| A | B |
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| EFFICACY | (n.) The power to produce the desired effect or result |
| ETHEREAL | (adj.) Light or airy or heavenly |
| DEIGN | (v.) To think appropriate or worthy of one's dignity |
| COGNIZANT | (adj.) Taking notice or being aware |
| CANARD | (n.) A false or made-up story or rumor |
| INCONGRUOUS | (adj.) Not harmonious or compatible in nature |
| AFFRONT | (n.) A personally offensive act or word, a deliberate act or display of disrespect; (v.) To offend openly by disrespect or insolence |
| ABSTRUSE | (adj.) Difficult to understand |
| MESMERIZE | (v.) To hypnotize or fascinate or spellbind |
| SIMPLISTIC | (adj.) Extremely easy or oversimplified |
| GHOULISH | (adj.) Showing fascination with death and decay or morbid |
| DECOROUS | (adj.) Appropriate manners, characteristics or behavior for a situation |
| CAPTIOUS | (adj.) Always ready to find fault or criticize |
| CYNOSURE | (n.) The center of attraction or interest |
| CONTRITE | (adj.) Feeling or showing guilt or regret for sins or wrongs |
| MACHINATION | (n.) A crafty scheme or plot to bring about a sinister or evil end |
| PREEMPT | (v.) To take or seize for one's self in order to exclude others |
| DESICCATED | (adj.) Dehydrated or completely dried out |
| FACADE | (n.) An artificial or deceptive front of a building or an appearance |
| OPPROBRIUM | (n.) Disgrace or reproach caused by shameful behavior |
| PUTATIVE | (adj.) Commonly regarded as such or accepted as true |
| ENGENDER | (v.) To produce or bring into existence |
