| A | B |
| perspicacious | having mental penetration |
| gratuitous | given or done free of charge |
| pariah | social outcaste |
| fief | person's sphere of operation |
| decree | official legal order |
| deduce | infer logically |
| precipitate | hasten the occurrence of something |
| spillover | overflow |
| hinterland | district beyond a coast |
| periphery | boundary of an area or surface, outer or surrounding region |
| deplete | reduce in numbers |
| confer | grant, bestow, converse, consult |
| supplement | thing or part added to improve or provide |
| coercion | act of coercing, persuading or restraining by force |
| deflate | to make empty of gas, air, etc |
| indictment | accusation, thing that serves to condemn |
| corollary | proposition that follows from one already proved consequence |
| sham | feign, pretend |
| brazen | shameless, insolent, harsh |
| induce | prevail upon, persuade, bring about, render |