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BACCHANALIAN

PERTAINING TO RIOTOUS OR DRUNKEN FESTIVITY; PERTAINING TO


REVELRY

Many music concerts are an excuse of bacchanalian enjoyment


BANAL
COMMONPLACE; TRITE; CONVENTIONAL, STEREOTYPE;
HACKNEYED, CLICHED, PLATITUDINOUS

Nirupa Roy is one of the most banal actress for the role of a
mother
BANTER
PLAYFUL CONVERSATION; REPARTEE, RAILLARY, RIPOSTES,
SALLIES, SWORDPLAY; QUIPS;
The couple bantered with the waitresses
Mere pather ke saath mai banter karta hu(my conversation with mom)
BARD
POET

Our national bard, Rabindranath Tagore


BAWDY
OBSCENE

Elizabethan plays were often bawdy and the audiences were rowdy
BEATIFY
TO SANCTIFY; TO BLESS; TO ASCRIBE A VIRTUE TO

The Pope beatified Juan Diego, an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin
Mary in 1531
BEDIZEN
TO DRESS IN A VULGAR; SHOWY MANNER

Malaika Arora usually wore bedizened dress


BEHEMOTH
HUGE CREATURE; ANYTHING VERY LARGE AND POWERFUL

Hagrid the character from Harry Potter is behemoth giant


BELIE
TO CONTRADICT; MISREPRESENT; GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION

His lively, alert manner belied his years


BENEFICENT
KINDLY; DOING GOOD

God is beneficent
BIFURCATE
TO DIVIDE INTO TWO PARTS

Just below Cairo the river bifurcates


BLANDISHMENT
N. FLATTERY, V. TO COAX WITH FLATTERY (BLANDISH)

Some people will blandish to serve any purpose


BLASE
BORED BECAUSE OF FREQUENT INDULGENCE; UNCONCERNED

I am blased about going to the malls.


BOLSTER ball ko stir rakhna

TO GIVE A BOOST TO; PROP UP; SUPPORT

Parents are supposed to bolster their children in their studies


BOMBASTIC
POMPOUS; USING INFLATED LANGUAGE

Trump is not bombastic, just clear-headed and positive about the priorities which
matter to him
BOORISH
RUDE; INSENSITIVE
Boorish behavior cannot be condoned
Rinky with laptop
BOVINE
COWLIKE

Bovine offal for human consumption would not affect these uses, I assume
BRAZEN
BOLD; SHAMELESS

Hooters girls are brazen yet popular.


BROACH
TO MENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME

Salman Khan first broached the subject of his relationship on the Koffee With
Karan show
BUCOLIC
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COUNTRYSIDE; RUSTIC; PASTORAL

Kashmir is renowned for its bucolic settings


Sus gaon
BURGEON
TO FLOURISH

With the new economic changes, from the next fiscal year India’s GDP is expected
to burgeon
BURNISH
TO POLISH

Highly burnished silverware


BUTTRESS
TO REINFORCE; SUPPORT

The inverted pyramids at Le Louvre are buttressed with reinforced steel.

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