augment
to increase
autonomy
independence
balk
to halt
ballad
a love song
bemoan
to grieve
benign
kind, gracious
bibliophile
someone who loves books
bilk
to scam
blasphemy
crime against sacred things
blatant
obvious
blithe
lighthearted
bolster
to reinforce
boorish
rude, acting like a pig
bourgeois
materialistic
bovine
dull, like a cow
bristle
to recoil
candid
completely honest
cantankerous
bothersome
complement
something that completes something
concur
to agree
conjecture
an inference
cadence
a progression of sound
chicanery
trickery
choleric
easily angered