| A | B |
| aggravate | v. to make worse or more troublesome |
| agitate | v. to distub or upset |
| avert | v. to prevent or avoid; to keep from happening |
| censure | v. to express blame or disaproval |
| chafe | v. to feel discontent or irritation |
| console | v. to comfort |
| cower | v. to shrink from in fear; to cringe |
| dominate | v. to control by strength or power; to master |
| exasperate | v. to annoy extremel; to make angry |
| gloat | v. to think of triumphantly, with great and sometimes malicious satisfaction |
| humiliate | v. to shame; to lower the self-esteem of |
| irk | v. to annoy; to make weary or irritate |
| perturb | v. to distress or disturb greatly |
| procrastinate | v. to delay |
| rationalize | v. to justify; to find an explanation for |
| regress | v. to go back to an earlier way of thinking or acting |
| repress | v. to put down or hold back; to surppress |
| reprimand | v. to scold severely |
| scowl | v. to frown or glower angrily |
| tolerate | v. to put up with or endeure; to abide |