Word List 5

Question 1

auxiliary

Answer 1

offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary

Question 2

avarice

Answer 2

greediness for wealth

Question 3

avenge

Answer 3

take vengeance fro something (or on behalf of someone)

Question 4

aver

Answer 4

assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

Question 5

averse

Answer 5

reluctant; disinclined

Question 6

aversion

Answer 6

firm dislike

Question 7

avert

Answer 7

prevent; turn away

Question 8

avid

Answer 8

greedy; eager for

Question 9

avocation

Answer 9

secondary or minor occupation

Question 10

avow

Answer 10

declare openly

Question 11

avuncular

Answer 11

like an uncle

Question 12

awry

Answer 12

distorted; crooked

Question 13

axiom

Answer 13

self-evident truth requiring no proof

Question 14

bait

Answer 14

harass; tease

Question 15

baleful

Answer 15

threatening; menacing; sinister; foreshadowing evil

Question 16

balk

Answer 16

stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue

foil

Question 17

balm

Answer 17

something that relieves pain

Question 18

balmy

Answer 18

mild; fragrant

Question 19

banal

Answer 19

hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality

Question 20

bandy

Answer 20

discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly

Question 21

bane

Answer 21

curse; cause of ruin

Question 22

baneful

Answer 22

destructive; causing ruin or death

Question 23

bantering

Answer 23

good-naturedly ridiculing

Question 24

barefaced

Answer 24

shameless; bold; unconcealed

Question 25

baroque

Answer 25

highly ornate

Question 26

bask

Answer 26

luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

Question 27

bastion

Answer 27

stronghold; something seen as a source of protection

Question 28

bawdy

Answer 28

indecent; obscene

Question 29

beatific

Answer 29

showing or producing joy; blissful

Question 30

beatify

Answer 30

bless of sanctify; proclaim someone dead to be one of the blessed

Question 31

bedraggle

Answer 31

wet thoroughly

Question 32

befuddle

Answer 32

confuse thoroughly

Question 33

beeline

Answer 33

direct, quick route

Question 34

beget

Answer 34

father; produce; give rise to

Question 35

begrudgebegrudge

Answer 35

resent

Question 36

beguile

Answer 36

mislead or delude; cheat; pass time

Question 37

beholden

Answer 37

obligated; indebted

Question 38

behoove

Answer 38

be necessary or proper for; be incumbent upon

Question 39

belabor

Answer 39

explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally

Question 40

beleaguer

Answer 40

besiege or attack; harass

Question 41

belie

Answer 41

contradict; give a false impression

Question 42

bellicose

Answer 42

warlike; pugnacious; naturally inclined to fight

Question 43

bemoan

Answer 43

lament; express disapproval of

Question 44

bemused

Answer 44

confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

Question 45

benediction

Answer 45

blessing

Question 46

beneficent

Answer 46

kindly; doing good

Question 47

bent

Answer 47

determined; natural talent or inclination