| A | B |
|---|
| blithe | cheerful |
| bogus | not genuine |
| bombastic | pompous in language |
| bounty | generosity |
| bowdlerize | remove offensive portions in a book |
| braggadocio | unjustified boasting |
| brusque | abrupt |
| bucolic | pertaining to the country |
| bumptious | boldly conceited |
| buttress | support or prop up |
| cabal | intrigue; group plotting secretly |
| cache | hiding place |
| cadaverous | haggard; ghastly pale |
| cadence | rhythm |
| cajole | persuade by flattery or deceit |
| callous | insensetive |
| callow | immature |
| calumny | false, malicious accusation |
| canard | an absurd rumor circulated to deceive the public |
| candid | frank |
| canine | pertaining to dogs |
| cant | slang |
| cantankerous | ill-natured; peevish |
| caper | skip |
| capricious | changeable; whimsical |
| captious | quick to find petty fault |
| careen | tip over |
| carouse | revel |
| castigate | to criticize severely |
| cataclysm | upheavel |
| catholic | tolerant; universal |
| caustic | biting |
| cavil | find petty fault |
| celerity | speed |
| celibate | bachelor |
| chaos | confusion |
| charlatan | pretender to knowledge |
| cherubic | angelic |
| chafe | irritate |
| chalice | cup |
| chastise | punish |
| chauvanist | extreme nationalist |
| chicanery | deception by sharp practice |
| chide | scold |
| chimerical | fantastic |
| choleric | ill-tempered |
| choreography | art of the dance |
| circuitous | indirect |
| circumlocutory | wordy |
| circumspect | cautious |
