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Apothegm (n)
pithy, compact saying
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Apotheosis (n)
elevation to godhood; an ideal exampe of something
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Appelation (n)
name; title
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Application (n)
diligent attention
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Apposite (adj)
appropriate; fitting
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Appurtenances (n)
subordinate possessions
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Apropos (adj, prep)
- (adj) to the point and timely
- (prep) with reference tol regarding
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Aquiline (adj)
curved, hooked
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Arabesque (n)
style of decoration involving intertwined plants and abstract curves; a ballet pose on one leg with the other leg extended in back
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Arable (adj)
fit for growing crops
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Arcane (adj)
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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Array (v, v)
- to marshall; draw up in order
- to clothe; adorn
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Arrears (n)
being in debt
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Artful (adj)
cunning; crafty; sly
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Artifice (n)
decpetion; trickery
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Artless (adj)
without guile; open and honest
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Ascendency (n)
controlling influence
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Aseptic (adj)
preventing infection
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Ashen (adj)
ash-colored; deadly pale
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Askance (adv)
with a sideways or indirect look
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Asperity (n)
sharpness (of temper)
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Aspersion (n)
slanderous remark
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Assay (v)
to analyze; evaluate
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Assent (v)
to agree; accept
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Astringent (adj)
binding; causing contraction
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Asunder (adv)
apart; into parts
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Atavism (n)
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback
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Augment (v)
to increase; add to
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Auspicious (adj)
favoring success
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Aver (v)
to assertconfidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
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Avid (adj)
greedy; eager for
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Avocation (n)
minor or secondary occupation
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Avow (v)
to acknowledge openly
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Avuncular (adj)
like an uncle
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Awl (n)
pointed tool used for piercing
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Awry (adj)
distorted, crooked
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Bachannalian (adj)
drunken
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Badinage (n)
teasing conversation
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Bait (v)
to harass or tease
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Baleful (adj)
threatening; menacing; sinister; foreshadowing evil
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Balk (v, v)
- to stop short and refuse to continue
- to foil
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Ballast (n)
a heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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Balm (n)
something that relieves pain
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Bandy (v)
to discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
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Baneful (adj)
destructive; causing ruin or death
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barefaced (adj)
shameless
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Baroque (adj)
highly ornate
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Barrister (n)
counseler-at-law
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Bastion (n)
stronghold; something seen as a source of protection
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Bate (v)
to let down; restrain (bated, adj)
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bauble (n)
trinket; trifle
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Bawdy (adj)
indecent; obscene
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Beatific (adj)
showing or producing joy; blissful
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Beatify (v)
to bless or sanctify; to proclaim someone dead to be one of the blessed
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Beatitude (n)
blessedness; state of bliss
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Bedizen (v)
to dress with vulgar finery
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Bedraggle (v)
wet thouroughly
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Beguile (v)
to mislead or delude; chaet; pass time
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Beholden (adj)
obligated; indebted
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Belabor (v)
to explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally
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Beleaguer (v)
to besiege or attack; harass
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Belie (v)
to contradict; give fasle impression
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Bellicose (adj)
warlike; pugnacious; naturally inclined to fight
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Bemoan (v)
lament; express disapproval of
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Bemused (adj)
confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
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Beneficient (adj)
kindly; doing good
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Benign (adj)
kindly; favorable; not malignant
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Berate (v)
scold strongly
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Bereavement (n)
state of being deprived of something valuable of beloved
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Beset (v)
to harass or trouble; hem in
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Besiege (v)
surround with aremed forces harass (with requests)
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Besmirch (v)
soil; defile
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Betoken (n)
signify; indicate
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Betroth (v)
to become engaged to marry
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Bicameral (adj)
two-chambered, as a legislative body
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Bilious (adj)
suffering from a liver complaint; peevishly ill-humored
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Bivouac (n)
temporary encampment
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Blandish (v)
to cajole; coax with flattery
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Blare (n)
loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light
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Blighted (adj)
suffering from a disease; destroyed
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Bluff (adj)
rough but good-natured
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