Flash card # 71
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Bravery : The quality of being
courageous
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Bridge : To find a way of getting over,
as a difficulty
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Brightness : The quality of being
luminous; emission of reflection of light
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Brilliant : Distinguished by unusual
mental keenness or alertness
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Brittle : Having little elasticity,
hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
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Flash card # 72
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Broached : Made public; uttered;
published first; put forth; introduces as a topic of
conversation
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Broadcast : A transmission of a radio,
television program, or signal for public use
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Broadcaster : Someone who broadcasts on
radio or television
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Brooding : Dwelling gloomily on a
subject
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Browse : To look around casually or
randomly
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Flash card # 73
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Bruise : An injury that doesn't break
the skin but results in some discoloration
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Brusqueness : An abrupt discourteous
manner; prompt roughness
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Brutality : The trait of extreme cruelty
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Buck : A male animal
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Bucolic : Relating to or typical or
rural life
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Flash card # 74
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Budget : A sum of money allocated for a
particular purpose
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Bug : To annoy, Insect(noun)
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Bugbear : Something feared or disliked
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Buggy :
- A light carriage with generally 2 wheels and pulled
by two horses
- Baby carriage
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Bullion : Gold and silver bars
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Flash card # 75
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Bullshit : Foolish insincere
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Buffer : To protect from impact
("cushion the blow")
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Bureaucrat : An official who is rigidly
devoted to the details of administrative procedure
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Butcher : A retailer or meat; a person
who slaughters of dresses meat for market
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Buttress : An external prop or support,
usually or stone or brick, built to reinforce the
integrity of a structure
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Flash card # 76
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Buyer : A person who makes purchases
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Bygone : Well in the past; former
("bygone days")
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Byline : The line giving the name of the
writer of a story or article
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Bypass : To avoid something unpleasant
or laborious
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Buzzword : A word or expression that has
special significance in a particular field
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Byzantine : Complex
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