| A | B |
|---|
| allay | reduce, alleviate, moderate |
| bestial | animal, depraved, loathsome |
| convivial | fun-loving, jovial, merry |
| coterie | clique, set |
| counterpart | match |
| demur | v. protest, object to |
| effrontery | gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek |
| embellish | ornament, garish |
| ephemeral | fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory |
| felicitous | fortunate, well-put |
| furtive | cladestine, covert, surreptitous |
| garish | gaudy, flashy, tawdry |
| illusory | specious, spurious, fanciful, imaginary |
| indigent | penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute |
| inordinate | exorbitant, extravagant |
| jettison | cast off, discard, dump, junk, abandon |
| misanthrope | people-hater |
| pertinacious | stubborn, dogged, determined |
| picayune | inconsequential, piddling, trifling |
| raiment | apparel, attire |
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