| A | B |
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| Counterpart | (n) a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement |
| Effrontery | (n) shameless boldness, impudence |
| Ephemeral | (adj) lasting only a short time, short-lived |
| Felicitous | (adj) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy |
| Allay | (v) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve |
| Furtive | (adj) done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen |
| Coterie | (n) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest |
| Embellish | (v) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details |
| Demur | (v) to object or take exception to; (n) an objection |
| Convivial | (adj) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial |
| Bestial | (adj) beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility |
| Raiment | (n) clothing, garments |
| Garish | (adj) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way |
| Indigent | (adj) needy, impoverished |
| Misanthrope | (n) a person who hates or despises people |
| Picayune | (adj) of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded |
| Pertinancious | (adj) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied |
| Wraith | (n) a ghostly apparition, specter |
| Inordinate | (adj) far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive |
| Threshold | (n) the board or stone that lies under a door, sill; the place or point of entering or beginning, outset; the point at which a physiological or psychological effect is produced, brink |
| Illusory | (adj) misleading, deceptive; lacking or not based on reality |
| Jettison | (v) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome |
