Deck 6

Question 1

balk

Answer 1

to abruptly refuse to do something, to stop short

Question 2

ballyhoo

Answer 2

sensational advertising or promotion, uproar

Question 3

balm

Answer 3

something that heals or soothes

Question 4

banal

Answer 4

unoriginal, ordinary

Question 5

bandy

Answer 5

to toss back and forth, to exchange

Question 6

bane

Answer 6

• poison, torment, cause of harm

- baneful: harmful

Question 7

baroque

Answer 7

extravagantly ornate, flamboyant in style

Question 8

barrage

Answer 8

a concentrated outpouring of artillery fire, or of anything else

Question 9

bastion

Answer 9

stronghold, fortress, fortified place

Question 10

bauble

Answer 10

a small, inexpensive ornament

Question 11

bedlam

Answer 11

noisy uproar and chaos, a place characterized by noisy uproar and chaos

Question 12

beget

Answer 12

to give birth to, to create, to lead to, to cause

Question 13

begrudge

Answer 13

to envy another’s possession or enjoyment of something, to be reluctant to give or give grudgingly

Question 14

behest

Answer 14

command, order (noun)

Question 15

belabor

Answer 15

to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

Question 16

beleaguer

Answer 16

to surround, to besiege, to harass

Question 17

belie

Answer 17

to give a false impression of, to contradict

Question 18

bemoan

Answer 18

to mourn about, to lament

Question 19

bemused

Answer 19

confused, bewildered

Question 20

benighted

Answer 20

ignorant, unelightened

Question 21

benediction

Answer 21

a blessing, an utterance of good wishes

Question 22

bequest

Answer 22

something left to someone in a will

Question 23

bereaved

Answer 23

deprived or left desolate, especially through death

Question 24

beset

Answer 24

to harass, to surround

Question 25

bilious

Answer 25

ill-tempered, cranky