Lesson 20

Question 1

Austere

Answer 1

adj.

Severe or strict in manner or attitude

Ex.

Austere man started to smash his kid.

Question 2

auspicious

Answer 2

adj. Conducive to success; favourable

Ex. The situation was auspicious for their team

Question 3

cadence

Answer 3

n; A modulation or inflection of the voice

Cadences in speeches will make the speech more powerful.

Question 4

brusque

Answer 4

adj; without manners

The brusque boys ran into the room

Question 5

boisterous

Answer 5

adj. 1. Loud or noisy and lively or unrestrained.

Later on in the clinic, I reviewed Mrs Small, a 36-year-old mother of three boisterous boys.

2. Rough and stormy; violent:

The weather has been boisterous to say the least and when the wind ceased to blow on Monday it began to rain in torrents.

Question 6

blandish

Answer 6

v. To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole

She has let you blandish her into that most difficult and dangerous of tasks, telling the truth to a friend.

Question 7

ballad

Answer 7

n.

A ballad is a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language.

Ex:The news ballad, like the pamphlet, was a relatively new form of media.

Question 8

avarice

Answer 8

n.

Avarice is extremely strong desire for money and possessions.

Ex:He paid a month’s rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord’s avarice.

Question 9

bequeath

Answer 9

v. leave or give by will after one’s death

Her collection of paintings was bequeathed to the museum when she died.

Question 10

benign

Answer 10

adj. pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence

After tests the tumor was found to be benign.

Question 11

benevolent

Answer 11

adj.

generous in providing aid to others; intending or showing kindness; generous in assistance to the poor; showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

e.x: He is a benevolent man who is active in supporting charity and donation.

Question 12

behemoth

Answer 12

noun

a person of exceptional importance and reputation; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

e.x.: Newton is a behemoth in the history of physics.

Question 13

beguile

Answer 13

verb

1. to trick or deceive (someone)

The little kid beguiled her classmates into helping her finish her homework.

2. to attract or interest someone

He beguiled the audience with his goofy antics.

Question 14

bashful

Answer 14

1. nervous or uncomfortable in social situations : afraid to talk to people because of a lack of confidence

The bashful boy tried to ask the girl to dance.

Question 15

Bourgeois

Answer 15

adj.

relating to or belonging to the middle class of society; too concerned about wealth, possessions, and respectable behavior

He is a retired investment banker, and also a petty bourgeois landlord.

Question 16

Bilk

Answer 16

verb (used with object)
1.
to defraud; cheat:

noun
2.
a cheat; swindle

Ex. Never try to bilk Mr. Tang.

Question 17

Bombastic

Answer 17

adj.

pompous, overblown; marked by or given to speech or writing that is meant to sound important or impressive but is not sincere or meaningful

The bombastic speech was intended to impress the audience.

Question 18

beseech

Answer 18

verb (used with object), besought or beseeched, beseeching.
1.
to implore urgently:

Mr. Tang’s classmates besought him for their debts.

Question 19

bard

Answer 19

n.

A poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition

Example Sentence: Bards like Shakepeare should be honored by everybody.

Question 20

banal

Answer 20

adj.

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Example Setence:

The banal article makes me asleep.