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Question 1

Balkanized

Answer 1

Divide into small hostile units

Question 2

Banal

Answer 2

Lacking freshness or originality

Question 3

Banality

Answer 3

Lacking freshness or originality

Question 4

Bane

Answer 4

Cause of death, destruction, or ruin

Question 5

Baneful

Answer 5

Causing death, destruction, or ruin

Question 6

Baroque

Answer 6

Ornate or flamboyant in style

Question 7

Base

Answer 7

A supporting part or layer

Question 8

Baseless

Answer 8

Having no basis or foundation

Question 9

Bask

Answer 9

Expose oneself to pleasant warmth

Question 10

Bedazzling

Answer 10

Dazzle so completely as to confuse or blind

Question 11

Bedlam

Answer 11

Place of noisy uproar and confusion

Question 12

Beguiled

Answer 12

Cheat

Divert

Question 13

Belie

Answer 13

Picture falsely

Question 14

Belletristic

Answer 14

Writer of belles-lettres

Question 15

Bellicose

Answer 15

Warlike in manner or temperament

Question 16

Beneficent

Answer 16

Characterized by performing acts of kindness or charity

Question 17

Benign

Answer 17

Of a kind disposition

Question 18

Beseeched

Answer 18

To address an earnest or urgent request

Beg for

Question 19

Besmirch

Answer 19

To soil

Question 20

Besotted

Answer 20

Muddle or stupefy with liquor

Question 21

Bifurcated

Answer 21

Divide into 2 parts or branches

Question 22

Bipartisan

Answer 22

Consisting of or supported by members of 2 parties

Question 23

Blandishments

Answer 23

Coax by flattery or wheedling

Question 24

Blatant

Answer 24

Vulgarly loud and noisy

Obvious

Question 25

Blissful

Answer 25

Extreme happiness

Question 26

Blithe

Answer 26

Cheerful

Question 27

Bloodthirsty

Answer 27

Thirsting for or characterized by bloodshed

Question 28

Blunt (v.)

Answer 28

To dull the edge of

Question 29

Bodes

Answer 29

To be an omen

Question 30

Bogged down

Answer 30

Cause to sink, hinder, or slow

Question 31

Bogus

Answer 31

Fake

Question 32

Boisterous

Answer 32

Loud and noisy

Question 33

Bolster

Answer 33

Long narrow pillow or cushion | Support or prop up

Question 34

Bombastic

Answer 34

Extravagant speech or writing

Question 35

Bon-mots

Answer 35

Clever saying

Question 36

Bonobos

Answer 36

Chimpanzee

Question 37

Boondoggle

Answer 37

Pointless, unnecessary, wasteful work

Question 38

Boorish

Answer 38

Crude, rude and offensive

Question 39

Boosterish

Answer 39

Device for increasing power or effectiveness

Question 40

Botched

Answer 40

Ruin through carelessness

Question 41

Brandishes

Answer 41

Wave or flourish menacingly, as a weapon

Question 42

Breach

Answer 42

Violation or infraction, as of a law

Question 43

Bridge

Answer 43

Structure spanning and providing passage over a waterway, railroad, or other obstacle

Question 44

Brook

Answer 44

Small, natural freshwater stream | Tolerate

Question 45

Brusque

Answer 45

Abrupt and curt in manner or speech, to the point of rudeness Blunt

Question 46

Brutality

Answer 46

The state or quality of being cruel

Question 47

Bucolic

Answer 47

Characteristic of shepherds or flocks, pastoral | Rustic

Question 48

Buoyancy

Answer 48

Capacity to remain afloat in a liquid

Question 49

Burgeoning

Answer 49

To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery

Question 50

Bustling

Answer 50

To hurry

Question 51

Buttress

Answer 51

Structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement

Question 52

Buttressed

Answer 52

To support or reinforce with a buttress

Question 53

Byzantine

Answer 53

Pertaining to the ancient city of Byzantium