word smart list 17

Question 1

blight

Answer 1

n. a disease in plants; any thing that injures or destroys

Question 2

blithe

Answer 2

adj. carefree; cheerful

Question 3

bourgeois

Answer 3

adj. middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional

Question 4

bovine

Answer 4

adj. cow related; cow like

Question 5

brevity

Answer 5

n. briefness

Question 6

broach

Answer 6

v. to open up a subject for discussion; often a delicate subject

Question 7

bucolic

Answer 7

adj. charmingly rural; rustic; country like

Question 8

bureaucracy

Answer 8

n. system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administration system characterized by inefficiency; lots of rules; and red tape

Question 9

burgeon

Answer 9

v. to expand; to flourish

Question 10

burlesque

Answer 10

n. a ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation