| A | B |
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| approbation | commendation, sanction |
| assuage | mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay |
| coalition | alliance, league, federation, combine |
| decadence | degeneration, corruption |
| elicit | call forth, evoke, exract, educe |
| expostulate | protest, remonstrate, complain |
| hackneyed | banal, trite, commonplace, corny |
| hiatus | pause, lacuna |
| innuendo | insinuation, intimation |
| intercede | interven, mediate |
| jaded | sated, surfeited, cloyed |
| lurid | grueseom, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly |
| meritorious | praiseworthy, laudable, commendable |
| petulant | irritable, testy, waspish |
| prerogative | perquisite, perk |
| provincial | narro-minded, parochial, insular, naive |
| simulate | feign, pretende, affect |
| transcend | surpass, outstrip |
| umbrage | irritatiion, pique, annoyance |
| unctuous | mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy |
| ameliorate | amend, better |
| aplomb | composure, self-possession, levelheadedness |
| bombastic | inflated, highfalutin, high- flown, pretentious |
| callow | green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced |
| drivel | balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver |
| epitome | abstract, digest, model, archetype |
| exhort | entreat, implore, adjure |
| infringe | encroach, impinge, intrude, poach |
| ingratiate | cozy up to, curry favor with |
| interloper | trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
| intrinsic | immanenet, organic |
| inveigh | rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate |
| lassitude | fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor |
| millenium | chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace |
| occult | supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane |
| precipitate | provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous |
| stringent | stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative |
| surmise | infer, gather, inference, presumption |
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