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Question 1

banal

Answer 1

overfamiliar; boring

Question 2

bane

Answer 2

burden

Question 3

belligerent

Answer 3

aggressive; eager to fight

Question 4

basic

Answer 4

having to do with the main or starting point of something

Question 5

beguile

Answer 5

to deceive

Question 6

benevolent

Answer 6

kindly, charitable

Question 7

bereft

Answer 7

deprived of

Question 8

bias

Answer 8

personal preference; prejudice

Question 9

bilk

Answer 9

to cheat

Question 10

blandishment

Answer 10

flattery

Question 11

bolster

Answer 11

support; prop up

Question 12

bombastic

Answer 12

pompous in speech and manner

Question 13

brawl

Answer 13

a noisy quarrel or fight

Question 14

baleful

Answer 14

foreshadowing something evil; foreboding

Question 15

begrudgingly

Answer 15

reluctantly; resentfully

Question 16

brevity

Answer 16

briefness

Question 17

complaisant

Answer 17

willingness to do favors

Question 18

curtail

Answer 18

to cut short

Question 19

cynical

Answer 19

believing the worse of human nature

Question 20

cajole

Answer 20

(v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises

Question 21

callous

Answer 21

emotionally hardened

Question 22

dearth

Answer 22

a lack, scarcity

Question 23

debauch

Answer 23

corrupt

Question 24

debunk

Answer 24

to prove wrong

Question 25

decree

Answer 25

an official order issued by a legal authority

Question 26

deference

Answer 26

to respect

Question 27

deficient

Answer 27

lacking

Question 28

defunct

Answer 28

no longer in existence

Question 29

demagogue

Answer 29

a leader who appeals to citizens’ emotions to obtain power

Question 30

demur

Answer 30

to question or oppose