Set 17

Question 1

BLIGHT (blyte) n

Answer 1

a disease in plants; anything that injures or
destroys

Question 2

BLITHE (blythe) adj

Answer 2

carefree; cheerful

Question 3

BOURGEOIS (boor ZHWAH) adj

Answer 3

middle class, usually in a pejorative
sense; boringly conventional

Question 4

BOVINE (BOH vyne) adj

Answer 4

cow related; cowlike

Question 5

BREVITY (BREV i tee) n

Answer 5

briefness

Question 6

BROACH (brohch) v

Answer 6

to open up a subject for discussion, often a
delicate subject

Question 7

BUCOLIC (byoo KAHL ik) adj

Answer 7

charmingly rural; rustic; countrylike

Question 8

BUREAUCRACY (byoo RAHK ruh see) n

Answer 8

a system of government
administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially
one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large
administrative system characterized by inefficiency, lots of rules, and
red tape

Question 9

BURGEON (BUR jun) v

Answer 9

to expand; to flourish

Question 10

BURLESQUE (bur LESK) n

Parody
Lampoon
Caricature

Answer 10

a ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation