Vocabulary Quiz 8/1

What does the word "balk" mean?

• To sing a love song

• To stop, block abruptly

• To be excessively timid

• To beg, plead

Which word means "a love song"?

• Banal

• Beseech

• Ballad

• Bequeath

What is the meaning of "banal"?

• Dull, commonplace

• A burden

• A tendency, inclination

• To trick, deceive

What does "bane" refer to?

• A poet, often a singer as well

• A burden

• A device that supplies power

• Something of tremendous power or size

What is the definition of "bard"?

• A tendency, inclination

• A burden

• A poet, often a singer as well

• To scold vehemently

Which word means "shy, excessively timid"?

• Bashful

• Behemoth

• Benign

• Bereft

What does "battery" mean in the context of a device?

• A device that supplies power

• A tendency, inclination

• To beg, plead

• To scold vehemently

What does "beguile" mean?

• To trick, deceive

• To pass on, give

• To beg, plead

• To scold vehemently

What is the meaning of "behemoth"?

• A burden

• A poet, often a singer as well

• Something of tremendous power or size

• A tendency, inclination

Which word means "marked by goodness or doing good"?

• Benign

• Benevolent

• Bereft

• Beseech