1/31/2020 4000 IELTS Academic Words List -2

4000 IELTS Academic Word List (2)

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bachelor backbone backward bacon bacterium

badge badminton baffle baggage bait

bake balance balcony bald ballet

balloon ballroom bamboo band bandage

bang banker bankrupt banner banquet

bar barber bare barely bargain

barge bark barn barometer baron

barrel barren barrier barter baseball

basement basin bathe batter battery

bay bazaar bead beak beam

bean bear bearing beat become

beforehand behalf behave behavior belly

beloved below bend beneath beneficial

beneficiary benefit benevolent bent besides

bestow bet betray beverage bewilder

bias bid bill billion bind

biographer biography biologist bite bitter

bitterness blacksmith blade blame blank

blanket blast blaze bleach bleed

blend bless blessing blink block

bloom blossom blot blunder blunt

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blush board boarding boast bodyguard

boil bold bolt bond bonus

bookcase boom booming boost booth

border bore boring bother bounce

bound boundary bourgeois bow bowl

boycott brace brain brake brand

breach breadth break breakdown breakthrough

breath breathe breed breeze bribe

bridle brief brighten brilliance brilliant

brim brink brisk brittle broadcast

broaden brochure bronze brood brook

brown bruise brutal brute bubble

bucket bud budget buffet bug

bulb bulk bulky bull bulletin

bullion bump bunch bundle burdensome

bureaucracy burial bush business butcher

butter butterfly buzz bygone bypass

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baby-sitter:
n.
person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

bachelor:
n.
unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges

backbone:
n. Syn. support; mainstay
support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column

backward:
a.
directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped

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