| A | B |
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| Absolve | (v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
| Caricature | (n.) a respresentation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
| Clangor | (n.) a loud ringing sound; (v.) to make a loud ringing noise |
| Contiguous | (adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
| Cupidity | (n.) an eager desire for something; greed |
| Deleterious | (adj.) harfmul, injurious |
| Enchance | (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 or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
| Implicit | (adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts of 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; (n.)a statement that presents a given idea in new language |
| Politic | (Adj.)prudent, shrewedly concieved and developed; artful, expedient |
| Prosaic | (Adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
| Redundant | (adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
| Santimonious | (adj.)making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| Scintillating | (adj., part.) spearkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) |
| Winsome | (adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) |
