beneficial

helpful; useful; advantageous

beneficiary

person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

benefit

advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits

benevolent

generous; charitable; having a wish to do good

benign

kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor

benison

blessing

bent

determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination

bequeath

leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest

berate

scold strongly

bereaved

deprived of (someone beloved through death)

bereavement

state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft

bereft

deprived of (something valuable); lacking

berserk

mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited

beseech

beg; plead with

beset

harass or trouble from all directions; hem in

besiege

surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually

besmirch

soil; defile; make dirty

bestial

beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel

bestow

confer

betoken

signify; indicate; be a sign of

betray

be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.