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 (or meat) 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 (legally or morally); 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 (as of hair)

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 (a weapon); flourish

bravado

swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery

brave

face courageously; Ex. brave the storm

brawl

noisy quarrel