Unit 9

Question 1

Axiomatic

Answer 1

(adj) taken for granted

e. g. It is axiomatic that dividends have to be financed

Question 2

Bacchanalian

Answer 2

(adj) pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
e. g. For some people New Year’s Eve is an occasion for bacchanalian revelry.

Question 3

Pertain

Answer 3

(v) be appropriate, related, or applicable to

e. g. Matters pertaining to the organization of government

Question 4

Riotous

Answer 4

(adj) characterized by wild and uncontrolled behavior

e. g. A riotous party

Question 5

Revelry

Answer 5

(n) lively and noisy festivities, especially when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol (عیاشی)
e. g. Sounds of revelry issued into the night

Question 6

Banal

Answer 6

(adj) commonplace; trite

e. g. The writer has a gift for making even the most banal observation seem important and original.

Question 7

Trite

Answer 7

(adj) (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse
e. g. This point may now seem obvious and trite

Question 8

Banter

Answer 8

(n) playful conversation

e. g. The governor engaged in some banter with reporters before getting to the serious business of the news conference.

Question 9

Bard

Answer 9

(n) poet

e. g. The great bards of the English literature have all been masters of the techniques of verse.

Question 10

Bawdy

Answer 10

(adj) obscene
e. g. Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is the story of a group of Christian pilgrims who entertain one another with stories, ranging from the holy to bawdy, on their journey to Canterbury Cathedral.

Question 11

Obscene

Answer 11

(adj) (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency
e. g. Obscene jokes

Question 12

Beatify

Answer 12

(v) to sanctify, to bless; to ascribe a virtue to (مبارک خواندن)
e. g. He beatified Juan Diego, an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1531

Question 13

Bedizen

Answer 13

(v) to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

e. g. Paul went to a costume party bedizened as a seventeenth-century French aristocrat.

Question 14

Vulgar

Answer 14

(adj) lacking sophistication or good taste

e. g. A vulgar check suit.

Question 15

Behemoth

Answer 15

(n) huge creature; anything very large and powerful

e. g. Shoppers are now more loyal to their local shops than to faceless behemoths.

Question 16

Belie

Answer 16

(v) to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

e. g. The boxer’s childlike face belies the ferocity with which he can attack opponents in the ring.