| A | B |
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| array | to place in order; to dress in fine attire; deck out; an orderly arrangement of troops |
| blandishment | cajolery; a flattering act or remark meant to persuade |
| concatenation | a linking together or being linked together in a series; a series of things regarded as causally connected |
| conversant | familiar or acquainted, esp. as the result of study or experience; versed |
| decry | denounce; to speak out against strongly; to depreciate money officially |
| derogatory | tending to lessen or impair; detracting; disparaging; belittling |
| emend | to correct or improve; to make scholarly corrections in a text |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a few, as an inner group; beyond the understanding of most people |
| fiat | authorization; decree; sanction; an order issued by legal authority |
| glean | to collect; to gather the remaining grain from a reaped field; to collect facts bit by bit; to examine books |
| incarcerate | imprison; confine; jail |
| incumbent | lying with its weight on something else; currently in office; the holder of an office |
| inure | to make accustomed to something difficult or painful; to come into use or take effect |
| iota | a very small quantity; jot; the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet |
| litigation | the act or process of carrying on a lawsuit; a lawsuit |
| obsequious | much too willing to obey or serve; overly submissive;fawning |
| panegyric | a formal speech or writing praising a person or event; high praise; laudation |
| promulgate | to publish or make known officially; to make known the terms of a new law; to make widespread |
| restive | refusing to go forward; balky, as a horse; hard to control; unruly; nervous or impatient under pressure; restless |
| ubiquitous | seeming to be present everywhere at the same time |
