| A | B |
|---|
| apt | just right; appropriate; exactly suitable; likely too |
| arbitrary | chosen or decided without apparent reason |
| ardor | heat; passion; zeal |
| askew | crooked; off to one side |
| assuage | to ease or satisfy |
| astute | shrewd; wise; observant |
| atypical | not typical |
| audacity | boldness; nerve |
| august | awe-inspiriting; majestic; magnificent |
| austerity | severity; strictness |
| averse | opposed; unwilling |
| avuncular | like an uncle |
| awry | twisted; crooked; wrong |
| baleful | with malicious intent; evilly forebodng; ominous |
| baneful | harmful; causing death, destruction, or ruin |
| barrister | Chiefly British lawyer |
| bawdy | obscene; coarsely humorous |
| beatific | displaying blessedness or joy, especially a religious joy |
| begrudge | to envy |
| beguile | to trick or deceive OR to pleasantly charm |
| belated | late; delayed |
| bellicose | warlike; violent |
| benevolent | kind; generous |
| berate | to scold severely |
| bereft | lacking; deprived of; bereaved |
| betroth | to become engaged |
| biennial | every two years |
| bland | not stimulating; dull |
| blandishment | flattery |
| blighted | ruined; destroyed; withered |
