begrudge
to envy, to resent
To be holding a grudge for so long against me means that you must begrudge my
happy life.
beguile
trick
“The [Evil Testing] Serpent beguiled me and I did eat the apple.”
belated
delayed; late
We sent a belated birthday present and in return got a month-old piece of ice-
cream cake.
benevolent
kind
Superman may be the benevolent protector of the world, but have you ever
noticed that he wears his underpants outside his tights?
berate
to scold severely
If you don’t study for the SAT, your parents will berate you. If you don’t do A
work, your teachers will berate (B-rate) you.
bereft
lacking something needed
He felt sad and bereft just thinking about how she didn’t love him; now he would
be left without her.
bombastic
grandiloquent (wordy, pompous) in speech or writing
At the end of his long, boring, bombastic speech, the self-satisfied tyrant
received a bomb basket as a farewell gift.