| A | B |
|---|
| awe | n. solemn wonder |
| awl | n. pointed tool used for piercing |
| awry | adv. distorted; crooked |
| axiom | n. self-evident truth requiring no proof |
| azure | adj. sky blue |
| babble | v. chatter idly |
| bacchanalian | adj. drunken |
| badger | v. pester; annoy |
| badinage | n. teasing conversation |
| baffle | v. frustrate; perplex |
| bait | v. harass; tease |
| baleful | adj. deadly; having a malign influence; omnious |
| balk | v. stop short, as if faced with an obstacle and refuse to continue |
| balk | v. foil |
| ballast | n. heavy substance used to add stability or weight |
| balm | n. something that relieves pain |
| balmy | adj. mild; fragrant |
| banal | adj. hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality |
| bandy | v. discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly |
| bane | n. cause of ruin; curse |
| bantering | adj. good-naturedly riduculing |
| barb | n. sharp projection from fishook or other object; openly cutting remark |
