| A | B |
|---|
| brusque | abrupt in manner or speech; blunt |
| bulwark | a wall of earth or stone use for defence; a person or thing that gives strong support or protection |
| bumptious | pushy; crudely and unpleasantly forward |
| bureaucracy | the departments of appointed officials; administration |
| camaraderie | the spirit of good will, loyaltym and understanding among friends; good fellowship |
| carnage | slaughter; the bloody killing of a great many people |
| cede | to yield or give up; to transfer or surrender title to |
| catharsis | a purifying or ridding of emotions |
| chagrin | feeling disappointment, distress, or embarassment |
| circumspect | careful; cautious; discreet |
| beleaguer | to beset; to harass |
| beneficent | kind; charitable; doing good |
| bestow | to confer a present as a gift or and honor |
| betrothed | engaged to be married |
| bilateral | having 2 sides; mutually binding |
| blithe | happy; joyful; carefree |
| bolster | long narrow pillow; used to prop up, to support, or to reinforce |
| brevity | briefness, shortness |
| browbeat | to bully; to frighten with stern harsh words |
| brunt | the main shock or force of a blow or atack |
