Quiz B7

To blush is to become red in the face from embarrassment.

Birch is a female dog or female wolf.

Blurt is to say something suddenly or without thinking.

A bigot is person with a big and commanding personality.

Blimp is a noise made by an electronic device.

Bevel is a perfectly flat surface.

Beams are thick pieces of timber or metal for building.

Batik is a method for decorating walls with plaster.

Babel was a tower built after the great flood to reach heaven.

Balsa is a hardwood used as rafter beams in construction.

Which word beginning with ba means: a dog with long drooping ears

Which word beginning with ba means: a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir

Which word beginning with ba means: a method (originally used in Java) of producing coloured designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed

Which word beginning with ba means: a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time

Which word beginning with ba means: pour melted fat over meat while roasting

Which word beginning with ba means: a circular or oval valley or natural depression on the earth’s surface, especially one containing water

Which word beginning with ba means: a flat-bottomed boat for transporting freight

Which word beginning with ba means: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Which word beginning with ba means: a dense bread roll in the shape of a ring, characteristic of Jewish baking

Which word beginning with ba means: a confused noise made by a number of voices

Which word in the following group is out of place with baulk v. – blench, flinch, hesitate, impeded?

Which word in the following group is out of place with baton n. – staff, truncheon, club, scutcheon?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bathe v. – shower, ouster, wash, cleanse?

Which word in the following group is out of place with batch n. – cluster, group, blister, pack?

Which word in the following group is out of place with barmy adj. – crazy, silly, stupid, chintzy?

Which word in the following group is out of place with barge n. – flatboat, spectre, lighter, scow?

Which word in the following group is out of place with banal adj. – profane, mundane, boring, trite?

Which word in the following group is out of place with balmy adj. – mild, inherent, clement, pleasant?

Which word in the following group is out of place with baggy adj. – loose, slack, scrawny, sagging?

Match the word in the first column with another in the second column to make a recognised phrase or collocation.

Match the word in the first column with another in the second column to make a recognised phrase or collocation.