| A | B |
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| importune | to implore, entreat; to dun, tax |
| perfunctory | slapdash, cursory, superficial, shallow |
| interpolate | to insert, inject, interpose, introduce |
| tantamount | equivalent to, indistinguishable from |
| impeccable | flawless, spotless, immaculate |
| aesthetic | relating to beauty, artistic |
| hapless | unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate |
| languish | to droop, flag, wilt, fade; to pine |
| nadir | rock bottom, the lowest point |
| discomfit | to nonplus, disconcert; to foil, thwart; to rout |
| unregenerate | unreformed, unreconstructed; stubborn |
| espouse | to embrace, adopt, take up |
| gregarious | sociable, outgoing, extroverted |
| laconic | terse, succinct, pithy, compact |
| mendacious | lying, untruthful; false |
| fetish | a charm, talisman; an obsession |
| defunct | extinct, nonexistent, dead |
| plaintive | sad, doleful, melancholy, lugubrious |
| requite | to reimburse, recompense, repay; to avenge |
| omnipresent | ubiquitous, ever-present |
| conjecture | to speculate, surmise; a supposition |
| irreparable | irremediable, beyond repair |
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