| A | B |
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| Accentuate | to stress, single out as important SYN: emphasize, accent |
| Aura | a subtle sensory stimulus preceding an actual event; an atmosphere surrounding |
| Banter | light teasing; be silly or tease one another SYN: kid, chaff |
| buttress | a support usually of stone; make stronger or defensible SYN: reinforce, fortify |
| Cull | something rejected as being inferior; to select from a group SYN: remove, choose |
| Dirge | a song or hymn of mourning performed as a memorial of a dead person SYN: requiem, lament |
| Emit | expel; give off, send forth; express audibly SYN: utter, pass |
| Flail | give a thrashing to; beat hard, thresh about SYN: thrash |
| Hovel | open shed or shelter; a small wretched dirty house SYN: shanty, shack |
| Infernal | an inhabitant of hell; or or relating to hell SYN: diabolical, devilish |
| listless | characterized by a lack of interest, energy or spirit SYN: languid, lethargic |
| Notary | someone legally allowed to witness signatures and certify documents |
| Pliable | capable of bending freely without breaking, adjustable SYN: compliant, flexible |
| prudent | marked by showing wisdom or judicious in practical affairs SYN: wise, provident |
| Quell | th thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to nothing; to kill SYN: pacify |
| Rend | to remove by violence; to split or tear apart SYN: rip, crush |
| Stagnant | not circulating or flowing; not growing or changing SYN: brackish |
| Tributary | flowing into a large stream; pay tribute; being responsible for SYN: branch, dependent |
| Uncouth | lacking refinement, cultivation or taste SYN: common, coarse |
| Whet | to sharpen; to make acute or keen SYN: incite, stimulate |
