Sat Vocab B

Front 1

baleful

Back 1

threatening, hurtful, ominous

Hint 1

Hermione sat in baleful silence while her death sentence was read

Front 2

balk

Back 2

to stop short and refuse to proceed, prevent

Hint 2

the fence balked the dog from escaping

Front 3

banal

Back 3

ordinary, unoriginal

Hint 3

doing the Star Spangled Banner girl monologue is extremely banal

Front 4

bane

Back 4

cause of harm, torment

Hint 4

Levi is the bane of my existence
(bane rhymes with pain)

Front 5

bard

Back 5

poet

Hint 5

Edgar Allen Poe, Shel Silverstein

Front 6

barrage

Back 6

any heavy attack of words or blows

Hint 6

many celebrities receive a barrage of rumors in the tabloids and media

Front 7

beguile

Back 7

the cheat or trick into doing or believing something wrong

Hint 7

snow white was beguiled into eating the poison apple

Front 8

belie

Back 8

to give a false impression of, to contradict

Hint 8

my smile belied the sadness I was really feeling

Front 9

bellicose

Back 9

eager to fight or quarrel, warlike

Hint 9

hockey players are bellicose athletes

Front 10

belligerent

Back 10

quarrelsome, ready to fight

Hint 10

I am very belligerent when my brother provokes me

Front 11

benefactor

Back 11

one who provides help to others

Hint 11

Angelina Jolie is a huge benefactor to Cambodia

Front 12

beneficiary

Back 12

one who receives help from others

Hint 12

Camodians are beneficiaries of Angelina Jolie's donations

Front 13

benevolent

Back 13

kind, generous

Hint 13

giving money to the poor is a benevolent act

Front 14

benign

Back 14

harmless, gentle, mild

Hint 14

benign tumor...its ok. she is so benign, she wouldn't hurt a fly

Front 15

berate

Back 15

to scold harshly

Hint 15

the girl was berated for failing out of school

Front 16

bilk

Back 16

to cheat, defraud

Hint 16

some students bilked on the AP Psychology exam

Front 17

blandishment

Back 17

flattery or coaxing to get what one wants

Hint 17

Casey practices blandishment with her teachers to get good grades

Front 18

boisterous

Back 18

unrestrained, loud, rowdy

Hint 18

the football fans were extremely boisterous

Front 19

bombastic

Back 19

wordy or pompous in speech or writing

Hint 19

Jason LaRue is often bombastic

Front 20

bourgeois

Back 20

middle-class, conventional

Hint 20

my family is upper bourgeois

Front 21

brusque

Back 21

quick and rude in manner or speech, curt

Hint 21

many junior boys are brusque

Front 22

buffer

Back 22

any person or thing that comes between opposing forces

Hint 22

I am a buffer between Kyle and Hannah

Front 23

burgeon

Back 23

to flourish, expand

Hint 23

weeds burgeon in an unkept garden

Front 24

buttress

Back 24

support for a wall, reinforcement

Hint 24

the cathedrals has beautiful sone buttresses