"B" Vocab Words

Question 1

Define: banal

Answer 1

Commonplace

Question 2

Define: bask

Answer 2

To make warm by genial heat

Question 3

Define: beatify:

Answer 3

To make supremely happy

Question 4

Define: bedaub

Answer 4

To smear over, as with something oily or sticky

Question 5

Define: bellicose

Answer 5

Warlike

Question 6

Define: belligerent

Answer 6

Manifesting a warlike spirit

Question 7

Define: benefactor

Answer 7

A doer of kindly and charitable acts

Question 8

Define: benevolence

Answer 8

Any act of kindness or well-doing

Question 9

Define: benign

Answer 9

Good and kind of heart

Question 10

Define: berate

Answer 10

To scold severely

Question 11

Define: baleful

Answer 11

Malignant

Question 12

Define: bewilder

Answer 12

To confuse the perception or judgement of

Question 13

Define: blandishment

Answer 13

Flattery intended to persuade

Question 14

Define: blatant

Answer 14

Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous

Question 15

Define: blithe

Answer 15

Joyous

Question 16

Define: boisterous

Answer 16

Unchecked merriment or animal spirits

Question 17

Define: bolster

Answer 17

To support, as something wrong

Question 18

Define: bombast

Answer 18

Inflated or extravagant language, especially, on unimportant subjects

Question 19

Define: boorish

Answer 19

Rude

Question 20

Define: breach

Answer 20

The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation

Question 21

Define: brittle

Answer 21

Fragile

Question 22

Define: broach

Answer 22

To mention, for the first time

Question 23

Define: bumptious

Answer 23

Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit

Question 24

Define: buoyant

Answer 24

Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat

Question 25

Define: burnish

Answer 25

To make brilliant or shining

Question 26

Define: baleful

Answer 26

Malignant

Question 27

Define: bewilder

Answer 27

To confuse the perception or judgement of

Question 28

Define: blandishment

Answer 28

Flattery intended to persuade

Question 29

Define: blatant

Answer 29

Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous

Question 30

Define: blithe

Answer 30

Joyous

Question 31

Define: boisterous

Answer 31

Unchecked merriment or animal spirits

Question 32

Define: bolster

Answer 32

To support, as something wrong

Question 33

Define: bombast

Answer 33

Inflated or extravagant language, especially, on unimportant subjects

Question 34

Define: boorish

Answer 34

Rude

Question 35

Define: breach

Answer 35

The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation

Question 36

Define: brittle

Answer 36

Fragile

Question 37

Define: broach

Answer 37

To mention, for the first time

Question 38

Define: bumptious

Answer 38

Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit

Question 39

Define: buoyant

Answer 39

Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat

Question 40

Define: burnish

Answer 40

To make brilliant or shining