| A | B |
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| affable | genial, agreeable, amicable |
| aggrandize | augment, amplify, enhance |
| amorphous | formless, unstructured, nebulous |
| aura | ambience, atmosphere |
| contraband | illcit, bootleg, unlawful |
| erudite | profoundly educated, well-read |
| gossamer | filmy, sheer, airy |
| infer | gather, deduce, presume |
| inscrutable | impenetrable, comprehensible |
| insular | narrow-minded, parochial |
| irrevocable | irreversible, unrecallable |
| propensity | natural bent, proclivity |
| querulous | petulant, touchy, cranky |
| remonstrate | reason against, expostulate |
| repudiate | disavow, abjure, renounce |
| resilient | springy, elastic, boyant, |
| reverberate | rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
| scurrilous | obscene, filthy, abusive |
| sedulous | assiduous, tireless |
| sleazy | inferior, cheesy, tawdy |
| autonomy | home rule |
| axiomatic | taken for granted |
| blazon | broadcast, trumpet |
| caveat | admonition |
| equitable | right, reasonable |
| extricate | disentangle, extract |
| filch | pilfer, swipe |
| flout | scoff at, sneer at |
| fractious | refractory |
| precept | principle |
| salutary | salubrious |
| scathing | searing, harsh, ferocious |
| scourge | flog, beat, bane, plague |
| soporific | narcotic, anesthetic |
| straitlaced | highly conventional, overly strict |
| transient | impermanent |
| unwieldy | cumbersome, bulky |
| vapid | insipid, lifeless |
| sepulchral | doleful |
| anomalous | exceptional, unusual |
| aspersion | innuendo |
| bizarre | grotesque, fantastic |
| brusque | curt, tactless, ungracious |
| cajole | wheedle |
| castigate | chastise, rebuke |
| contrive | think up, devise |
| demagogue | rabble-rouser |
| disabuse | undeceive, enlighten |
| ennui | langour, listlessness |
| fetter | bond, restraint |
| heinous | evil, odious, abominable |
| immutable | unchangeable, unalterable |
| insurgent | revolutionary, rebellious |
| megalomania | delusions of grandeur |
| sinecure | cushy job |
| surreptitious | furtive, covert, concealed |
| transgress | overstep, exceed |
| transmute | transform, convert |
| vicarious | surrogate, substitute |
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