| A | B |
|---|
| absolve | v. to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
| caricature | n. a representation in which the subject’s characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated.” |
| clangor | n. a loud ringing sound |
| contiguous | adj. side by side, touching; hear; adjacent in time |
| cupidity | n. an eager desire for something; greed |
| deleterious | adj. harmful, injurious |
| enhance | v. to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
| enthrall | v. to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison |
| extenuate | v. to lessen the seriousness of magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
| implicit | adj. implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
| incisive | adj. sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)” |
| ostentatious | adj. marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
| paragon | n. a model of excellence or perfection |
| paraphrase | v. to restate in other words |
| politic | adj. prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
| prosaic | adj. dull, lacking in distinction and originality; mater-of-fact, straightforward; character of prose, not poetic |
| redundant | adj. extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
| sanctimonious | adj. making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| scintillating | adj. sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant |
| winsome | adj. charming, attractive, pleasing |
