| A | B |
|---|
| ludicrous | risible, ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
| strategem | a ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge |
| pusillanimous | cowardly, craven, lily-livered |
| recombent | prone, prostrate, supine, inactive |
| glean | to collect, cull, pick up, gather |
| exigency | urgency; a need, demand, requirement |
| consummate | to clinch, conclude; masterful |
| concord | agreement, unanimity; a pact, covenant |
| incarcerate | to imprison, jail, intern, immure |
| bastion | a citadel, stronghold, rampart, bulwark |
| frenetic | frenzied, frantic |
| flotsam | floating wreckage, debris |
| incumbent | obligatory, mandatory, required |
| jocular | waggish, facetious, droll, witty |
| pecuniary | monetary, financial |
| atrophy | degeneration, deterioration; to wither |
| grouse | to gripe, complain, kvetch, bellyache |
| asseverate | to aver, avow, affirm, avouch |
| nettle | to peeve, vex, annoy, incense, gall, irk |
| disarray | disorder, confusion, disorganization |
| mordant | caustic, acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic |
| prepossessing | winsome, engaging, captivating |
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