Reading comprehension requires knowledge of the world.

The more you know about t

he world, the better you understand when you read. Further, the wider your vocab
ulary, the better your comprehension.
Here are some sample vocabulary words that you must know to improve your compreh
ension when you read. These words start with the letter b:
babble
bacchanalian
badger
badinage
baffle
bait
baleful
balk
ballast
balm
balmy
banal
bandy
bane
bantering
barb
bard
baroque
barrage
barren
barricade
barterer
bask
bastion
bate
bauble
bawdy
beam
beatific
beatitude
bedizen
bedraggle
beeline
befuddle
beget
begrudge
beguile
behemoth
belabor
belated
beleaguer
belie
belittle
bellicose
belligerent
bemoan
bemused
benediction
benefactor
beneficial
beneficiary
benevolent
benign
bent

bequeath
berate
bereavement
bereft
berserk
beseech
beset
besiege
besmirch
bestial
bestow
betoken
betray
betroth
bevy
biased
bicameral
bicker
biennial
bigotry
bilious
bilk
billowing
bivouac
bizarre
blanch
bland
blandishment
blare
blas
blasphemy
blatant
bleak
blighted
blithe
bloated
bludgeon
bluff
bluff
blunder
blurt
bluster
bode
bogus
bohemian
boisterous
bolster
bolt
bolt
bombardment
bombastic
booming
boon
boorish
boundless
bountiful
bourgeois
bovine
bowdlerize
boycott

braggart
brandish
bravado
brawn
brazen
breach
breadth
brevity
brindled
bristling
brittle
broach
brochure
brooch
browbeat
browse
brunt
brusque
buccaneer
bucolic
buffet
buffet
buffoonery
bullion
bulwark
bumptious
bungalow
bungle
buoyant
bureaucracy
burgeon
burlesque
burly
burnish
bustle
buttress
buxom