| A | B |
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| indigent | penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute |
| illusory | fanciful, imaginary, specious, spurious |
| pertinacious | persistent, stubborn, dogged, determined |
| picayune | paltry, inconsequential, piddling, trifling |
| misanthrope | a person who despises people |
| embellish | to adorn, ornament, decorate, garnish |
| ephemeral | fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory |
| demur | to protest, object to |
| threshold | a doorsill; the outset, commencement |
| felicitous | fortunate, happy; apposite, well-put |
| raiment | apparel, attire, clothing, garments |
| inordinate | excessive, exorbitant, extravagant |
| bestial | beastlike, animal; depraved, loathsome |
| coterie | a clique, set, circle |
| garish | gaudy, flashy, tawdry; glaring |
| furtive | sneaky, clandestine, covert, surreptitious |
| counterpart | a person's "opposite number" |
| effrontery | gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek |
| allay | to lessen, reduce, alleviate, moderate |
| convivial | funloving, jovial, genial, merry |
| jettison | to cast off, discard, dump, junk, abandon |
| wraith | a phantom, specter, ghost |
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