Vocab - Unit 2 - ADV. English ACT vocab

 August

dignified; majestic

Aura

a feeling; a sense

Auspicious

favorable

Autocrat

a dictator

Automaton

person who acts like a robot

Avarice

Greed, Materialism

Banal

common; everyday; trite

 Barrage

bombardment; torrent

 Belie

to give a false impression of

 Belligerent

aggressive; warlike

Benevolent

generous; good

Bequeath

to hand down through a will

 Berate

to scold harshly

Bipartisanship

supported by two opposing groups

Blighted

destroyed

Bog

swamp or marsh

Bolster

to support

Bombastic

pompous; overstated

Boorish

crude; disrespectful to gender/ethnicity

Buoyant

floating

Burgeon

to grow or to flourish

Buttress

the projecting part of a building to offer support

Byzantine

convoluted or complex

Cacophonous

discordant sound

Cajole

to coax or urge someone to do something