| A | B |
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| austere | forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued |
| beneficent | humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable |
| cadaverous | corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly |
| concoct | create, fashion, rustle up |
| crass | crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse |
| debase | cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate |
| desecrate | profane, defile, violate |
| disoncert | upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb |
| grandiose | majestic, bombasitc, highfalutin |
| inconsequential | trivial, negligible, petty, paltry |
| infraction | violation, transgression, breach, offense |
| mitigate | lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish |
| pillage | ravage, sack, loot; booty |
| prate | chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver |
| punctilious | precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky |
| reprove | chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach |
| restitution | compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration |
| stalwart | sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant, mainstay |
| vulnerable | defenseless, exposed, unguared |
| redoubtable | formidable, fearsome, awesome, august |
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