| A | B |
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| Absolve | (v.) To clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
| Caricature | (n.) A representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristics features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
| Clangor | (n.) A loud ringing sound; (v.) to make a loud ringing noise |
| Contiguous | (adj.) Side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
| Cupidity | (n.) An eager desire for something; greed |
| Deleterious | (adj.) Harmful, injurious |
| Enhance | (v.) To raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
| Enthrall | (v.) To captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison |
| Extenuate | (v.) TO lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
| Implicit | (adj.) Implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
| Incisive | (adj.) Sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) |
| Ostentatious | (adj.) Marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
| Paragon | (n.) A model of excellence or perfection |
| Paraphrase | (v.) To restate in other words; (n.) A statement that presents a given idea in new language |
| Politic | (adj.) Prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
| Prosaic | (adj.) Dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose not poetic |
| Redundant | (adj.) Extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
| Sanctimonious | (adj.) Making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-rightous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| Scintillating | (adj., part.) Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brillant (applied to mental or personal qualities) |
| Winsome | (adj.) Charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) |
