WOD vocab B 9-12-22 Flashcards
Threatening, hurtful; ominous
Baleful
To stop short and refuse to proceed
Balk
A curtain of artillery fire; any overwhelming attack
Barrage
The unlawful beating of a person
Battery
A small, inexpensive trinket
Bauble
A place or scene or noisy uproar
Bedlam
To trade and give back and forth
Bandy
Something left to someone in a will
Bequest
A group of animals
Bevy
to support or boost
bolster
High-sounding language without much real meaning
Bombastic
A timely benefit or blessing
Boon
ill-mannered, crude, insensitive
Boorish
stolen goods, loot, the spoils of war
Booty
Relating to a cow
Bovine
Bold, shemeless, impudent
Brazen
An uproar, hubbub
Brouhaha
Comradeship, friendship
Camaraderie
to surrender under certain conditions, to give in
Capitulate
Dead and rotting flesh
Carrion
A violent upheaval or change
Cataclysm
casual, carefree, nonchalant
cavalier
to criticize or discipline
chastise
Hot-tempered, quick to anger
choleric
cautious, mindful of potential consequence
circumspect
to surround, enclose, bypass
circumvent
to force someone by threatening or overpowering
coerce
A dilemma; any problem or puzzle
Conudrum
abundant, plentiful
copious
fat, obese
corpulent