50 Confusing Words Starting with Letter B

50 Confusing Words Starting with Letter B for College Students

B 

balmy - pleasantly warm

barmy - foolish; crazy

bare - nude; unadorned

bear - to carry; an animal

bated - in phrase 'with bated breath'; i.e. in great suspense

baited - with bait attached or inserted

bazaar - a Middle Eastern market

bizarre - strange

berth - a bunk in a ship; train; etc.

birth - the emergence of a baby from the womb

beside - close to; next to

besides - except for; in addition

boar - a wild male pig

bore - to drill a hole through

board - piece of wood

bored - uninterested

born - brought into life

borne - past participle of 'to bear' (carry)

bough - a branch of a tree

bow - to bend the head; the front of a ship

brake - device for stopping

break - destroy; make into pieces

breach - to break through; or break a rule; a gap

breech - the back part of a gun barrel

breath - air taken in (noun)

breathe - to take in air (verb)

broach - to raise a subject for discussion

brooch - a piece of jewellery

buy - to purchase

by - next to; through the agency of