| A | B |
| acrimonious | biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish |
| bovine | stolid, dull, slow, stupid |
| consternation | shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay |
| corpulent | overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly |
| disavow | disown, disclaim, retract, abjure |
| dispassionate | unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached |
| dissension | strife, discord, contention |
| dissipate | disperse, strew, diffuse, waste |
| expurgate | purge, censor, bowdlerize |
| gauntlet | dare, provocation, trial, punishment |
| hypothetical | assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional |
| ignoble | inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid |
| impugn | challenge, deny, dispute, query, question |
| intemperate | excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate |
| odium | abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy |
| perfidy | betrayal, disloyaltym treason, duplicity |
| relegate | transfer, consign, demote, exile |
| squeamish | nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish |
| subservient | secondary, servile, obsequious, useful |
| susceptible | vulnerable, receptive, impressionable |
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