Difficult Words - B

Question 1

Banal

Answer 1

Unoriginal ,ordinary ,trite

Question 2

Bane

Answer 2

Cause of harm ,poison
Someone is Bane of your existence means that person poisons your enjoyment of life .

Question 3

Baneful

Answer 3

Harmful

Question 4

Bastion

Answer 4

fortified place ,stronghold
The robbers then escaped to their bastion high in the treacherous mountains .

Question 5

Beget

Answer 5

cause; bring about.

“killings beget more killings”

To give birth to

Question 6

Belabor

Answer 6

To go over repeatedly,or to an absurd extend .
there is no need to belabour the point

Question 7

Beleaguer

Answer 7

To surround,to besiege,to harass
No one could leave the beleaguered city ,the attacking army had closed off all the exits .

Question 8

Belie

Answer 8

To give a wrong impression of ,to contradict
Her gentleness belies her strength.

Question 9

Belittle

Answer 9

To make seem little ,disparage

Question 10

Belligerent

Answer 10

Quarrelsome,combative
Outside the bar is a scrum of belligerent drunks.

Question 11

Bemused

Answer 11

Confused, bewildered

Question 12

Benefactor

Answer 12

One who provides help , in the form of gift or donation

Question 13

Benevolent

Answer 13

Generous, kind

Question 14

Benign

Answer 14

Gentle ,not harmful ,kind ,mild

Question 15

Bequest

Answer 15

Something left to someone in a will

Question 16

Bequeath

Answer 16

To leave something to someone in a will

Question 17

Bereft

Answer 17

Deprived

Question 18

Beset

Answer 18

To harass ,to surround
The village was beset on all sides by dense forest.

Question 19

Blasphemy

Answer 19

Insult to something held sacred.

Question 20

blatant

Answer 20

very clear or obvious

Question 21

Blight

Answer 21

A disease in plants ,anything that injures

Question 22

Blithe

Answer 22

Cheerful ,carefree

Question 23

Bourgeois

Answer 23

Middle class people

Question 24

Bovine

Answer 24

Cowlike

Question 25

Brevity

Answer 25

Briefness
The audience was deeply grateful for the brevity of the after dinner speech.

Question 26

Broach

Answer 26

to start talking about a particular subject, especially one which is difficult or embarrassingHow will you broach the subject of the money he owes us?

Question 27

Bucolic

Answer 27

relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.

“the church is lovely for its bucolic setting

Question 28

Beaurocracy

Answer 28

the system of official rules that an organization has for doing something, that people often think is too complicated

Question 29

Burgeon

Answer 29

To expand ,to flourish
The burgeoning weeds in the garden

Question 30

Burlesque

Answer 30

a type of performance, piece of writing, etc. which shows something in a humorous way. Parody