Deck 12

Question 0

Bizarre

Answer 0

Fantastic; noticeably odd or strange

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

Abnormal or deviant

Given the aberrant nature of the data, we do not know what to do.

Question 2

Blanch

Answer 2

To make or become white or pale; bleach; whiten

Morris was visibly blanched when he heard the news.

Question 3

Bland

Answer 3

Without taste; also showing no strong feelings or noticeable qualities

Question 4

Blandishment

Answer 4

Flattering or coaxing speech or action

Despite the salesperson’s blandishment, the customer didn’t buy the dress.

Question 5

Blarney

Answer 5

Flattery designed to gain favor; influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing or flattering
He tried to blarney several people to buy the stolen items, but no one wanted them.

Question 6

Blasé

Answer 6

Tired or bored of pleasure or because of over-familiriarity

Your blasé attitude gives your students an erroneous impression of the joys of scholarship.

Question 7

Blasphemous

Answer 7

Showing lack of respect, usually to God or a religion

The people were shocked by his blasphemous language.

Question 8

Blatant

Answer 8

Very obvious; loudly offensive

Critics have attacked the book’s blatant lies.

Question 9

Bleak

Answer 9

Cheerless; dull; hopeless

Question 10

Blighted

Answer 10

Destroyed; badly affected by a disease

His knee injury blighted his chances of winning the tennis tournament.

Question 11

Blithe

Answer 11

Having no worry; very happy; without any care

With blithe unconcern, the rich guy took out a lot of money.

Question 12

Bloated

Answer 12

Puffed; swollen

Her bloated stomach.

Question 13

Blubber

Answer 13

To cry in a noisy or childish way

Question 14

Bludgeon

Answer 14

Heavy headed stick; to strike repeatedly with a heavy stick

The police bludgeoned the man to death.

Question 15

Blurt

Answer 15

Speak up impulsively

Before she could say something, he blurted out the truth.

Question 16

Bluster

Answer 16

Noisy confusion and turbulence; blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
By blustering at the top of his voice

Question 17

Bode

Answer 17

To be a sign of things to come in the future

The latest statistics do not bode well for the primary sector.

Question 18

Bogus

Answer 18

Not authentic; fictitious

The police quickly found the distributers of the bogus $20 bills.

Question 19

Bogy

Answer 19

A particular fear, usually unexplained or unreasonable

She instilled the fear of the devil in him as a bogy.

Question 20

Bohemian

Answer 20

A member of a people with a dark skin and hair who speak Romany; of or relating to bohemia

Question 21

Boisterous

Answer 21

Rough and violent

The unruly crowd became even more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.

Question 22

Bolster

Answer 22

To add in support of, to strengthen

He had boxes of files to bolster his arguments.

Question 23

Bombast

Answer 23

High sounding but insincere words which do not mean much

Question 24

Boorish

Answer 24

Rude; harsh or insensitive

Question 25

Bootleg

Answer 25

Sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; distributed or sold illegally
The police found a lot of bootlegged whisky in the crates on the plane.

Question 26

Botch

Answer 26

An embarrassing mistake; make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Question 27

Boudoir

Answer 27

A woman’s dressing room, bedroom or private sitting room

Question 28

Bounty

Answer 28

Payment or reward

Question 29

Bourgeois

Answer 29

Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

Question 30

Bout

Answer 30

A brief period of illness or involvement in an activity

Question 31

Bovine

Answer 31

Belonging to the cattle family; cow-like; dull and slow like a cow.

Question 32

Bowdlerize

Answer 32

To remove objectionable matter from a book or film etc.