SAT高頻詞匯的掌握對于SAT的考試成績有很大的幫助，新航道小編整理SAT高頻詞匯 B部分，供大家參考。

balk (v.) to stop, block abruptly (Edna’s boss balked at her request for another raise.)

ballad (n.) a love song (Greta’s boyfriend played her a ballad on the guitar during their

walk through the dark woods.)

banal (adj.) dull, commonplace (The client rejected our proposal because they found

our presentation banal and unimpressive.)

bane (n.) a burden (Advanced physics is the bane of many students’ academic lives.)

bard (n.) a poet, often a singer as well (Shakespeare is often considered the greatest bard

in the history of the English language.)

bashful (adj.) shy, excessively timid (Frankie’s mother told him not to be bashful when

he refused to attend the birthday party.)

battery 1.(n.) a device that supplies power (Most cars run on a combination of power

from a battery and gasoline.) 2. (n.)assault, beating (Her husband was accused of

assault and battery after he attacked a man on the sidewalk.)

beguile (v.) to trick, deceive (The thief beguiled his partners into surrendering all of

their money to him.)

behemoth (n.) something of tremendous power or size (The new aircraft carrier is

among several behemoths that the Air Force has added to its fleet.)

benevolent (adj.) marked by goodness or doing good (Police officers should be

commended for their benevolent service to the community.)

benign (adj.) favorable, not threatening, mild (We were all relieved to hear that the

medical tests determined her tumor to be benign.)

bequeath (v.) to pass on, give (Jon’s father bequeathed his entire estate to his mother.)

berate (v.) to scold vehemently (The angry boss berated his employees for failing to

meet their deadline.)

bereft (adj.) devoid of, without (His family was bereft of food and shelter following the

tornado.)

beseech (v.) to beg, plead, implore (The servant beseeched the king for food to feed his

starving family.)

bias (n.) a tendency, inclination, prejudice (The judge’s hidden bias against smokers led

him to make an unfair decision.)

SAT Vocabulary

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bilk (v.) cheat, defraud (The lawyer discovered that this firm had bilked several clients

out of thousands of dollars.)

blandish (v.) to coax by using flattery (Rachel’s assistant tried to blandish her into

accepting the deal.)

blemish (n.) an imperfection, flaw (The dealer agreed to lower the price because of the

many blemishes on the surface of the wooden furniture.)

blight 1. (n.) a plague, disease (The potato blight destroyed the harvest and bankrupted

many families.) 2. (n.) something that destroys hope (His bad morale is a blight

upon this entire operation.)

boisterous (adj.) loud and full of energy (The candidate won the vote after giving

several boisterous speeches on television.)

bombastic (adj.) excessively confident, pompous (The singer’s bombastic performance

disgusted the crowd.)

boon (n.) a gift or blessing (The good weather has been a boon for many businesses

located near the beach.)

bourgeois (n.) a middle-class person, capitalist (Many businessmen receive criticism for

their bourgeois approach to life.)

brazen (adj.) excessively bold, brash (Critics condemned the novelist’s brazen attempt

to plagiarize Hemingway’s story.)

brusque (adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive (The captain’s brusque manner offended the

passengers.)

buffet 1. (v.) to strike with force (The strong winds buffeted the ships, threatening to

capsize them.) 2. (n.) an arrangement of food set out on a table (Rather than sitting

around a table, the guests took food from our buffet and ate standing up.)

burnish (v.) to polish, shine (His mother asked him to burnish the silverware before

setting the table.)

buttress 1. (v.) to support, hold up (The column buttresses the roof above the statue.) 2.

(n.) something that offers support (The buttress supports the roof above the statues.)