| A | B |
|---|
| abate | to lessen in violence or intensity; decrease |
| abet | to assist or encourage; promote; incite |
| abhor | to detest, loathe, hate strongly, despise |
| acquit | to find not guilty of a crime; vindicate; exonerate |
| acrimony | harsh temper, bitter feelings, resentment |
| adamant | unyielding; firm in opinion; stubborn |
| adulation | excessive praise or admiration; adoration |
| affable | friendly; courteous; agreeable; amiable |
| agnostic | skeptic; one who believes the existence of God is unknowable |
| agrarian | rural; having to do with farms |
| altercation | a heated argument; quarrel |
| ambivalent | uncertain; indecisive; unable to decide |
| amicable | friendlyy; peacable; agreeable; amiable |
| anathema | a hated person or thing; a curse; abomination |
| apathy | lack of interest; indifference |
| appease | to make calm or quiet; pacify; placate |
| arduous | difficult; strenuous; laborious |
| audacity | insolence; rude boldness; effrontery |
| augment | to increase or enlarge; enhance |
| austere | stern, severe, plain |
| avarice | excessive greed; desire for wealth |
| avid | eager; extremely interested; keen |
| bacchanalian | wild with drunkenness |
| balk | to stop short and refuse to continue; frustrate |
| banter | teasing; good-natured joking |
| barrister | lawyer |
| bask | to lie in or be exposed to warmth |
| bastion | a strong defense; a fort |
| bawdy | indecent; humorously obscene |
| befuddle | to confuse; to perplex; bewilder |
| bigot | one who is intolerant of another's beliefs or opinions; predudiced; narrow-minded |
| cajole | to persuade with false promises and flattery; coax |
| candid | 1. outspoken, blunt 2. unposed, informal |
| canine | having to do with dogs |
| capricious | guided by whim rather than reason; fickle; erratic |
| castigate | to criticize or punish; chastise, reprimand |
| caustic | biting, burning, sharp; sarcastic |
| chaos | complete disorder; confusion |
| charlatan | one who pretends to have knowledge; fake; fraud |
| chastise | to punish severely; discipline |
| circumspect | careful, watchful; attentive to all points |
| circumvent | to get around; thwart; outwit |
| clandestine | secret; covert; furtive; underhanded |
| clement | 1. merciful; lenient 2. mild, as weather; temperate |
| cliche | a worn-out idea or overused expression; trite phrase |
| coerce | to compel by force |
| collaborate | 1. to work together toward a goal; cooperate 2. abet, work with an enemy |
| comely | attractive, handsome, becoming |
| complacent | pleased with oneself; conceited, contented |
| concur | to agree with; assent |
