Word Smart 6

Question 1

Auspicious (aw SPI shus)

Answer 1

adj. favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

Question 2

Austere (aw STEER)

Answer 2

adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

Question 3

Austerity

Answer 3

rigid economy

Question 4

Avarice (A vuh rus)

Answer 4

n. greed, especially for wealth

Question 5

Avaricious

Answer 5

greedy

Question 6

Aver (uh VUR)

Answer 6

v. to state as a fact; to confirm or support

Question 7

Axiom (Ak see um)

Answer 7

n. a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying

Question 8

axiomatic

Answer 8

adj. generally accepted or taken as a given

Question 9

Baleful (BAYL ful)

Answer 9

adj. sinister, pernicious, ominous

(looks, glances, and glares are more often baleful than anything else is, but other things can be baleful too.

Question 10

sinister

Answer 10

adj. giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
adj. evil or criminal

Question 11

pernicious

Answer 11

adj. having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way

Question 12

ominous

Answer 12

adj. giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious

Question 13

Bane (bayn)

Answer 13

adj. cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration

Question 14

Baneful

Answer 14

causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive

Question 15

Beatify (bee AT uh fy)

Answer 15

v. to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly

Question 16

Beatitude

Answer 16

a state of bliss

Question 17

beatific

Answer 17

having a blissful appearance

Question 18

Bliss

Answer 18

n. perfect happiness; great joy

Question 19

virtue

Answer 19

n. behavior showing high moral standards
n. a quality considered morally good or desirable in a person
n. a good or useful quality of a thing

Question 20

Ascribe

Answer 20

v. attribute something to (a cause)
v. attribute (a text, quotation, or work of art) to a particular person or period
v. regard (a quality) as belonging to