| A | B |
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| flout (v) | to mock, treat with contempt |
| caveat (n) | a warning or caution to prevent misundestanding or discourage behavior |
| blazoned (v) | to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
| filch (v) | to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
| fractious (adj) | tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| equtiable (adj) | fair, just, embodying principles of justice |
| autonomy (n) | self-government, political control |
| addendum (n) | an addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency |
| amnest y (n) | a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness |
| axiomatic (adj) | self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule |
| extricate (v) | to free from entanglements or difficulties; remove with effort |
| soporific (adj) | tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy |
| scathing (adj) | bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
| unwieldy (adj) | not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity |
| vapid (adj) | dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in shaprmess, flavor, liveliness, or force |
| prognosticate (v) | to predict, especially on the basis of present indications or signs, foretoken |
| sepulchral (adj) | funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
| salutary (adj) | beneficial, helpful; healthy, wholesome |
| straitlaced (adj) | extemely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical |
| scourge (v) | to whip, punish severly |
| precept (n) | a rule of conduct or action |
| transient (adj) | lasting only a short time, fleeting |
