Special Sub-Topic: Spelling 'B' Authored by: Ace417 Sub-topic of: Spelling Bee

This word means 'rough in manner, or rude.'

Brusque.

If you happened to be on a cargo ship, you might be attacked by a ______, meaning 'pirate.'

Buccaneer. Actually, you're not neccessarily attacked, so rest easy...I just had to describe it so you'd get the meaning.

Ours is a 'centralized administration of a country.'

Bureaucracy. This is a hard one...good job if you got it right! I had to check and double-check my spelling!

Cruel, inhuman, vicious, harsh.

Barbarous.

A shell-fish that is often found on the bottoms of ships is a ___ .

Barnacle.

A nomadic Arab living in tents in Arabia, Syria, Egypt, etc.

Bedouin.

This word means 'waging war.'

Belligerent. (Which is not at all what I thought it meant!)

A non-commissioned officer who serves artillery.

Bombardier.

An open erection on a roof.

Belvedere. I once visited a pretty nice restaurant called Belvedere...so I thought the word meant 'posh' or something like that. But it makes more sense this way, too-I'm learning right along with you!

If someone said you were gracious, kind, and mannerly, then you would be:

Benign.

Having two languages.

Bilingual.

You're a soldier on a military base. You realize an attack or assault is on the way when you overhear your captain say, 'They're going to ___ us tonight.'

Besiege.

A joyful, happy, mirthful person is also a ____ person.

Blithe.

The middle rank class, especially those dependent on trade.

Bourgeoisie. This word has a weird, quasi-French pronounciation: something like boor-zhwa-zee.

You're looking in a thesaurus for this word. 'Clamorous,' 'noisy,' and 'deafening' are several other words you might find to mean the same thing!

Boisterous.