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bewilder

to greatly confuse

bias

a prejudice for or against something

blatant

very obvious

bleak

lacking warmth or life

blunder

a careless or stupid mistake

blunt

direct and to the point

bogus

fake

boisterous

noisy and lively

bolster

to prop up

brash

overly assertive

brevity

briefness

brusque

brief and direct

buffer

a cushion

bumbling

awkwardly clumsy or prone to mistakes

bureaucracy

a system of administration (as in government or business)

burgeon

to grow rapidly

buttress

to support or strengthen

candid

honest and straigtforward

canny

clever and showing good judgment

captivating

holding one’s attention or interest

celestial

of or relating to the sky or heaven

cerebral

relating to the brain; intellectual

certitude

certainity

charistmatic

charming and appealing

circuitous

circular or winding

circumvent

to find a way around something

civil

courteous and polite

clan

a group of people with a shared interest or shared characteristics

coerce

to persuade by forces or threats

cohesive

sticking together

coin

to invent

collaborative

involving working together

compelling

powerfully interesting or attention holding

compromise

to make an agreement based on mutual concession; to weaken