Barrons 08

Question 1

Belligerent

Answer 1

Quarrelsome

Question 2

Bemoan

Answer 2

to lament (a passionate display of grief or sorrow); to express disapproval of

Question 3

Bemused

Answer 3

Confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

Question 4

Benign

Answer 4

Kindly; favorable

Question 5

Bent

Answer 5

Determined; natural talent or inclination

Question 6

Bequeath

Answer 6

To leave to someone by a will; to hand down

Question 7

Berate

Answer 7

To scold strongly

Question 8

Beseech

Answer 8

To beg; to plead with

Question 9

Biennial

Answer 9

Every two years

Question 10

Bland

Answer 10

Soothing or mild; agreeable

Question 11

Blare

Answer 11

A loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light

Question 12

Blasé

Answer 12

Bored with pleasure or dissipation(?)

Question 13

Blasphemy

Answer 13

Irrelevance; sacrilege; cursing

Question 14

Blighted

Answer 14

Suffering from a disease; destroyed

Question 15

Blithe

Answer 15

Gay; joyous; carefree

Question 16

Bluff

Answer 16

1. Rough but good-natured

2. A pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff

Question 17

Blunder

Answer 17

An error

Question 18

Bluster

Answer 18

To blow in heavy gusts; to greater emptily; to bully

Question 19

Bode

Answer 19

To foreshadow; portend

Question 20

Bohemian

Answer 20

Unconventional (in an artistic way)

Question 21

Boisterous

Answer 21

Violent; rough; noisy