| A | B |
|---|
| augment | to enlarge; expand; enhance |
| perusal | examination; inspection; study |
| elucidation | explanation; clarification; illustration |
| feigned | fake; imaginary; make-believe |
| officious | forward; direct; self-important |
| affable | friendly; good-natured; amiable |
| benevolent | generous; compassionate; altruistic; kind |
| rapacious | greedy; avaricious; grasping |
| inadvertence | inattentive; unmindful; unconcerned |
| mirth | merriment; festivity; glee |
| pecuniary | monetary; financial; fiscal |
| rectitude | morality; uprightness; decency |
| insurmountable | overwhelming; impossible; unconquerable |
| assiduities | persistence; diligence; industry |
| indigence | poverty; need; privation |
| affectation | pretense; airs; adopting mannerisms |
| benignant | propitious; kindly agreeable; well-disposed |
| putrid | rank; stagnant; foul; decaying |
| succour | sustenance; relief; aid |
| jargon | specialized vocabulary associated with a group |
| diffident | timid; retiring; abashed |
| philippic | tirade; diatribe; harangue; savage verbal attack |
| temporize | to delay making a decision to gain time |
| veracity | truth; honesty; sincerity |
| unfathomable | unending; unknowable; incomprehensible |
