Quiz A 19

Baud in computing refers to the data transmission rate.

Bast is a fibrous material used for making ropes etc.

Bass is a deep, low voice.

Bask is to delight, laze or revel.

Bane is a cause of great distress or annoyance.

Axon was a weapon widely used by the Vikings.

Avow is to assert or confess openly.

Aver is to apologize profusely for an unintended slur.

Aril is the fleshy and usually brightly coloured cover of some seeds.

Aria is a wide-open place for hosting musical concerts.

Which word beginning with ac means – a tree trunk or the main stem of a tree?

Which word beginning with ac means – an inflamed pus-filled abscess on skin?

Which word beginning with ac means – a male badger, beaver, or wild pig?

Which word beginning with ac means – make or become unclear or less distinct?

Which word beginning with ac means – blotch, stain, sully?

Which word beginning with ad means – an unexpected, minor, and typically temporary deviation from a general trend?

Which word beginning with ac means – climbing, twining stem as of the hop?

Which word beginning with ac means – a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion?

Which word beginning with ac means – a yellowish-green digestive fluid?

Which word beginning with ac means – feeling, inclination, leaning or showing partiality?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bash v. – thump, stump, strike, punch

Which word in the following group is out of place with bare adj. – reticulate, bleak, desolate, stark

Which word in the following group is out of place with barb n. – spur, prickle, bristle, trestle

Which word in the following group is out of place with bank n. – slope, spline, rise, incline

Which word in the following group is out of place with bank n. – hillock, knoll, paddock, rampart

Which word in the following group is out of place with balk v. – thwart, frustrate, foil, despoil

Which word in the following group is out of place with bald adj. – forthright, upright direct, straight

Which word in the following group is out of place with bait v. – obscure, bribe, lure, snare

Which word in the following group is out of place with bad adj. – tainted, delirious, harmful, injurious

Which word in the following group is out of place with back n. – tail, hindquarters, exterior, posterior

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.