• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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).

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