| A | B |
| venial | bribable; corruptible; mercenary |
| pinnacle. | anapex; acme; summit; apogee |
| extirpate | to uproot; eradicate; wipe out |
| ironic | incongruous; poignant; satiric; sardonic; wry |
| suppress | to subdue; crush; stifle; squelch |
| accede | to yeild to |
| stately | grand; magnnificent; imposing |
| destitude | wanting; deviod; improerished |
| ominous | unpropitiouse; inauspicious; portentous |
| comprise | to compose; constitute; encompass |
| explicit | distinct; forthright; definite |
| premeditated | preplanned; rehearsed; calculated |
| rampant | widespread; unrestrained; extravagant |
| officious | meddlesome; prying; impertinent |
| deft | adroit; dexterous; proficient |