vocab 5 + 6 Flashcards
Balm
A fragranced or scented material designed to soothe skin
SYN: ointment, lotion, cream,
think, lip balm or chapstick
Beget
To bring about, more specifically to bring a child into life. Typically directed towards men.
SYN: father, sire, generate, spawn, create
Beleaguer
To cause problems or difficulties.
or, (older def), lay siege/attack on a place
SYN: hard-pressed-troubled, under pressure/stress
SYN2: besieged, blockaded, surrounded
Bereave
To be deprived of a loved one, often through death, however broad absence is defined.
SYN: deprive, dispossess, rob, strip, orphaned, widowed
Beset
For a problem to trouble or threaten persistently
or, (older) studded with
SYN: plague, bedevil, attack, beleaguer, torment
Bizarre
Strange or unusual in a way that causes amusement
SYN: strange, odd, outlandish, peculiar
Blather
To talk for long periods of time while making no real point or sense.
SYN: prattle, babble, chatter, yap
Bleak
A barren scene often used to describe areas of land without vegetation
SYN: bare, exposed, desolate, cold, open, empty
Bludgeon
A heavy thick stick-like sort of weapon.
SYN: club, baton, batter, beat, hammer
Bucolie
Relating to the peaceful and pleasant aspects of rural living (countryside/life)
SYN: rustic, rural, agricultural,
Bulwark
A defensive wall
or, sides of a pirate ship’s wall that goes past the deck.
SYN: wall, fortify, stockage
Cache
A collection of similar items stored in secret.
SYN: hoard, stockpile. accumulation
(think Geo-caching!)
Cacophony
A hard, discordant mixture of sounds.
SYN: Racket, noise, dissonance, unharmonic
Cajole
To persuade someone by sustained coaxing or flattery
SYN: beguile, seduce, lure, entice, tempt, sweet-talk, woo
Callous
Showing or having insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
CYN: heartless, emotionless, cold-hearted, bully, compassionless, cruel, uncharitable, brutal
