| A | B |
|---|
| adjunct | something added to or connected with something else (n.) |
| anathema | something or someone loathed or detested (n.) |
| apex | highest point (n.) |
| aspersion | a slanderous or damning remark (n.) |
| adduce | to bring forward as an example or as proof; to cite (v.) |
| apprise | to give notice to; to inform (v.) |
| articulate | to pronounce clearly; to express clearly (v.) |
| ascribe | to credit to or assign; to attribute (v.) |
| apt | appropriate; having a tendency to; likely (adj.) |
| arid | very dry; lacking life, interest or imagination (adj.) |
| astringent | harsh, severe, withering (adj.) |
| august | inspiring admiration or awe (adj.) |
| bane | poison; torment; cause of harm (n.) |
| brevity | briefness (n.) |
| benefactor | one who provides help, esp. in the form of a gift or donation (n.) |
| blasphemy | irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity (n.) |
| broach | to open up a subject (often a delicate subject) for discussion (v.) |
| burgeon | to expand; to flourish (v.) |
| beleaguer | to surround; to besiege; to harass (v.) |
| belittle | to make to seem little; to put someone down (v.) |
| blatant | unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring (adj.) |
| blithe | carefree; cheerful (adj.) |
| bemused | unoriginal; ordinary (adj.) |
| banal | unoriginal; ordinary (adj.) |
