| A | B |
|---|
| the DOGGED researcher | Pertinacious |
| donned fashionable ATTTIRE | Raiment |
| an influential SET of friends | Coterie |
| willingly ABANDONED their prejudices | Jettison |
| their APT meeting | Felicitous |
| had the GALL to demand an apology | Effrontery |
| prone to FANCIFUL get-rich-quick schemes | Illusory |
| will surely RELIEVE his anxiety | Allay |
| her COMPLEMENT at the rival company | Counterpart |
| comdemned at the militia's DEPRAVED behavior | Bestial |
| PROTESTED when asked to leave | Demur |
| a well-known PEOPLE-HATER | Misanthrope |
| ORNAMENTED with high-sounding phrases | Embellished |
| Ignore those INCONSEQUENTIAL objections | Picayune |
| the FLEETING nature of power | Ephemeral |
