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part B
Kaplan vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| balk | to stop short and refuse to go on (v) |
| ballast | a structure that helps to stabilize or steady (n) |
| beatific | displaying calmness and joy; relating to a state of celestial happiness (adj) |
| becalm | to stop the progress of; to sooth (v) |
| becloud | to make less visible (v) |
| bedraggle | soiled; wet and limp; dilapidated (adj) |
| beget | to produce (v) |
| behemoth | something of monstrous size; huge creature (n) |
| beneficent | pertaining o an ac of kindness (adj) |
| berate | to scold hastily |
| bilious | ill-tempered; sickly; ailing (adj) |
| blasphemous | cursing, profane, extremely irreverent (adj) |
| blithely | merrily; without appropriate thought (adv) |
| bombastic | high sounding but meaningless; lofty in style (adj) |
| bovine | relating to cows (like sluggish or dull) (adj) |
| braggart | a person who brags or boast in a loud and empty manner (n) |
| broach | to mention or suggest for the first time (v) |
| bucolic | pastoral, rural (adj) |
| burnish | to polish; to make smooth and bright (v) |
| bursar | a treasurer or keeper of funds (n) |
| cache | a hiding place; stockpile (n) |
| cacophony | a jarring, unpleasant noise (n) |
| calumny | a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation (n) |
| cantankerous | having a difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn disposition (adj) |
| captious | marked by the tendency to point out trivial faults; intended to confuse in a an argument (adj) |
| cataclysmic | severely destructive (adj) |
| catalyst | something that provokes or speeds up significant change; especially without being affected by the consequences (n) |
| caucus | a closed committee within a political party; a private committee meeting (n) |
| caustic | biting; sarcastic (adj) |
| cede | to surrender possession of something (v) |
| celerity | speed, haste (n) |
| censorious | critical (adj) |
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