| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 35 | |||
| 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 | |