page 252 vocab part 2

Question 1

balm

Answer 1

Something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees

Question 2

balmy

Answer 2

soft and mild (of air); fragrant

Question 3

banal

Answer 3

hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originally; clich/ted

Question 4

bandy

Answer 4

discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner ; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; ex. Bandy words with

Question 5

bane

Answer 5

poison; cause of ruin; adj. Baneful: harmful;

poisonous

Question 6

bank

Answer 6

Heap ; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting ( as of an aircraft turning); v: pile up ; protect with a bank ; tilt in turning

Question 7

bantering

Answer 7

Joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing ; n .v. Banter

Question 8

bar

Answer 8

Railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; ex. Prisoner at the bar; v: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; cf. Barrister

Question 9

barb

Answer 9

Sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark

Question 10

bard

Answer 10

poet

Question 11

barefaced

Answer 11

Shameless and noticeable; blatant ; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face; ex. Barefaced lie

Question 12

bargain

Answer 12

Agreement between two groups or people ; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; v: negotiate ; trade; ex. Bargaining power