"B" Happy Trivia Quiz

Answer: blissful

Blase is defined variously as bored, uninterested, or world-weary. Beauteous is another word for beautiful. Blue (colloquially) is a synonym for feeling sad or depressed.

Answer: bewildered

Beseeched means begged or asked. Besmirched means stained, and bored means--well, bored--which I hope you aren't while taking this quiz.

Answer: bereft

Bane is a noun denoting something harmful or vexing. Baleful is used to describe something as threatening or menacing, while someone who is blackhearted is evil or sinister. To use all of these words in a couple of sentences: Blackhearted Baldrick gave beautiful Bettina a baleful look as he approached.

He was the bane of her existence, and she would not have felt bereft if he had left her alone.

Answer: bubbly

Bubbly people are rarely brusque (abrupt, curt), though sometimes some people might consider them brazen (audacious or impudent). Bacchanalian describes drunken rowdiness or carousing--perhaps the result of too much of another sort of bubbly (champagne).

Answer: brilliant

Brawny means strong and muscular. Brash is similar in meaning to brazen (audacious, impertinent, impudent). Byzantine describes something that is excessively complicated. A brilliant person might be bewildered by byzantine procedures imposed by a brash and brawny bureaucrat.

Answer: brave

Someone who is bashful (shy) might also be brave. A brutish (crude, animal-like) person might also be brave in certain circumstances. In both cases, acts of bravery might then be bruited (reported) about town.

Answer: benevolent

Belated means late or after the fact (as a belated birthday card). Bountiful means abundant, and beneficiary is a noun referring to someone who benefits from something or to an heir. To use them all in a sentence: The beneficiary of the old man's will belatedly realized how benevolent her dear uncle had been when she received her bountiful inheritance.

Answer: bewitched

Beholden means to be in debt or to owe, while beheld means to have seen or observed (past tense of behold). Bamboozled means to have been tricked, deceived or swindled; it can also describe a state of being confused or perplexed.

Answer: benighted

Befuddled is similar in meaning to bewildered. Bedecked means to be attired, adorned or ornamented in lavish fashion. Something that is belabored is a point or discussion that has gone on too long or in too much detail.

Answer: besotted

When someone is besotted (infatuated) it is perhaps because s/he has been bedazzled (enchanted) by the beloved. One can also be bothered (annoyed or irritated) by infatuation if beset (troubled, attacked) by heartbreak on the road to romance.