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Word Smart - B
Question | Answer |
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Baleful | sinister, pernicious, ominous |
Bane | cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration |
Beatify | to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly |
Bedizen | to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison |
Belie | to give a flase impression of, to misrepresent |
Bellicose | belligerent, pugnacious, warlike |
Benign | favorable, harmless |
Bent | leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency |
Blandish | to coax with flattery, toady or fawn |
Blithe | carefree, merry |
Boisterous | loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint |
Bolster | to provide support or reinforcement |
Bombastic | pompous; grandiloquent |
Boor | a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel |
Broach | bring up, announce, begin to talk about |
Brook | to tolerate, endure, countenance |
Bucolic | rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
Burgeon | to grow rapidly or flourish |
Burnish | to polish, rub to a shine |
Byzantine | labryntine, complex |