| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Ascribe | attribute |
| askance | to look at distustfully or scorfully, skeptically |
| asperity | harshness, irritability |
| attrition | wearing down |
| augury | perdiction, an omen |
| august | stately, supreme dignity |
| auspicious | of favorably prospect |
| austere | severe |
| avarice | greed |
| aver | to assert with confidence |
| averse | reluctant, not inclined |
| avert | prevent |
| avouch | state strongly, guarantee |
| axiomatic | self evident, given, obvious |
| balmy | mild, refreshing |
| baneful | destructive |
| beget | produce offspring |
| bellicose | warlike |
| benefactor | helper, supporter |
| blandish | persuade by flattery, to coax |
| blithe | cheerful |
| bombastic | verbose, loudmouth, obnoxious |
| braggadocio | bragging about something you dont have a right to |
| brusque | abrupt blunt, curt |
| bucolic | pertaining to the countryside |
| bumptious | boldy conceited, cocky, arrogant |
| cabal | a group of people plotting secretly(a cabal of students plotted...) |
| cache(cash) | hiding place |
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