Quiz B 12

A bride is a woman on her wedding day or just before and after the event.

To budge is to resist making even the slightest movement.

A brick is a small rectangular block typically made of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building.

Broil is to freeze meat or fish after cooking.

To bribe someone is to dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one’s favour by a gift of money or other inducement.

A briar is a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms.

To break something is to separate it into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

To breed is take air into the lungs and then expel it.

brawn is physical strength in contrast to intelligence.

Braze is to fry (food) lightly and then stew it slowly in a covered pot.

Which word beginning with bu means: a savagely violent man or animal?

Which word beginning with bu means: taking up much space; large and unwieldy?

Which word beginning with bu means: a rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface?

Which word beginning with bu means: corms, tubers or rhizomes?

Which word beginning with bu means: construct (something) by putting parts or material together?

Which word beginning with bu means: a brass instrument like a small trumpet, typically without valves or keys and used for military signals?

Which word beginning with bu means: a small motor vehicle, typically with an open top?

Which word beginning with bu means: make or cause to make the slightest movement?

Which word beginning with bu means: a close friend?

Which word beginning with br means: a savagely violent man or animal?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bunch v. – huddle, gather, fondle, ruffle?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bunch n. – girdle, bundle, clump, group?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bulky adj. – large, huge, massive, coercive?

Which word in the following group is out of place with build v. – resect, construct, erect, raise?

Which word in the following group is out of place with brute n. – animal, beast, statute, creature?

Which word in the following group is out of place with brute adj. – physical, senseless, instinctive, mute?

Which word in the following group is out of place with brook v. – tolerate, simulate, allow, endure?

Which word in the following group is out of place with brook – n. frill, stream, rivulet, rill?

Which word in the following group is out of place with brisk adj. – active, facile, agile, bustling?

Which word in the following group is out of place with brink n. – border, boundary, boulder, threshold?

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.