| A | B |
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| indemnity | Protection or security against damage or loss; compensation for damage or loss sustained; something paid by way of such compensation |
| venerable | Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of reverence, as because of office or noble character |
| jocular | Given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious |
| reprisal | (In warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received by the infliction of equal or greater injuries; an act or instance of retaliation |
| timbre | The characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance |
| sonorous | giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially resonant sound, as a thing or place; loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound; rich and full in sound, as language or verse |
| complicity | The state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing |
| insouciantly | Free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant |
| assiduously | Constant; unremitting; constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive |
| irascibly | Easily provoked to anger; very irritable; characterized or produced by anger |
