Word Smart 7 Flashcards
Bedizen (bi DY zun)
v. to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison
Belie (bih LYE)
v. to give a false impression of, to misrepresent
Bellicose (BEL i kohs)
adj. belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
belliger
warlike
Benign (buh NYN)
adj. favorable, harmless
Bent (bent)
n. leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
Blandish (BLAND ish)
v. to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
Blandishment
flattery intended to cajole or coax
brandish
to shake or wave menacingly
vicarious
adj. experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
adj. acting or done for another
Blithe (blithe)
adj. carefree, merry
Boisterous (BOY stir us)
adj. loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
Bolster (BOL stur)
v. to provide support or reinforcement
Bombastic (bahm BAS tik)
adj. pompous; grandiloquent
pompous
adj. affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important
bombast
self-important or pompous writing or speech
grandiloquence (gran DI luh kwunts)
n. pompous speech or expression
affected
adj. artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress
Pretentious
adj. attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed
Solemn
adj. formal and dignified
adj. not cheerful or smiling; serious
adj. characterized by deep sincerity(e.g. he swore a solemn oath to keep faith)
Dignified
adj. having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect
dignify
v. make (something) seem worthy and impressive
v. give an impressive name to (someone or something that one considers worthless)
affect
v. pretend to have or feel (something)
v. use, wear, or assume (something) pretentiously or so as to make an impression on others
