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Word Smart 1 (banal...burlesque)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.


a play, story, novel that makes a serious subject seem funny or ridiculous

a)

bucolic

b)

burlesque

c)

broach

d)

burgeon

2.

a government administered primarily by nonelective officials

a)

bureaucracy

b)

brevity

c)

blithe

d)

blight

3.

sorrowful through loss or deprivation

a)

bereaved

b)

bequest

c)

benefactor

d)

benevolent

4.

have children

a)

beget

b)

bastion

c)

bane

d)

banal

5.

not dangerous to health

a)

beleaguer

b)

bemused

c)

benign

d)

belligerent

6.

perplexed by many conflicting situations

a)

bemused

b)

benefactor

c)

bastion

d)

bane

7.

to grow, flourish

a)

bucolic

b)

broach

c)

burgeon

d)

blasphemy

8.

attack on all sides

a)

bereaved

b)

beset

c)

blasphemy

d)

blatant

9.

carefree and happy

a)

belithe

b)

blatant

c)

blasphemy

d)

beset

10.

being of the property-owning class

a)

bereaved

b)

bovine

c)

bourgeois

d)

brevity

11.

rustic

a)

bane

b)

axiom

c)

bucolic

d)

benign

12.

a person who helps people or institutions

a)

bastion

b)

belabor

c)

benefactor

d)

beleaguer

13.

something causing misery

a)

beget

b)

bane

c)

benevolent

d)

benign

14.

be in contradiction with

a)

beleaguer

b)

belie

c)

belittle

d)

bemused

15.

surround so as to force to give up

a)

beleaguer

b)

benign

c)

bequest

d)

bane