| A | B |
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| atrophy | to wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from disuse, disease, or injury (said of a body part); to wither away |
| deplore | to feel or express disapproval of; to condemn |
| deprivation | lack or shortage of one or more basic ncessities |
| exacerbate | to aggravate (a situation or condition); make more severe; to make worse |
| imperative | necessary; urgent; essential |
| mitigate | to make less severe or less intense; to relieve |
| objective | not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice; based only on what can be observed; open-minded |
| panacea | something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure-all; a universal remedy |
| unprecedented | being the first instance of something; never having occured before; unheard-of |
| utilitarian | made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations; practical |
