Vocab day 11 part 1

Question 1

beneficent

Answer 1

doing good

Question 2

bifurcate

Answer 2

to divide into parts

Question 3

blandishment

Answer 3

flattery

Question 4

blase

Answer 4

nonchalant, unconcerned

Question 5

bolster

Answer 5

support, reinforce

Question 6

bombastic

Answer 6

pompous language

Question 7

boorish

Answer 7

rude, insensitive

Question 8

bovine

Answer 8

cow like

Question 9

brazen

Answer 9

bold, shameless

Question 10

broach

Answer 10

bring up a topic/ subject for the first time

“amy dumped sheldon before he can broach the subject of asking her out”

Question 11

axiomatic

Answer 11

taken for granted

Question 12

bacchanalian

Answer 12

excessive indulgence in drugs and sex, revelry

Question 13

banal

Answer 13

commonplace, trite

Question 14

banter

Answer 14

playful arguement

Question 15

bard

Answer 15

poet

Question 16

brawdy

Answer 16

obscene

Question 17

beautify

Answer 17

to sanctify, to bless

Question 18

bedizen

Answer 18

to dress in showy, vulgar manner

Question 19

behemoth

Answer 19

a huge creature

Question 20

belie

Answer 20

to give a false impression

Question 21

asylum

Answer 21

a place of shelter

Question 22

atavism

Answer 22

a reappearance of character in an organism after years of absence

Question 23

attenuate

Answer 23

to weaken

Question 24

audacious

Answer 24

bold, daring

Question 25

austere

Answer 25

stern

Question 26

autonomous

Answer 26

self governed

Question 27

avarice

Answer 27

greed

Question 28

aver

Answer 28

declare to be true

Question 29

avocation

Answer 29

secondary occupation

Question 30

avuncular

Answer 30

like an uncle, benevolent

Question 31

astringent

Answer 31

harsh, severe

Question 32

assuage

Answer 32

to make less severe

Question 33

assiduous

Answer 33

diligent, hard working

Question 34

aspersion

Answer 34

Slander

Question 35

asperity

Answer 35

severity, harshness, irritability

Question 36

ascetic

Answer 36

one who practice self denial

Question 37

artless

Answer 37

guileless, naive

Question 38

artifact

Answer 38

item made by human

Question 39

arrest

Answer 39

to stop

Question 40

argot

Answer 40

a specialized vocabulary used by a group

Question 41

appellation

Answer 41

name, title

Question 42

apposite

Answer 42

apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.

Question 43

apprise

Answer 43

to inform

Question 44

approbation

Answer 44

praise

Question 45

appropriate

Answer 45

confiscate, to take in possession for one’s own use

Question 46

apropos

Answer 46

relevant

Question 47

arabesque

Answer 47

1. curved ornate design.

2. ballet position

Question 48

archeology

Answer 48

study of human past

Question 49

ardor

Answer 49

great enthusiasm or passion.

Question 50

arduous

Answer 50

laborious

Question 51

arcane

Answer 51

: known or knowable only to a few people : SECRET

syn : abstruse, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), profound, recondite