | baffle | चकरा देना | frustrate; perplex | The new code baffled the enemy
agents. |
| 6 | bait | चारा | harass; tease | The soldiers baited the
prisoners, terrorizing them. |
| 7 | baleful | संकटपूर्ण | menacing; deadly | Casting a baleful eye at his
successful rival, the rejected suitor stole off, vowing to have his revenge. |
| 8 | balk | मेंड | stoop short, as if faced with an
obstacle, and refuse to continue | The chief of police balked at
sending his officers into the riot-torn area. |
| 9 | balk | मेंड | foil | When the warden learned that
several inmates were planning to escape, he took steps to balk their attempt. |
| 10 | ballast | गिट्टी | heavy substance used to add
stability or weight | The ship was listing badly to
one side; it was necessary to shift the ballast in the hold to get her back
on an even keel. |
| 11 | balm | बाम | something that relieves pain | Friendship is the finest balm
for the pangs of disappointed love. |
| 12 | balmy | ख़ुशबूदार | mild; fragrant | A balmy breeze refreshed us
after the sultry blast. |
| 13 | banal | तुच्छ | hackneyed; commonplace; trite | His frequent use of cliches made
his essay seem banal. |
| 14 | bandy | सविस्तार | discuss lightly; exchange blows
or words | The president refused to bandy
words with reporters at the press conference. |
| 15 | bane | फटकार | cause of ruin | Lack of public transportation is
the bane of urban life. |
| 16 | bantering | bantering | good-naturedly ridiculing | They resented his bantering
remarks because they misinterpreted his teasing as sarcasm. |
| 17 | barb | कंटिया | sharp projection form fishhook,
etc.; pointed comment | The barb from the fishhook
caught in his finger as he grabbed the fish. |
| 18 | bard | चारण | poet | The ancient bard Homer sang of
the fall of Troy. |
| 19 | barefaced | धृष्ट | shameless; bold; unconcealed | Shocked by Huck Finn's barefaced
lies, Miss Watson prayed the good Lord would give him a sense of his
unregenerate wickedness. |
| 20 | baroque | बारोक | highly ornate | Accustomed to the severe,
angular lines of modern skyscrapers, they found the flamboyance of baroque
architecture amusing. |
| 21 | barrage | आड़ | barrier laid down by artillery
fire; overwhelming profusion | The company was forced to
retreat through the barrage of heavy canyons. |
| 22 | barrister | बैरिस्टर | counselor-at-law | Galsworthy started as a
barrister, but when he found the practice of law boring, turned to writing. |
| 23 | barterer | barterer | trader | The barterer exchanged trinkets
for the natives' furs. |
| 24 | bask | गरमाना | luxuriate; take pleasure in
warmth | basking on the beach, she
relaxed so completely that she fell asleep. |
| 25 | bastion | बुर्ज | stronghold; something seen as a
source of protection | The villagers fortified the town
hall, hoping this improvised bastion could protect them from the guerrila
raids. |
| 26 | bate | ग़ुस्सा | let down; restrain | Until it was time to open the
presents, the children had to bate their curiosity. |
| 27 | bauble | छोटी बात | trinket; trifle | The child was delighted with the
bauble she had won in the grab bag. |
| 27 | bawdy | गंदा | indecent; obscene | She took offense at his bawdy
remarks. |
| 29 | beatific | सुखी | giving bliss; blissful | The beatific smile on the
child's face made us very happy. |
| 30 | beatitude | परम सुख | blessedness; state of bliss | Growing closer to God each day,
the mystic achieved a state of indescribable beatitude. |
| 31 | bedizen | भड़कीले कपड़े पहनना | dress with vulgar finery | The witch doctors were bedizened
in their gaudiest costumes. |
| 32 | bedraggle | गंदा करना | wet thoroughly | We were so bedraggled by the
severe storm that we had to change into dry clothing. |
| 33 | befuddle | मदहोश हो जाना | confuse thoroughly | His attempts to clarify the
situation succeeded only on befuddling her further. |
| 34 | beget | जनना | father; produce; give rise to | One good turn may deserve
another; it does not necessarily beget another. |
| 35 | begrudge | डाह खाना | resent | I begrudge every minute I have
to spend attending meetings. |
| 36 | beguile | मोहना | amuse; delude; cheat | I beguiled himself during the
long hours by playing solitaire. |
| 37 | behemoth | आबी घोड़ा | huge creature; something of
monstrous size or power | Sportcasters nicknamed the
linebacker "The Behemoth." |
| 38 | beholden | कृतज्ञ | obligated; indebted | Since I do not wish to be
beholden to anyone, I cannot accept this favor. |
| 39 | behoove | योग्य होना | be suited to; be incumbent upon | In this time of crisis, it
behooves all of us to remain calm and await the instructions of our
superiors. |
| 40 | belabor | बुरी तरह पीटना | explain or go over excessively
or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally | The debate coach warned her
student not to bore the audience by belaboring his point. |
| 41 | belated | देर में आया हुआ | delayed | He apologized for his belated
note of condolence to the widow of his friend and explained that he had just
learned of her husband's untimely death. |
| 42 | beleaguer | धेरा डालना | besiege | As soon as the city was
beleaguered, the life became more subdued as the citizens began their long
wait for outside assitance. |
| 43 | belie | झुठलाना | contradict; give a false
impression | His coarse, hard-bitten exterior
belied his innate sensitivity. |
| 44 | belittle | छोटा हो जाना | disparage; depreciate | Parents should not belittle
their children's early attempts at drawing, but should encourage their
efforts. |
| 45 | bellicose | लड़ाकू | warlike | His bellicose disposition
alienated his friends. |
| 46 | belligerent | युद्धरत | quarrelsome | Whenever he had too much to
drink, he became belligerent and tried to pick fights with strangers. |
| 47 | bemused | विचार शक्ति हर लिया | confused; lost in thought;
preoccupied | Jill studied the garbled
instructions with a bemused look on her face. |
| 48 | benediction | आशीर्वाद | blessing | The appearance of the sun after
the many rainy days was like a benediction. |
| 49 | benefactor | दान देनेवाला | gift giver; patron | Scrooge later became Tiny Tim's
benefactor and gave him a benediction. |
| 50 | beneficent | उपकारवाला | kindly; doing good | The overgenerous philanthropist
had to curb his beneficent impulses before he gave away all his money and
left himself with nothing. |
| 51 | beneficiary | लाभार्थी | person entitled to benefits or
proceeds of an insurance policy | You may change your beneficiary
as often as you wish. |
| 52 | benevolent | उदार | generous; charitable | His benevolent nature prevented
him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. |
| 53 | benign | सौम्य | kindly; favorable; not malignant | The old man was well liked
because of his benign attitude toward friend and stranger alike. |
| 54 | benison | Benison | blessing | Let us pray that the benison of
peace once more shall prevail among the nations of the world. |
| 55 | bent | तुला | determined; natural talent or
inclination | bent on advancing in the
business world, the secretary heroine of Working Girl had a true bent for
high finance. |
| 56 | bequeath | वसीयत में देना | leave to someone by means of a
will; hand down | In his will, Father bequeathed
his watch to Phillip; the bequest meant a great deal to the boy. |
| 57 | berate | गाली देना | scold strongly | He feared she would berate him
for his forgetfulness. |
| 58 | bereavement | वियोग | state of being deprived of
something valuable or beloved | His friends gathered to console
him upon his sudden bereavement. |
| 59 | bereft | दीवाना | deprived of; lacking | The foolish gambler soon found
himself bereft of funds. |
| 60 | berserk | निडर | frenzied | Angered, he went berserk and
began to wreck the room. |
| 61 | beset | घेर लेना | harass; trouble | Many problems beset the American
public school system. |
| 62 | besmirch | गंदा करना | soil, defile | The scandalous remarks in the
newspaper besmirch the reputations of every member of the society. |
| 63 | bestial | वहशी | beastlike; brutal; inhuman | The Red Cross sought to put an
end to the bestial treatment of prisoners of war. |
| 64 | bestow | प्रदान करना | confer | He wished to bestow great honors
upon the hero. |
| 65 | betroth | वाग्दान करना | become engaged to marry | The announcement that they had
become betrothed surprised their friends who had not suspected any romance. |
| 66 | bevy | झुंड | large group | The movie actor was surrounded
by a bevy of startlets. |
| 67 | bicameral | दो खाने का | two-chambered, as a legislative
body | The United States Congress is a
bicameral body. |
| 68 | bicker | कल-कल के साथ बहना | quarrel | The children bickered morning,
noon, and night, exasperating their parents. |
| 69 | biennial | द्विवाषिक | every two years | The group held biennial meetings
instead of annual ones. |
| 70 | bifurcated | बंटवारा | divided into two branches;
forked | With a bifurcated branch and a
piece of elastic rubber, he made a crude but effective slingshot. |
| 71 | bigotry | कट्टरता | stubborn intolerance | Brought up in a democratic
atmosphere, student was shocked by the bigotry and narrowness expressed by
several of his classmates. |
| 72 | bilious | पैत्तिक | suffering from indigestion;
irritable | His bilious temperament was
apparent to all who heard him rant about his difficulties. |
| 73 | bilk | अदायगी से बचना | swindle; cheat | The con man specialized in
bilking insurance companies. |
| 74 | bivouac | पड़ाव | temporary encampment | While in bivouac, we spent the
night in our sleeping bags under the stars. |
| 75 | bizarre | विचित्र | fantastic; violently contrasting | The plot of the novel was too
bizarre to be believed. |
| 76 | blanch | सफेद करना | bleach; whiten | Although age had blanched his
hair, he was still vigorous and energetic. |
| 77 | bland | नरम | soothing; mild | She used a bland ointment for
her sunburn. |
| 78 | blandishment | चोचला | flattery | Despite the salesperson's
blandishments, the customer did not buy the outfit. |
| 79 | blase | उबा हुआ | bored with pleasure or
dissipation | Your blase attitude gives your
students an erroneous impression of the joys of scholarship. |
| 80 | blasphemous | तिरस्कारी | profane; impious | The people in the room were
shocked by his his blasphemous language. |
| 81 | blatant | ज़बरदस्त | extremely obvious; loudly
offensive | Caught in a blatant lie, the
scoundrel had only one regret: he wished that he had lied more subtly. |
| 82 | bleak | बेरंग | cold; cheerless | The Aleutian Islands are bleak
military outposts. |
| 83 | blighted | अभिशप्त | suffering from a disease;
destroyed | The extent of the blighted areas
could be seen only when viewed from the air. |
| 84 | blithe | प्रफुल्ल | gay; joyous; careless | Shelley called the skylark a
"blithe spirit" because of its happy song. |
| 85 | bloated | फूला हुआ | swollen or puffed as with water
or air | Her bloated stomach came from
drinking so much water. |
| 86 | blowhard | blowhard | talkative boaster | After all Sol's talk about his
big show business connections led nowhere, Sally decided he was just another
blowhard. |
| 87 | bludgeon | मारना | club; heavy-headed weapon | His walking stick served him as
a bludgeon on many occasions. |
| 88 | bluff | धोखा | pretense (of strength);
deception; high cliff | Claire thought Lord Byron's
boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a bluff, she was astounded
when he dove from the high bluff into the waters below. |
| 89 | blunder | बड़ी भूल | error | The criminal's fatal blunder led
to his capture. |
| 90 | blurt | जोर से बोलना | utter impulsively | Before she could stop him, he
blurted out the news. |
| 91 | bode | भविष्यव्दाणी | foreshadow; portend | The gloomy skies and the
sulfurious odors from the mineral springs seemed to bode evil to those who
settled in the area. |
| 92 | bogus | जाली | counterfeit; not authentic | The police quickly found the
distributors of the bogus twenty-dollar bills. |
| 93 | boisterous | उद्दाम | violent; rough; noisy | The unruly crowd became even
more boisterous when he tried to quiet them. |
| 94 | bolster | सिलेंडर | support; reinforce | The debaters amassed file boxes
full of evidence to bolster their arguments. |
| 95 | bombast | आडंबर | pompous, inflated language | Filled with bombast, the
orator's speech left the audience more impressed with his pomposity than with
his logic. |
| 96 | boon | वर | blessing; benefit | The recent rains that filled our
empty reservoirs were a boon to the whole community. |
| 97 | boorish | अशिष्ट | rude; insensitive | Though Mr. Potts constantly
interrupted his wife, she ignored his boorish behavior, for she had lost hope
of teaching him courtesy. |
| 98 | bouillon | शोरबा | clear beef soup | The cup of bouillon served by
the stewards was welcomed by those who had been chilled by the cold ocean
breezes. |
| 99 | bountiful | यथेष्ट | generous; showing bounty | She distributed gifts in a
bountiful and gracious manner. |
| 100 | bourgeois | पूंजीपति | middle class | The French Revolution was
inspired by the bourgeois, who resented the aristocracy. |
| 101 | bourgeois | पूंजीपति | middle class | The French Revolution was
inspired by the bourgeois, who resented the aristocracy. |
| 102 | bovine | मंद | cowlike; placid and dull | Nothing excites Esther; even
when she won the state lottery, she still preserved her air of bovine calm. |
| 103 | bowdlerize | bowdlerize | expurgate | After the film editors had
bowdlerized the language in the script, the motion picture's rating was
changed from "R" to "PG." |
| 104 | brackish | नुनखरा | somewhat saline | He found the only wells in the
area were brackish; drinking the water made him nauseous.
|
| 105 | braggadocio | शेख़ीबाज़ | boasting | He was disliked because his
manner was always full of braggadocio. |
| 106 | braggart | डींगमार | boaster | Modest by nature, she was no
braggart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves. |
| 107 | bravado | वाहवाही | swagger; assumed air of defiance | The bravado of the young
criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal
attack. |
| 108 | brawn | मांसपेशी | muscular strength; sturdiness | It takes brawn to become a
champion weight-lifter. |
| 109 | brazen | तांबे का | insolent | Her brazen contempt for
authority angered the officials. |
| 110 | breach | दरार | breaking of contract or duty;
fissure; gap | They found a breach in the
enemy's fortifications and penetrated their lines. |
| 111 | breadth | चौड़ाई | width; extent | We were impressed by the breadth
of her knowledge. |
| 112 | brevity | संक्षिप्तता | conciseness | brevity is essential when you
send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word. |
| 113 | brindled | चितकबरा | tawny or grayish with streaks or
spots | He was disappointed in the
litter because the puppies were brindled; he had hoped for animals of uniform
color. |
| 114 | bristling | लैस | rising like bristles; showing
irritation | The dog stood there, bristling
with anger. |
| 115 | brittle | नाज़ुक | easily broken; difficult | My employer's brittle
personality made it difficult for me to get along with her. |
| 116 | broach | सीख | open up | He did not even try to broach
the subject of poetry. |
| 117 | brocade | जरी वस्त्र | rich, figured fabric | The sofa was covered with
expensive brocade. |
| 118 | brochure | विवरणिका | pamphlet | This brochure on farming was
issued by the Department of Agriculture. |
| 119 | brooch | ब्रोच | ornamental clasp | She treasured the brooch because
it was an heirloom. |
| 120 | brook | नाला | tolerate; endure | The dean would brook no
interference with his disciplinary actions. |
| 121 | browbeat | धमकाना | bully; intimidate | Billy resisted Ted's attempts to
browbeat him into handing over his lunch money. |
| 122 | brusque | अशिष्ट | blunt; abrupt | She was offended by his brusque
reply. |
| 123 | bucolic | ग्राम्य | rustic; pastoral | The meadow was the scene of
bucolic gaiety. |
| 124 | buffoonery | तमाशा | clowning | John Candy's buffoonery in Uncle
Buck was hilarious. |
| 125 | bugaboo | डरावना | bugbear; object of baseless
terror | If we become frightened by such
bugaboos, we are no wiser than the birds who fear scarecrows. |
| 126 | bullion | बुलियन | gold and silver in the form of
bars | Much bullion is stored in the
vaults at Fort Knox. |
| 127 | bulwark | बांध | earthwork or other strong
defense; person who defends | The navy is our principal
bulwark against invasion. |
| 128 | bungle | घपला | spoil by clumsy behavior | I was afraid you would bungle
his assignment but I had no one else to send. |
| 129 | bureaucracy | नौकरशाही | government by bureaus | Many people fear that the
constant introduction of federal agencies will create a government by
bureaucracy. |
| 130 | burgeon | burgeon | grow forth; send out buds | In the spring, the plants that
burgeon are a promise of the beauty that is to come. |
| 131 | burlesque | कारटून | give an imitation that ridicules | In his caricature, he burlesqued
the mannerisms of his adversary. |
| 132 | burly | बलवान | husky; muscular | The burly mover lifted the
packing crate with ease. |
| 133 | burnish | पालिश | make shiny by rubbing; polish | The maid burnished the brass
fixtures until they reflected the lamplight. |
| 134 | buttress | टेक | support; prop up | Just as architects buttress the
walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses, debates buttress their arguments
with facts. |
| 135 | buxom | buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly | High fashion models usually are
slender rather than buxom. |
