Berserk

ber·serk play_w(“B0206600″)

 (br-sûrk, -zûrk, b-)

adj.

1. Destructively or frenetically violent: a berserk worker who started smashing all the windows.

2. Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged: berserk with grief.

3. Informal Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild: berserk over chocolates.

n.

1. One that is violent, upset, or unrestrained.

Bifurcate

bi·fur·cate play_w(“B0237400″)

 (bfr-kt, b-fûr-)

v. bi·fur·cat·ed, bi·fur·cat·ing, bi·fur·cates

v.tr.

To divide into two parts or branches.

v.intr.

To separate into two parts or branches; fork.

Brownfield

brownfield play_w(“B0508825″)

 (brounfld) A piece of industrial or commercial property that is abandoned or underused and often environmentally contaminated, especially one considered as a potential site for redevelopment

Botch

botch play_w(“B0411600″)

 (bch)

tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es

1. To ruin through clumsiness.

2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.

3. To repair or mend clumsily.

n.

1. A ruined or defective piece of work: “I have made a miserable botch of this description” Nathaniel Hawthorne.

2. A hodgepodge.

Bolster

bol·ster play_w(“B0376600″)

 (blstr)

n.

A long narrow pillow or cushion.

tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters

1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.

2. To buoy up or hearten: Visitors bolstered the patient’s morale.

 

eg:-The company’s top executives have said that bolstering customer service is an important priority.

Balkanise

Balkanise – divide a territory into small, hostile states

eg:- In 1947, everyone confidently predicted that India would balkanise after some years.

Blasphemy

blas·phe·my play_w(“B0314100″)

 (blsf-m)

n. pl. blas·phe·mies

1.

a. A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity.

b. The act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God.

2. An irreverent or impious act, attitude, or utterance in regard to something considered inviolable or sacrosanct.

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[Middle English blasfemie, from Late Latin blasphmia, from Greek blasphmi, from blasphmein, to blaspheme; see blaspheme.]

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Noun

1.

blasphemy – blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

Bloated

bloat·ed play_w(“B0328100″)

 (bltd)adj.

1. Much bigger than desired: a bloated bureaucracy; a bloated budget.

Burgeon

To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.

To begin to grow or blossom.

To grow and flourish.

 

eg:- the burgeoning ECM market