Baldridge Big 100+B Level D

kind, merciful; sympathetic, compassionate, kindhearted

• bleak

• sordid

• candid

• humane

the main impact, force, or burden; blow; shock

• combatant

• impel

• expedient

• brunt

an introduction; that which comes before or leads off

• expedient

• prelude

• console

• legion

able to float easily; able to hold things up; cheerful, hopeful

• buoyant

• languid

• boorish

• termperate

wretchedly poor; run-down; mean or selfish; filthy, squalid, vile, sleazy

• boorish

• sordid

• candid

• concerted

to reward, pay, reimburse; compensate, satisfy, profit, benefit

• rejuvenate

• exonerate

• remunerate

• squander

to elevate; to increase in intensity; raise, ascend, mount

• recoup

• cleave

• escalate

• rejuvenate

bare, dreary, dismal; grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren

• bleak

• humane

• boorish

• cleave

an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred

• brunt

• combatant

• blasphemy

• legion

unyielding, harsh, without pity

• illustious

• relentless

• pugnacious

• incredulous