| A | B |
|---|
| impecunious | penniless, impoverished, indigent |
| winnow | to sift, strain, filter, sort out |
| deprecate | to deplore, frown upon, look askance at |
| emanate | to originate, issue; to emit, give off |
| sequester | to seclude, segregate, isolate, closet |
| inexorable | inescapable, ineluctable; obdurate |
| eclectic | selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose |
| necromancer | a sorcerer, conjurer, wizard |
| burnish | to polish, shine, buff |
| moribund | dying, on the wane, obsolescent |
| asperity | rigor,severity, harshness, roughness |
| desuetude | disuse, discontinuance, neglect |
| flaccid | soft, flabby, limp |
| rudiments | fundamentals, basics, first principles |
| onerous | burdensome, oppressive |
| abrogate | to annul, revoke, cancel |
| detritus | debris, wreckage, ruins, rubbie |
| rife | widespread, prevalent, abundant |
| ambient | encompassing, surrounding |
| cabal | a clique, ring, gang; a plot, conspiracy |
| ebullient | exhilarated, elated, exuberant |
| delectable | delightful, delicious, enjoyable |
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