B2 Mneomonics

Question 1

boor

Answer 1

(noun): a crude person with rude, clumsy manners. “boar”

Think: boar manners

The boor had table manners like a wild boar and ate directly off the plate with his mouth

Question 2

bootless

Answer 2

(adjective): useless. “BOOT less”

Think: booty-less

A booty-less pirate is probably a bootless pirate

Question 3

bowdlerize

Answer 3

(verb): to cut out all the offensive parts of a book. :BOWED lure eyes”

Think: boulder-ize

Originally, they would bowdlerize Huckleberry Finn so much that they might as well have let boulder roll over the book and tear out half the pages

Question 4

bravado

Answer 4

(noun): a false show of bravery; swagger

“bruh VAH doe”

think: brave avocado

though its trash-talking seemed braved, the avocado and its bravado didn’t scare me, since I knew it was just a piece of fruit

Question 5

brazen

Answer 5

(adjective) : shamelessly bold. “BRAY zen”
think: blazin’

Blazin’ up a joint during class is certainly brazen, but it’ll get you expelled 100 out of 100 times

Question 6

brevity

Answer 6

(noun): shortness of duration “BREV it ee”

Think: abbreviate

I know your speech is brief but abbreviate it even more- this professor actually awards points for brevity

Question 7

bromide

Answer 7

(noun) : a cliche or tired saying. “BRO myed”
think: bro lied

My bro on the lacrosse team told me to “give 110 percent,” but the next day my math teacher told me that was impossible. Bro lied in his bromide.

Question 8

brusque

Answer 8

(adjective): abrupt; curt; harsh. “brusk”

Think: brushed off

I tried to make friends with the club’s bouncer, but he was brusque and brushed me off

Question 9

bucolic

Answer 9

(adjective): rustic, rural: “byoo CAA lick”

Think: blue collar

I’m just a bucolic broccoli farmer- a blue collar worker- I don’t understand what those suits are talking about!

Question 10

bugbear

Answer 10

(noun): something to fear. “BUG bear”

Think: bug a bear

If you bug a bear, you’ll soon have a very serious bugbear

Question 11

bulwark

Answer 11

(adjective): a strong support or protection. “BOOL work”

Think: bull work

In a bullfighting arena, the barrier to protect the spectators from the bull better work; it has to be a bulwark

Question 12

bumptious

Answer 12

(adjective): assertive in a lout, arrogant way “BUMP shus”

Think: bump us

you’re the type of guy who would push past us in a crowd and bump us and not say you’re sorry- you’re bumptious

Question 13

bungle

Answer 13

(verb): to screw up. “BUNG gull”

Think: bunghole

I bungled the job so many times that they started calling me a “bunghole”

Question 14

buoyant

Answer 14

(adjective) : happy; confident. “BOY ent”
think: boo-yah!

If you hear someone yell “boo-yah!” then you can bet she’s feeling buoyant

Question 15

burdensome

Answer 15

(adjective) : oppressive, causing difficulty or worry. “BIRD den sum”
think: bird dim sum

The decor of this Chinese restaurant is nice, except for the giant vulture circling our table. The burdensome feeling that bird gives me makes it hard for me to enjoy my dims sum

Question 16

burgeoning

Answer 16

(adjective): growing. “BURJ un ing”

Think: burgers

If you eat too many burgers, your waistline will be burgeoning

Question 17

buttress

Answer 17

(noun): a support. “BUT ress”

Think: butt rest

The stone column is both a buttress and a butt rest for tired people to lean against

Question 18

bygone

Answer 18

(adjective) : past. “BY gone”
think: bye gone

the bygone days of my childhood are days I’ve siad bye to cause they’re gone

Question 19

byzantine

Answer 19

(adjective): devious, complicated. “BIZ in teen”

Think: busy ant

Only the busy ant will be able to make its way through the byzantine maze you’ve created

Question 20

cache

Answer 20

(noun) : a secure storage place or something in that place “kah SHAY”
think: cash hiding place

The drug dealer kept his cash in a cache under the bed- he didnt trust banks