| A | B | 
| emulate | to strive; to be equal; to imitate | 
| sere | dry and weathered | 
| enhance | to increase the value or beauty of something | 
| contrite | feeling regret for having committed some wrong-doing | 
| magnanimous | noble, generous, and forgiving | 
| enunciate | to state clearly | 
| collaborate | to work together | 
| impound | to confine | 
| impeccable | faultless; without imperfection | 
| evoke | to summon forth | 
| inane | without sense or meaning | 
| unctuous | exaggeratedly or insincerely polite | 
| expatriate | someone who chooses to live outside of their home country | 
| frowzy | unkempt | 
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil |