A

• Amity: (n.)
  • Peaceful relations, as between nations; friendship.
• Ardent: (adj.)
  • Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate: an ardent lover
  • Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent.
  • Burning; fiery.
  • Glowing; shining.
• Abstain: (v.)
  • Into separate parts or pieces: broken asunder.
  • Apart from each other either in position or in direction.
• Acquiescence: (n.)
  • Passive assent or agreement without protest.
• Asperity: (n.)
  • Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate.
  • Severity; rigor.
  • A slight projection from a surface; a point or bump.
  • Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability.
• Abscond: (v.)
  • To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
• Abstemious: (adj.)
  • Eating and drinking in moderation.
  • Characterized by abstinence or moderation.
• Actuate: (v.)
  • To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator's movements.
  • To move to action.
• Alacrity: (n.)
  • Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
  • Speed or quickness; celerity.
• Aplomb: (n.)
  • Self-confident assurance; poise.
• Anecdote: (n.)
  • A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.

B

• Baleful: (adj.)
  • Portending evil; ominous.
  • Harmful or malignant in intent or effect.
• Bawdy: (adj.)
  • Humorously coarse; risqué.
  • Vulgar; lewd.
• Bereave: (adj.)
  • Suffering the loss of a loved one.
• Belched: (v.)
  • To expel gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth; burp.
  • To erupt or explode.
  • To gush forth.
• Belligerent: (adj.)
  • Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
  • Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
• Baneful: (adj.)
  • Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.
• Bucolic: (adj.)
  • Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.
  • Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
• Beleaguer: (v.)
  • To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems.
  • To surround with troops; besiege.

C

• Colloquial: (adj.)
  • Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal.
  • Relating to conversation; conversational.