| A | B |
|---|
| ail | trouble; be ill |
| alacrity | eager and cheerful readiness |
| alienate | estrange |
| allegiance | duty, support, loyalty |
| alleviate | make (pain) easier to bear |
| alloy | to debase by mixing with something inferior |
| aloof | reserved, indifferent |
| amalgamate | mix, combine, unite societies |
| ambidextrous | able to use the left hand or the right equally well |
| ambiguous | doubtful, uncertain |
| ambivalent | having both of two contrary meanings |
| ameliorate | improve, make better |
| amendment | improving |
| amicable | friendly |
| amortize | end (a debt) by setting aside money |
| amplify | make large or fuller, increase the strength |
| animosity | strong dislike |
| annul | put an end to |
| anticlimax | sudden fall |
| antidote | medicine used against a poison or a disease |
| antithetical | direct oppposing |
| apartheid | brutal racial discrimination |
| apathetic | indifference |
| aplomb | self-confidence |
| apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
| apotheosis | deification, glorification to godliness |
| appease | make quiet or calm |
| benevolence | wish or activity in doing good |
| benign | kind and gentle; mild (climate) |
| bequest | arrangement to give something at death |
| berate | scold sharply |
| bereft | rop or dispossess of something (material) |
| bewilder | puzzle, confuse |
| baised | prejudice |
| bigot | stubborn, narrow-minded person |
| bilge | bulge, the protuberance of a cask |
| blandishment | flattery, coaxing |
| blandness | polite manner, comforting, uninteresting |
| blatant | noisy and rough |
| blithe | cheerful, casual, carefree |
| blueprint | plan, scheme, photographic print |
| blunt | plain, not troubling to be polite |
| boggle | be alarmed, hesitate, amazed |
| bogus | sham, counterfeit, not genuine |
| boisterous | loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint |
| bolster | give greatly needed support |
| boorish | crude, offensive, rude |
| braids | strands of hair woven together, smth edging sloth or garments |
| brash | hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy |
| brass | yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) |
| brazen | made of brass |
| breach | opening, broken place, breaking |
| brisk | active, lively |
| brisk | breast of an animal |
| brittle | easily broken |
| broach | bring up, announce, begin to talk about |
| brook | to tolerate, endure |
| buoyant | able to float; light-hearted |
| burgeon | grow forth, send out buds |
| burnish | to polish, rub to a shine |
| bust | run out of money |
| cabal | a scheme or plot, a group of plotters |
| cadge | to beg, to get by begging |
| calipers | metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument |
| calumniate | to slander, present false accusal |
| calumny | slander, aspersion |
| candid | frank, straight-forward |
| canvass | discuss thoroughly; sort of touting |
| capricious | fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable |
| castigate | to chastise, correct by punishing |
| castigation | severe punishment |
| casual | happening by chance, careless |
| catalyst | substance that causes speeding up |
| caustic | biting, sarcastic |
| censure | expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke |
| census | official counting of the population |
| centurion | leader of a unit of 100 soldiers |
| chary | cautious, wary |
| chastened | corrected, punished |
| chastisement | punishment |
| chauvinist | a blindly devoted patriot |
| chisel | steel tool for shaping materials |
| churl | bad-tempered person |
| cite | give as an example |
| clamour | shout, complain with a lot of noise |
| cleanse | make pure, thoroughly clean |
| cling to | resist separation |
| clot | half-solid lump formed liquid |
| cloture | closing, device (in Parlament) to end a debate by voting |
| coalescing | coming together and uniting into one sunstance |
| coax | get somebody to do something by kindness |
| coddle | treat with care and tendernes |
| corece | compel, force to make obedient |
| coeval | of the same period, coexisting |
| cogent | strong, convincing |
| cogitate | think deeply, meditate |
| cognition | knowing, awareness (emotionless) |
| cognizant | beign fully aware of |
| coherent | sticking together |
| colander | bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water |
