Chapter 4

Question 1

boastful

Answer 1

smugness; vain

Question 2

boisterous

Answer 2

(of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy: the boisterous conviviality associated with taverns of that period.

Question 3

boorish

Answer 3

rude; churl

Question 4

botch

Answer 4

carry out (a task) badly or carelessly: the ability to take on any task without botching it | he was in a position to hire people, and he botched that up.
mess up

Question 5

bout

Answer 5

a short period of intense activity of a specified kind: occasional bouts of strenuous exercise | a drinking bout.
• an attack of illness or strong emotion of a specified kind: a severe bout of flu.
• a wrestling or boxing match: he fought 350 bouts, losing only nine times.

Question 6

bracing

Answer 6

fresh and invigorating: the bracing sea air.

Question 7

invigorating

Answer 7

making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy

Question 8

brash

Answer 8

self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way: he could be brash, cocky, and arrogant.
2. tacky

Question 9

brink

Answer 9

fringe

Question 10

brawl

Answer 10

fight; quarrel

Question 11

brazen

Answer 11

adjective
1 bold and without shame: he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance | a brazen hussy.
2 literary or archaic made of brass: brazen fire irons.
• harsh in sound: the music’s brazen chords.
verb [with object] (brazen something out)
endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame: there was nothing to do but brazen it out.

Question 12

breach

Answer 12

break

Question 13

bristle

Answer 13

• react angrily or defensively, typically by drawing oneself up: she bristled at his rudeness.
2 (bristle with) be covered with or abundant in: the roof bristled with antennas.

Question 14

brittle

Answer 14

hard but liable to break or shatter easily

Question 15

liable

Answer 15

likely to do or to be something

liable to: likely to experience something undesriable

Question 16

brusque

Answer 16

blunt; curt

Question 17

brook

Answer 17

tolerate or allow something , typically dissent or opposition

Question 18

bucolic

Answer 18

relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life: the church is lovely for its bucolic setting.

Question 19

bungle

Answer 19

carry out a task clumsily or incompetently

Question 20

bureaucrat

Answer 20

bureaucrat

Question 21

burgeon

Answer 21

flourish; sprout

Question 22

burnish

Answer 22

polish by rubbing;

2. enhance or perfect something such as reputation of a skill

Question 23

enhance

Answer 23

intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of: his refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation | computer techniques that enhance images.