Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
36 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
babble
|
chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.
|
|
|
n bacchanalian
|
drunken
|
|
|
bacchanal
|
noisy party with a lot of drinking
|
|
|
badinage
|
teasing conversation; banter; joking talk
|
|
|
baffle
|
frustrate; perplex
|
|
|
bait
|
harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals
|
|
|
baleful
|
evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening
|
|
|
balk
|
stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
|
|
|
ballast
|
heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast
|
|
|
balm
|
something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees
s pang sudden sharp feeling of pain |
|
|
balmy
|
soft and mild (of air); fragrant
|
|
|
banal
|
hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; cliched
|
|
|
bandy
|
discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel;
|
|
|
bane
|
posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous
|
|
|
bantering
|
joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing
|
|
|
bard
|
poet
|
|
|
baroque
|
highly ornate
|
|
|
bask
|
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
|
|
|
bastion
|
stronghold; something seen as a source of protection
|
|
|
bate
|
let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain
|
|
|
bauble
|
trinket; cheap jewel; trifle
|
|
|
bawdy
|
indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd
|
|
|
beatific
|
giving or showing bliss; blissful
|
|
|
beatitude
|
blessedness; state of great happiness
|
|
|
bedizen
|
dress with vulgar finery
|
|
|
bedraggle
|
wet thoroughly
|
|
|
fuddle
|
make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink
|
|
|
beget
|
father; become the father of; produce; give rise to
|
|
|
begrudge
|
envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge
|
|
|
beguile
|
deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract
|
|
|
behemoth
|
huge creature; something of monstrous size or power
|
|
|
beholden
|
obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude
|
|
|
beleaguer
|
besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset
|
|
|
belie
|
contradict; give a false impression; disguise
|
|
|
belittle
|
disparage; depreciate
|
|
|
bellicose
|
warlike
|
