| A | B |
|---|
| arcane | mysterious, known to a few The secret cult was so___, no one knew about it. |
| archaic | really old, outdated Johnny was still using an ___typewriting instead of a computer |
| archetype | original model My new motor is an ___for all other motors. |
| ardent | passionate, enthusiastic The ____artist worked 24 hours a day to get the project finished. |
| arduous | hard, difficult Moving the big rocks was an ___ job |
| aristocratic | nob, snobbish The English ____people looked down upon the peasants. |
| artful | crafy, sly The sales many was ___ in getting his customers to buy the product. |
| artifice | clever trick Trojan horse was an ___to get inside the castle walls. |
| ascendancy | supremacy, dominant The iphone has an___over all all other phones. |
| ascetic | like a hermit, self-denial With no furniture in the apartment it had an ___look. |
| blight | plant disease My fern is dying with some type of ____. |
| blithe | carefree, cheerful The ___birds were singing merrily in the yard. |
| bourgeous | middle class The kings looked down upon the ___. |
| bovine | a cow All that grass in the field gave a _____look. |
| brevity | briefly We only had to stay a few minutes, the lecture was done with _____. |
| broach | open up a discussion Trying to start conversation, the teacher ____a political subject. |
| bucolic | countrylike, rustic Autumn at the cottage was a ____setting. |
| bureaucracy | system of government levels We could never get our permit because we had to go through too much _____. |
| burgeon | growing wildly, flourishing The many weeds seem to ____in our yard. |
| burlesque | ludicrous, lewd, vulgar Old time traveling actors used to perform nasty _____acts on stage. |
