| A | B |
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| acrimonious | "(adj) (typically of speech or debate) angry and bitter" |
| construe | "(v) interpret (a word or action) in a particular way" |
| distraught | "(adj) deeply upset or agitated; distressed, overcome, beside oneself" |
| duplicity | "(n) deceitfulness, double dealing" |
| egregious | "(adj) outstandingly bad, shocking," |
| elicit | "(v) evoke or draw out (a response, answer or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions" |
| impunity | "(n) exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action (Latin, impunitas, 'unpunished'); amnesty, reprieve" |
| paucity | "(n) the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity" |
| pernicious | "(adj) having a harmful effect esp. in a gradual or subtle way" |
| tolerate | "(v) allow the existence, occurence or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference" |
| avid | "(adj) having or showing a keen interest or enthusiasm in doing something; eager" |
| jostle | "(v) push, elbow or bump against someone roughly, typically in a crowd; collide with, plow into" |
| pugnacious | "(adj) eager or quick to argue, quarrel or fight" |
| vigilant | "(adj) keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties" |
| wrest | "(v) push, elbow or bump against someone roughly, typically in a crowd; collide with, plow into" |
