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