Putnam's Word Book
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Chapter 19 : bequest, n. legacy.berate, v. upbraid, rate, reprimand, censure.berry, n. a.s.sociated
bequest, n. legacy.
berate, v. upbraid, rate, reprimand, censure.
berry, n. a.s.sociated Words: baccate, baccated, baccivorous, bacciferous, cocciferous, bacciform.
beseech, v. entreat, implore, adjure, supplicate.
beset, v. besiege, obsess, beleaguer, environ, encompa.s.s; perplex, hara.s.s.
besides, adv. moreover, furthermore, further, too.
besiege, v. obsess, environ, beset, beleaguer, encompa.s.s.
besieging, n. obsession.
best, a. supreme, consummate, superlative, crowning, incomparable, utmost.
bet, v. wager, stake.--n. wager.
betoken, v. foreshadow, portend, presage, foreshow, indicate, augur.
betray, v. seduce, mislead, delude, beguile, inveigle; reveal, disclose; give up treacherously, give over to the enemy, act the traitor, be false to.
betrayal, n. treason, treachery, perfidy; revelation, exposure; seduction.
betrayer, n. traitor, seducer; Judas.
betroth, v. affiance.
betrothal, n. affiance, betrothment.
better, n. upper hand, domination, advantage, control, superiority; improvement.
better, v. ameliorate, improve, emend, promote, reform, meliorate, amend.
betterment, n. amelioration, improvement, promotion, amendment, reformation.
between, prep. betwixt (Obsolescent).--a. interjacent, intervening.
betwixt and between. (Colloq.) so-so, mediocre, average, ordinary, indifferent.
bevy, n. (of birds) flock, covey; (of deer) herd; (of girls) group.
bewail, v. deplore, lament, bemoan, wail over.
bewilder, v. confuse, perplex, nonplus, obfuscate, confound, mystify, embarra.s.s.
bewildered, a. perplexed, confused, mystified, nonplused, obfuscated.
bewildering, a. perplexing, confusing, puzzling, mystifying.
bewilderment, n. perplexity, confusion, mystification, obfuscation.
bewitch, v. charm, fascinate, captivate, enamor. Antonyms: disillusionize, repel, disabuse.
bewitchery, n. bewitchment, charm, fascination, witchery.
bewitching, a. enchanting, captivating, charming, irresistible.
bias, n. bent, p.r.o.neness, predisposition, prejudice.
Bible, n. the Scriptures, the Word of G.o.d; (Catholic) Douay Bible, Vulgate; (Mohammedan) Koran. a.s.sociated Words: canonics, canon, canonical, anagogics, anagoge, exegesis, biblical, biblicist, bibliolater, bibliolatry, bibliology, biblist, bibliomancy, Hagiographa, hagiographer, hagiologist, hagiology, commentator, Heptateuch, Hexapla, Octapla, Apocrypha, Hexateuch, apologetics, concordance, synoptist, uncanonical, h.o.m.ologoumena, Antilegomena.
bibulous, a. absorbent; intemperate, cup-loving, bibacious.
bickering, n. altercation, contention, wrangling, sparring, dissension, quarrel.
bid, v. offer, proffer; order, direct, enjoin, command; invite, ask; wish, greet, salute.
bidding, n. command, order, behest, dictation; offer, bid.
big, a. large, huge, bulky, ma.s.sive, immense, gross, voluminous, capacious, extensive; pregnant; arrogant, overbearing, lordly, magisterial, pompous; bombastic, grandiose, grandiloquent, highflown, sesquipedalian, inflated, turgid.
bigamy, n. polygamy, polygyny.
big-bellied, a. abdominous, paunchy, pot-bellied.
bigness, n. size, bulk, largeness, magnitude, dimensions, volume, amplitude.
bigot, n. fanatic, zealot, dogmatist.
bigoted, a. dogmatic, narrow-minded, illiberal, intolerant.
bigotry, n. intolerance, dogmatism, narrow-mindedness.
bile, n. a.s.sociated Words: acholia, acholous, biliation, biliferous, cholecystis, Ibilious, cholagogue, choleric, choledology, fellinic, hypercholia, biliary, bilin, choleic.
bile, n. choler, bitterness:, anger, spleen, rancor, acrimony.
bill, n. circular, placard, dodger, poster, broadside, bulletin; invoice; statement; beak, nib, mandible.
billingsgate, n. vituperation, tirade, invective, ribaldry, abuse.
bill of fare. menu.
bin, n. crib, bunker, recepotacle.
bind, v. fetter, tie, fasten, secure, gird, confine, restrict, restrain; bandage, swathne; oblige, obligate, lay under, obligation; indenture, apprentice; confirm, sanction, ratify; swaddle. Antonyms: unbind, loose.