AT Word List 06, Page 02

Question 1

avow (v.)

Answer 1

to swear, make a solemn promise.

Question 2

balk (v.)

Answer 2

to hesitate suddenly.

Question 3

barracks (n.)

Answer 3

place where soliders live and sleep

Question 4

becalmed (adj.)

Answer 4

made peaceful or still; calmed down.

Question 5

bellicose (adj.)

Answer 5

warlike, demonstrating a willingess to fight.

Question 6

berate (v.)

Answer 6

to scold, criticize

Question 7

bicker (v.)

Answer 7

to argue (about unimportant things).

Question 8

bland (adj.)

Answer 8

1. without any taste.

2. dull; uninteresting.

Question 9

blunderbuss (n.)

Answer 9

old-fashioned shotgun.

Question 10

bourgeois (adj.)

Answer 10

1. middle-class.

2. conformist and materialistic.

Question 11

browbeat (v.)

Answer 11

to intimidate; to bully

Question 12

burnish (v.)

Answer 12

to polish or shine (something)

Question 13

cacophony (n.)

Answer 13

an unpleasant combination of different noises [think “the opposite of harmony”].

Question 14

callow (adj.)

Answer 14

immature; inexperienced.

Question 15

castigate (v.)

Answer 15

to punish, criticize harshly.

Question 16

cathartic (adj.)

Answer 16

releasing emotional stress or tension.

Question 17

caustic (adj.)

Answer 17

bitter, unkind, sarcastic.

Question 18

ceremonious (adj.)

Answer 18

formal (as in an official ceremony).

Question 19

charted (adj.)

Answer 19

planned, mapped out, plotted.

Question 20

cherubic (adj.)

Answer 20

angelic; like a baby.

Question 21

circuitous (adj.)

Answer 21

roundabout, not straightforward

Question 22

cite (v.)

Answer 22

to quote.

Question 23

clemency (n.)

Answer 23

mercy; forgiveness.

Question 24

coerce (v.)

Answer 24

to force (someone to do something)

Question 25

coherent (adj.)

Answer 25

internally consistent; logical, clear.