Vocabulary List #3~English 11

Front

balk

Back

to refuse, prevent

Front

banter

Back

playful conversation

Front

belligerent

Back

hostile, tending to fight

Front

bemuse

Back

to confuse, stupefy, plunge deep into thought

Front

benign

Back

kindly, gentle or harmless

Front

bursar

Back

treasurer

Front

catharsis

Back

purification, cleansing

Front

chagrin

Back

shame, embarrassment, humiliation

Front

decapitate

Back

to cut off the head of a human/animal

Front

precipitate

Back

to throw down from a height, to cause to happen