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Word	Type	Used in a Sentence	Synonym
bake	verb	I will bake her a birthday cake.	cook in oven
balance	noun	He used a balance to weigh the gold.	scale
	verb	Balance the books this week.	account
	verb	If I lose my balance, I will fall.	equilibrium
	noun	The balance of the money was lost.	remainder
balcony	noun	She stood on the balcony to watch.	veranda
bald	adj.	The bald man wore a hat on his head.	hairless head
ball	noun	The child was playing with a ball.	sphere
	noun	The formal ball was at the hotel.	dance
ballet	noun	Russian ballet is well known.	classical dance
balloon	noun	Each child had a big red balloon.	child's toy
bamboo	noun	Panda bears eat bamboo.	type of plant
	adj.	It was a bamboo chair.	type of plant
banana	noun	We ate a banana for our lunch.	type of fruit
band	noun	The marching band played in the parade.	music group
	noun	She wore a band around her head.	cloth ring
	verb	We must band together for strength.	join
	noun	Our band of soldiers is very strong.	group
bandage	noun	She wore a bandage over the cut.	gauze covering
bandit	noun	The bandit demanded money from us.	robber
bang	noun	We heard a loud bang when it fell.	noise
	verb	Do not bang on the table.	pound
bank	noun	They put the money in the bank.	vault
	verb	Do not bank on that idea being true.	depend
	verb	I bank at the main building.	deposit