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berserk

berserk Pronunciation: ⁄ bəˈzəːk, -s- ⁄ adjective ·               out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied: a man  went berserk  with an arsenal of guns

bracken

bracken Pronunciation: ⁄ ˈbrak(ə)n ⁄ noun [mass noun] ·               a tall fern with coarse lobed fronds, which occurs worldwide and can cover large areas. ·          Pteridium aquilinum , family  Dennstaedtiaceae  (or Hypolepidaceae ) ·      informal  any large coarse fern resembling bracken.

banal

banal Pronunciation: ⁄ bəˈnɑːl, -ˈnal ⁄ adjective ·               so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring: songs with banal, repeated words

bashful

bashful Pronunciation: ⁄ ˈbaʃfʊl, -f(ə)l ⁄ adjective ·               reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy: everything you need to know but have been too bashful to asksuddenly bashful, she could think of nothing to saydon’t be bashful about telling folk how you feel

bellwether

bellwether Pronunciation: ⁄ ˈbɛlwɛðə(r) ⁄ noun ·               the leading sheep of a flock, with a bell on its neck. ·      something that leads or indicates a trend: Basildon is now the bellwether of Britain’s voting behaviour

bivouac

bivouac Pronunciation: ⁄ ˈbɪvʊak, ˈbɪvwak ⁄ noun ·               a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers. verb   (bivouacs, bivouacking, bivouacked) [no object] ·               stay in a bivouac: we bivouacked on the north side of the town

blatant

blatant Pronunciation: ⁄ ˈbleɪt(ə)nt ⁄ adjective ·               (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly: blatant lies ·    completely lacking in subtlety; very obvious: she forced herself to resist his blatant charm