| A | B |
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| affluent | "(adj) (esp. of a group or area) having a great deal of money; rich, wealthy" |
| chagrin | "(n) distress or embarassment at having failed or been humiliated; annoyance, vexation" |
| consternation | "(n) feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected (Latin, consternare 'lay prostrate, terrify'); pertubation, distress" |
| deride | "(v) express contempt for; ridicule (Latin, deridere 'scoff at')" |
| discern | "(v) perceive or recognize (something);distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or other senses (Latin, discernere from dis 'apart' + cernere 'to separate')" |
| feasible | "(adj) possible to do easily or conveniently" |
| perfunctory | "(adj) (of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection (Latin, perfunctorius, 'careless')" |
| perverse | "(adj) (of a person or their actions) showing a diliberate or obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unaccpetable; contrary to the expected standard or practice (Latin, perversus, 'turned around')" |
| precocious | "(adj) (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual; reaching maturity early" |
| sally | "(v) set out from a place to do something; make a military sortie" |
| acrimonious | "(adj) (typically of speech or debate) angry and bitter" |
| duress | "(n) threats, violence, constraints or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgement; coercion, compulsion" |
| inexorable | "(adj) impossible to stop or prevent; (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty" |
| paucity | "(n) the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity (Latin, paucitas, from paucus, 'few')" |
| pernicious | "(adj) having a harmful effect esp. in a gradual or subtle way (Latin, perniciosus, 'destructive')" |
