Vocabulary Words - Fourth Grade - B:

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• background
  (n.) Information that helps you understand a situation.
  
  
• backpack
  (n.) A bag that you carry on your back and can fill with books and other school supplies.
  (n.) A bag used to carry things on your back, especially when you go walking.
  
  
• backstroke
  (n.) A way of swimming on your back.
  
  
• bait
  (n.) Something that someone offers in order to catch something.
  
  
• bamboo
  (n.) A tall kind of grass used for making furniture and other items.
  
  
• barber
  (n.) A person whose job it is to cut hair.
  
  
• barometer
  (n.) A device that measures air pressure.
  
  
• barrel
  (n.) A large round container, often made of wood or metal.
  
  
• barstool
  (n.) A high seat that you sit on at a bar or counter.
  
  
• basic
  (adj.) Simple, essential.
  
  
• basin
  (n.) A sink or low bowl.
  
  
• basketball
  (n.) A game in which you bounce a ball and try to throw it into a basket.
  (n.) A large bouncy ball you use to play basketball.
  
  
• battle
  (n.) A fight.
  (v.) To fight.
  
  
• bawl
  (v.) To cry loudly for a long time.
  
  
• beam
  (n.) A long piece of wood or metal used to build things.
  (n.) A ray of light.
  (v.) To shine or broadcast.
  
  
• beast
  (n.) An animal.
  (n.) A bad person.
  
  
• beat
  (v.) To mix.
  (v.) To hit.
  (v.) To win.
  (v.) To make a sound by hitting something.
  (n.) The rhythm of a song.
  
  
• beef
  (n.) Meat from a cow.
  
  
• behind
  (preposition) In back of something or someone.
  
  
• belly
  (n.) Stomach.
  
  
• beneath
  (preposition) Under.
  
  
• bind
  (v.) To wrap or tie.
  (v.) To wrap, tie, or stick together.
  
  
• binder
  (n.) A book with rings that you use to hold sheets of paper together.
  
  
• birth
  (n.) When a baby comes out of a mother or egg.
  (v.) To cause something to be born.
  (n.) The beginning of something.
  
  
• blade
  (n.) A metal part that cuts.
  
  

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