WOD 2

Question 1

BALEFUL

Answer 1

threatening; hurtful; ominous

• BAIL FAIL

ex. the prisoner sat in baleful silence while the judge read this jail sentence.

Question 2

BALK

Answer 2

to stop short & refuse to proceed

WALK

Marcus was injured when her horse balked at the last jump in the competition.

Question 3

BARRAGE

Answer 3

(n) a curtain of artillery fire: any overwhelming attack

GARAGE

Our garage was barraged w eggs on Halloween

Question 4

BATTERY

Answer 4

(n) the unlawful beating of a person

BATTERY

Bob was arrested for battery after a bar room brawl

Question 5

BAUBLE

Answer 5

(n) a small, inexpensive trinket

BULL

Never one for baubles, Diane always wore real diamonds.

Question 6

BEDLAM

Answer 6

(n) a place or scene of noisy uproar

BED LAMB

Before the new teacher took over, there was total bedlam in the classroom.

Question 7

BANDY

Answer 7

(v) to trade, to give back & forth

CANDY

The doctor said he wouldn’t bandy words, the patient needed an operation right away

Question 8

BEQUEST

Answer 8

(n) something left to someone in a will

GO WEST

If your parents leave you their house, the house is a bequest from them to you

Question 9

BEVY

Answer 9

(n) a group of animals

HEAVY

I saw a bevy of quail today

Question 10

BOLSTER

Answer 10

(v) to support or boost

HOLSTER

The coach saw it was time to bolster his team so he gave them a pep talk

Question 11

BOORISH

Answer 11

(adj) ill-mannered, crude, insensitive

BOAR

Bob’s boorish manners at the restaurant made everyone uncomfortable

Question 12

BOOTY

Answer 12

(n) stolen goods; loot, spoils of war

BOOTS

Some servicemen during WW2 felt they were entitled to all the booty they captured.

The french, collecting booty, only cared for gold.

Question 13

BOMBASTIC

Answer 13

(adj) high sounding language w out much real meaning

BOMBS IN A BASKET

The candidate’s bombastic speech was hard to understand because it made no sense

Question 14

BOON

Answer 14

(n) a timely benefit or blessing

BABOON

Construction of the new residential development was a boon to the community

Question 15

BOVINE

Answer 15

relating to a cow

VINE

There was a bovine on a vine

When my daughter doesn’t want to do something, she will do it in a bovine manner.

Question 16

BRAZEN

Answer 16

(adj) bold, shameless, impudent

RAISEN

Robert’s brazen attempt to steal was quickly discovered.

When the actress took off her blouse in public, she shocked everyone with her brazen behavior.

Question 17

BROUHAHA

Answer 17

(n) uproar, hubub

BREW HAHA

What began as a quiet party turned into a giant brouhaha

Question 18

CAMARADERIE

Answer 18

(n) comradeship; friendship

COMRADES THREE

The girls developed such a camaraderie in college that they remained friends for life.

Question 19

CAPITULATE

Answer 19

(v) to surrender; give in

CAP PITCH

After continuous bombing, the enemy finally agreed to capitulate.

Question 20

CARRION

Answer 20

(n) dead and rotten flesh

CARRY ON

After moving its prey, the lion left the carrion for the hyenas.

Question 21

CAVALIER

Answer 21

(adj) casual; carefree; nonchalant

CAVALRY

Unfortunately, we could all tell before the wedding that Paul had a cavalier attitude towards marriage.

Question 22

CATACLYSM

Answer 22

(n) a violent upheaval or change

CAT CLINTON

The cataclysm generated by WW1 had effects which lasted for generations.

The country barely survived the cataclysm of the war.

Question 23

CHASTISE

Answer 23

(v) to criticize or discipline

CHEST SIZE

• My mother chastised us for playing ball in the house
• she chastised my chest size.

Question 24

CHOLERIC

Answer 24

(adj) hot-tempered, quick to anger

COLLAR

• my dog became choleric when we collared him
• my dad was choleric, so we stayed away from him

Question 25

CIRCUMSPECT

Answer 25

(adj) cautious; mindful of potential consequences

INSPECT

In this day and age, you have to be circumspect about sharing too much on the internet.

In this situation you need to be very circumspect about claiming interactions.

Question 26

CIRCUMVENT

Answer 26

(v) to surround; enclose, bypass

CIRCLE TENT

We were able to circumvent the heavy traffic by taking a detour.

Question 27

COERCE

Answer 27

(v) to force someone by threatening/overpowering

HORSE

The burglar’s confession was coerced by the police

He managed to coerce the children into doing dishes

Question 28

CONUNDRUM

Answer 28

(n) a dilemma; any problem or puzzle

NUN’S DRUMS

A nun’s drums created a conundrum

He is faced with a conundrum of trying to find a job without experience.

Question 29

COPIOUS

Answer 29

(adj) abundant; plentiful

CUP

Farmer Brown was overjoyed by his copious crop of tomatoes.

Question 30

CORPULENT

Answer 30

(adj) fat, obese

CORPORAL

England’s King Henry was known for his corpulent build.