| A | B |
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| prosperity | good fortune; success, especially in financial respects |
| corrode | 1. to eat or wear away gradually;2. to impair; deteriorate |
| parsimonious | frugal to the point of stinginess |
| dynamo | energetic, hardworking, forceful person |
| buttress | to support, help, or reinforce something |
| clandestine | kept or done in secret, often because it is illegal or unauthorized |
| bravado | or pretended display of courage or boldness |
| deplete | to use up or reduce something such as supplies, resources, or energy |
| strident | . harsh, loud, grating, or shrill |
| magnitude | greatness of size, volume, or importance |
| impair | to lessen the quality, strength, or effectiveness of something |
| outmoded | old fashioned: no longer widely used |
| caliber | . somebody's ability, intelligence, or character; barrel of a fire arm |
| malinger | to pretend to be ill, especially in order to avoid work |
| rife | 1. found widely or frequently 2. full of something undesirable |
| sloth | a slow-moving mammal;a dislike of work or any kind of physical exertion; |
| undermine | . to weaken, discredit, or destroy somebody or something by covert and malicious action |
| devoid | completely lacking in something |
| hyperbole | deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect |
| sully | 1. to spoil or detract from something, especially somebody's reputation; to become spoiled or tarnished |
| novel | new and different, often in an interesting, unusual or inventive way;a fictional prose work |
| heyday | the time of somebody's or something's greatest success, popularity, or power |
| scale | 1. weighing machine 2.3. a ratio representing the size of an illustration or reproduction |
| taciturn | reserved in speech and manner; silent by nature |
| prime | 1. of the greatest importance;to make something ready for use rank 2. of the highest quality 3. earliest in time or sequence |
