| A | B |
| perfidy | per-, through + FID-, faith |
| tenacity | TEN-, to hold + -acity, quality of being inclined to |
| suffuse | suf-, under + FUS-, to pour |
| expatriate | ex-, from + PATRI-, fatherland, country + -ate, verbal suffix |
| fidelity | FIDEL-, faithful + -ity, quality |
| obsequioius | ob-, after + SEQU-, to follow + -ious, inclined to |
| obsequy | ob-, after + SEQU-, to follow + -y, act of |
| potentate | POT-, to have power + -ent, -ing + -ate, holder of an office |
| aver | a- (ad-), toward + VER-, true |
| vivacity | VIV-, to live + -acity, quality of being inclined to |
| incisive | in-, into + CIS-, to cut + -ive, tending to |
| retort | re-, back + TORT-, to twist |
| plenary | PLEN-, full + -ary, of |
| confederacy | con-, together + FEDER-, league + -acy, quality of being |
| sanctimonious | SANCT-, holy + -imony, quality of |
| acrimony | ACR-, sharp + -imony, quality of |
| matricide | MATR-, mother + CID-, kill |
| patrimony | PATR-, father + -imony, result |
| veracity | VER-, true + -imony, quality of being inclined to |
| retentive | re-, back + TENT-, to hold + -ive, tending to |
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