Session 15&16 Flashcards
Belligerent
Combative, quarrelsome, waging war
A bully is belligerent. To be belligerent is to be noisy and argumentative
Bemused
Confused, bewildered
Benefactor
One who provides help, especially in the form of gift or donation.
“To give benefits is to be benefactor”
“To recieve benefits is to be beneficiary”
Benevolent
Generous, kind, doing good deeds
Benign
Gentle, not harmful, kind
Bequest
Something left to someone in a will
“If your neighbour leaves you all his millions in a will, the money is a bequest from him to you”
Bereft
Deprived or left desolate, especially through death
“The children were bereaved by death of her pet”
Beset
To harass, to surround
“The bereft widow was beset by grief”
Blasphemy
An insult to something held sacred
Eg- France president prophet muhammad
Blatant
Unpleasantly or offensively noisy