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- avarice
- greediness for wealth
- avenge
- take vengeance for something or on behalf of someone
- aver
- affirm, assert, prove, justify
- averse
- reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed
- aversion
- strong dislike
- avert
- prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought)
- aviary
- enclosure for birds; large cage
- avid
- eager, greedy
- avocation
- secondary or minor occupation
- avow
- admit. Declare openly
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- awe
- solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear
- awful
- terrible; very bad
- awl
- pointed tool used for piercing
- awry
- distorted; crooked
- axiom
- self-evident truth requiring no proof
- azure
- sky blue
- babble
- chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone
- bacchanalian
- drunken
- bacchanal
- noisy party with a lot of drinking
- Bacchanalia
- the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus
- badger
- pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again
- badinage
- teasing conversation; banter; joking talk
- baffle
- frustrate; perplex
- bait
- harass; tease; torment
- baleful
- evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening
- balk
- stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
- ballast
- heavy substance used to add stability or weight
- balm
- something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees
- balmy
- balmy
- banal
- hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clichéd
- bandy
- discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel
- bane
- poison; cause of ruin
- baneful
- harmful; poisonous
- bantering
- joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing
- barb
- sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark
- bard
- poet
- barefaced
- shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face
- baroque
- highly ornate
- barrage
- barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements
- barrister
- counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law
- barterer
- trader
- bask
- luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth luxuriate take pleasure in great comfort
- bastion
- stronghold; something seen as a source of protection
- bate
- let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain
- bauble
- trinket; cheap jewel; trifle
- bawdy
- indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way
- beatific
- giving or showing bliss; blissful
- beatitude
- blessedness; state of great happiness
- bedizen
- dress with vulgar finery