B list - 11 to 20

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(11) BARD - A MUSICIAN, POET.
(12) BAREFACED - SHAMELESS, NO EFFORT TO CONCEAL.

(13) BAROQUE - HIGHLY ORNATED.




(14) BARRISTER - ADVOCATE OR LAWYER.

(15) BARTERER - TRADER.



(16) BASK - LUXURIATE, ENJOYING THE WRATH OF.
(Eg) The women is basking in the sun.


(17) BAUBLE - TRINKET, CHEAP JEWEL, TRINKET.


(18) BAWDY - INDECENT, OBSCENE, SEX IN A FUNNY WAY.
(Eg) The American pie movie has a lot of bawdy jokes.


(19) BEATIFIC - GIVING OR SHOWING BLISS.


(20) BEDRAGGLED - THOROUGHLY WET.

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B list - 1 to 10

(1) BABBLE - CHATTER IDLY OR FOOLISHLY.
(Eg) The girls were babbling about the party for the whole day.


(2) BACCHANALIAN - DRUNKEN PARTY OR A DRUNKEN REVELRY.



(3) BACKSLIDE - SLIDE BACK TO, REVERT BACK.
(Eg) Old people always wished if they could slide back to their childhood.


(4) BADGER - TEASING OR ANNOYING.
(Eg) His continuous badger was driving her crazy.


(5) BAFFLE - CONFUSED OR PERPLEXED.
(Eg) The maths problem completely baffled him.

(6) BALEFUL - EVIL, HARMFUL, A LOOK OF EVIL ON THE FACE, BALEFUL LOOK.


(7) BALK - STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE, STOP BECAUSE OF AN OBSTRUCTION.
(Eg) The sitcom 'big bang theory' was balked because of the writer's strike.


(8) BANAL - WORN OUT, COMMON, HACKNEYED.
(Eg) Movie sequels usually have a banal plot.


(9) BANDY - CASUAL EXCHANGE OF WORDS, FRIVOLOUS DISCUSSION.
(Eg) The girls were bandying words with each other.


(10) BANE - BAD, HARMFUL, CAUSE OF RUIN.
(Eg) Racism is a bane in any civilized society.

A list - 222 to 243

(222) ASUNDER - INTO PARTS, CUT INTO PIECES.
(223) ATHEISM/ATHEIST - ONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

(224) ATONE - MAKE AMENDS FOR, PAY FOR.
(Eg) Lord Jesus carried the Christ to atone the sins of the people of the world.

(225) ATROCITY - BRUTAL DEED.
(Eg) Racism is considered as an atrocious crime around the world.


(226) ATTIRE - CLOTHING, DRESS, RANGE OF APPAREL.
(Eg) The shop had hung a formal attire on their display.
(227) ATTRITION - GRADUAL DECREASE IN NUMBERS OR STRENGTH, GRADUALLY WEARING AWAY. (Eg) There was an attrition in the profits of the company. (228) AUDACIOUS/AUDACITY - RECKLESSLY BOLD, DARING.
(Eg) Brad Pitt played the role of the audacious Achilles in the movie troy.


(229) AUGURY/AUGUR - PROPHECY, OMEN, FOREBODING AN EVENT.
(Eg) It is believed that black cats augur evil.

(230) AUREOLE - SUN'S CORONA

(231) AURORAL - AN ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON CONSISTING OF BANDS OF LIGHTS.


(232) AUSTERE - See 211

(233) AUTHORITATIVE/AUTHORITARIAN/AUTOCRATIC - COMPLETELY DOMINATING, DICTATORIAL.
(Eg) Hitler is regarded as one of the most autocratic leaders of the world.

(234) AUTOMATON - MACHINE THAT WORKS BY ITSELF OR A MACHINE THAT IMITATES HUMAN ACTIONS. (235) AVALANCHE - GREAT MASS OF FALLING SNOW OR ICE.

(236) AVARICE - GREED, INSATIABLE DESIRE FOR WEALTH.
(Eg) The man was known for his insatiable avarice for money.
(237) AVERT/AVERSION - FEELING OF DISLIKE, AVOIDING.
(Eg) Kids have an aversion towards broccoli.

(238) AVOW - TO DECLARE SOLEMNLY, STATE OPENLY.
(Eg) Tony Blair and George Bush avowed to curb terrorism.


(239) AVUNCULAR - RELATED TO AS AN UNCLE OR LIKE AN UNCLE.
(Eg) Uncle Sam shared an avuncular relationship with the people of America.


(240) AWFUL - EXCEPTIONALLY DISPLEASING OR BAD.
(Eg) The make up for the ghost in exorcist was awful.


(241) AWL - POINTED TOOL USED FOR PIERCING.


(242) AWRY - CROOKED, BENT.
(Eg) The construction of the new house had gone awry.


(243) AZURE - IN THE COLOR OF THE SKY OR SKY BLUE.

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A list - 210 to 221

(201) ARMADA - A LARGE FLEET, GROUP OF SHIPS.



(202) ARRAIGN - INDICTMENT, ACCUSED.
(Eg) Bob was arraigned and sentenced to jail.

(203) ARRAY - AN ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT.
(Eg) The chip contained arrays of pins arranged horizontally and vertically.


(204) ARROYO - A STEAM OR BROOK FORMED BY RAIN WATER.



(205) ARSENAL - A PLACE WHERE MILITARY EQUIPMENTS ARE STORED.
(Eg) The army stored all their weapons in the military arsenal.



(206) ARTERY - BLOOD CARRYING VEIN OR BLOOD VESSEL.
(207) ARTIFACTS - A MAN MADE OBJECT.
(Eg) The museum displayed artifacts belonging to the early civilization.


(208) ARTISAN - A MANUALLY SKILLED WORKER.


(209) ARTLESS - OPEN AND HONEST, WITHOUT GUILE OR GUILELESS.
(Eg) Jane was happy that her children were artless in admitting that they broke the vase.


(210) ASCENDANCY - CONTROLLING INFLUENCE.
(Eg) Bush is often criticized for trying to extend his ascendancy over other developing countries.


(211) ASCETIC - PRACTICING SELF DENIAL, AVOIDING PLEASURES.
(Eg) Saints and sages are ascetic in nature.


(212) ASCRIBE - ATTRIBUTE.
(Eg) Bill Gates often ascribes the success of Microsoft to hard work.


(213) ASININE - DEVOID OF INTELLIGENCE.
(Eg) The donkey looks asinine.

(214) ASKANCE - LOOK THAT IS DIRECTED TO ONE SIDE AS IN DOUBT OR SUSPICION.
(215) ASKEW - TURNED OR TWISTED TOWARDS ONE SIDE.


(216) ASPERITY - SHARPNESS.
(Eg) The photographer used cutting edge technology to increase the asperity of the photographs.


(217) ASSAY - ANALYZE, EVALUATE, ANALYSIS.


(218) ASSIDUOUS - DILIGENT, HARDWORKING, MARKED BY CARE AND PERSISTENT EFFORT.
(Eg) Sara is assiduous is her exam preparations and hence manages to rank first every time.

(219) ASSUAGE - REDUCE, LESSEN, EASE OUT.
(Eg) The bush administration is trying to assuage the hostility between President Musharraf and Nawaz Sheriff in Pakistan.




(220) ASTIGMATISM - AN EYE DEFECT WHICH PREVENTS PROPER FOCUS.
(221) ASTRINGENT - HARD OR SEVERE.
(Eg) Bush administration came under astringent criticism for not doing enough to reduce pollution.