aromatic :: fragrant
arrant :: thorough; complete; unmitigated
ascetic :: practicing self-denial; austere
ashen :: ash-colored
asinine :: stupid
askance :: with a sideway or indirect look
askew :: crookedly; slanted; at an angle
assiduous :: diligent
astral :: relating to the stars
astute :: wise; shrewd
astringent :: binding; causing contraction
atheistic :: denying the existence of God
athwart :: across; in opposition
atypical :: not normal
auspicious :: favoring success
austere :: strict; stern
autonomous :: self-governing
auxiliary :: helper, additional or subsidiary
averse :: reluctant
avid :: greedy; eager for
avuncular :: like an uncle
awry :: distorted; crooked
azure :: sky blue
bacchanalian :: drunken
baleful :: deadly; destructive
balmy :: mild; fragrant
banal :: hackneyed; commonplace; trite
baneful :: ruinous; poisonous
bantering :: good-natured ridiculing
baroque :: highly ornate
beatific :: giving bliss; blissful
belated :: delayed
bellicose :: warlike
benevolent :: generous; charitable
benighted :: overcome by darkness
benign :: kindly; favorable; not malignant
bereft :: deprived of; lacking
berserk :: frenzied
bicameral :: two-chambered, as a legislative body
biennial :: every two years
bilious :: suffering from indigestion; irritable
bizarre :: fantastic; violently contrasting
bland :: soothing; mild
blasphemous :: profane; impious
blatant :: loudly offensive
bleak :: cold; cheerless
blighted :: suffering from a disease; destroyed
blithe :: gay; joyous
bloated :: swollen or puffed as with water or air
bogus :: counterfeit; not authentic
boisterous :: violent; rough; noisy
bombastic :: pompous; using inflated language