1. BABBLE

babble

  • Meaning - To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds.
  • Synonyms – gabble, chatter, gush, spout, waffle.
  • Antonyms – Silence, quiet.
  • Usage – Babies babble before they talk.

2. BADGER

badger

  • Meaning – A common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (Ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
  • As verb: To annoy persistently.
  • Synonyms – Wisconsinite ….  beleaguer, bug, pester, tease
  • Antonyms – assist, help, support.
  • Usage – She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.

3. BADINAGE

badinage

  • Meaning – playful or frivolous repartee or banter.
  • Synonyms – banter, joking, teasing, mockery.
  • Antonyms – //Comment if you know.
  • Usage – She tried to respond to his light-hearted badinage.

4. BAFFLE

baffle

  • Meaning – To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie.
  • Synonyms – puzzle, confuse, stump, bewilder, astound, elude, confound, perplex.
  • Antonyms – clear, explain, abet, assist, encourage.
  • Usage – An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.

5. BAIT

bait

  • Meaning – Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals.
  • Synonyms – lure, attraction,temptation, bribe, magnet, decoy.
  • Antonyms – //comment if you know.
  • Usage – He baited the mousetrap with cheese.

6. BALEFUL

baleful

  • Meaning – Harmful or malignant in intent or effect, evil.
  • Synonyms – menacing, threatening, frightening, evil, deadly, harmful, sinister, ominous.
  • Antonyms – friendly, beneficial, benign, salubrious.
  • Usage - He had a baleful look.

7. BALK

balk

  • Meaning – To stop short and refuse to go on.
  • Synonyms - resist, hesitate, dodge, evade, shy away, draw back.
  • Antonyms – accept, yield, submit, comply, accede, acquiesce.
  • Usage – The horse balked at the jump.

8. BALLAST

ballast

  • Meaning – Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or the gondola of a balloon to enhance stability.
  • Synonyms – counterbalance, balance, stability, counterweight, stabilizer.
  • Antonyms – //Comment if you know.
  • Usage – She may have to discharge some ballast to make her lighter.

9. BALM / BALMY

balm

  • Meaning – A soothing, healing, or comforting agent or quality.
  • Synonyms – comfort, relief, anodyne, ointment, cream, lotion.
  • Antonyms – irritant.
  • Usage – Tiger Balm is very strong and soothing.

10. BANAL

banal

  • Meaning – lacking force or originality; trite; commonplace.
  • Synonyms – hackneyed, common, available everywhere, ordinary.
  • Antonyms – rare, original, new, unusual, interesting.
  • Usage – “Blunt language cannot hide a banal conception” (James Wolcott).