Princeton Review Word Smart 2nd Edition B, C

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  1. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  2. beatify
    make blessedly happy
  3. bane
    something causing misery or death
  4. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  5. bent
    stooped (used of the back and knees)
  6. blandish
    praise somewhat dishonestly
  7. bolster
    support and strengthen
  8. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  9. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  10. belie
    be in contradiction with
  11. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  12. bedizen
    decorate tastelessly
  13. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  14. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  15. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  16. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  17. boor
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement
  18. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  19. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  20. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
  21. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  22. carnality
    feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
  23. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  24. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  25. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  26. causality
    the relation between reasons and effects
  27. castigation
    verbal punishment
  28. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  29. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  30. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  31. cardinal
    a vivid red color
  32. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  33. caret
    a mark used to indicate an insertion into a text
  34. chaos
    formless state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  35. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  36. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  37. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
  38. chary
    characterized by great caution
  39. chic
    elegant and stylish
  40. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  41. chasten
    censure severely
  42. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  43. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  44. choleric
    characterized by anger
  45. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  46. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  47. contemn
    look down on with disdain
  48. color
    a visual attribute of things from the light they emit
  49. convention
    the act of meeting formally
  50. consequential
    having important effects or results
  51. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  52. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  53. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  54. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  55. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  56. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  57. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  58. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  59. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  60. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  61. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  62. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  63. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  64. cozen
    be dishonest with
  65. cynicism
    a pessimistic feeling of distrust
Created on 九月 5, 2013 (updated 九月 6, 2013)

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