| A | B |
|---|
| balked | to stop short and refuse to go on; refuse abruptly |
| banish | to put into exile |
| banter | causal conversation |
| bask | to expose to warmth |
| belabor | to discuss repeatedly or at length; harp on |
| beleaguered | besieged; harrased |
| belie | to show to be false |
| benchmark | a very high standard |
| benevolent | characterized by suggestive of doing good |
| benign | kind |
| bestial | acting like an animal (beast) |
| bilious | having a peevish deposition; ill humored |
| bipartisan | having to do with 2 parties, usually political |
| blandishment | flattery |
| blurb | a short notice |
| bog | an area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground |
| bombast | grandiloquent ; pompous in speech or writing |
| brag | to show excessive pride |
| braggart | someone who boasts offensively and immodestly |
| brusque | abrupt in manner or speech ; curt, discourteously blunt |
| buffer | shock absorber; barrier; shield |
| buoyant | lighthearted; gay |
| bureau | a chest of drawers, esp. a dresser holding clothes |
| bureaucracy | an inefficient organization |
| busybody | a person who meddles or pries in the affairs of others |
| byzantine | highly complicted |
| cacophonous | having a harsh, unpleasant sound; discordant |
| callow | lacking adult maturity , or experience |
| camaraderie | goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradship |
| caricature | a portrait that is mocking in nature |
| castigate | to scold; criticize; rebuke; punish |
| catacomb | an underground burial place |
| catalog | to classify |
| cathartic | purifying; refreshing |
| caustic | biting;sharp |
| censure | to criticize sharply |
| certify | to make official |
| chaos | a disorderly situation; pandemonium |
| chime | sound made by a bell |
| chimerical | fantastic; wild fancies |
| chronicle | a long; historical description |
| circuitous | being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course |
| circumscribe | to limit narrowly; restrict; to limit the freedom of |
| clairvoyant | having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses; expetionally insightful |
| clan | a group of relatives |
| clandestine | kept or done in secret; to conceal an illicit purpose |
| cleave | to split open |
| cliche | a hackneyend remark |
| coin | to make a word |
| collaborator | a partner in a project |
| collaborate | to work together. esp. in a joint intellectual effort |
| colloquial | informal speech |
| comely | pleasing and wholesome in apperance |
| commandeer | to seize for military use; confiscate |
| compassion | deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it |
| compromise | a settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions; a result of such a settlement |
| compunction | a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| conciliate | to regain or try to regain (friendship) by pleasant behavior |
| concord | harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord |
| condemn | to express strong disapproval of |
