| A | B |
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| ponderous | moving heavily, as in lumbering and laborious in movement, heavy-looking, OR dull, without liveliness or wit |
| nutritious | containing minerals, vitamins, and other substances that promote health |
| paragon | somebody or something that is the very best example of something , OR a very large diamond, OR a large, perfectly spherical pearl |
| indict | to formally charge someone with a crime |
| regent | somebody who rules on behalf of a monarch who is unable to rule, OR a member of the ruling body at a university |
| infidel | somebody who has no belief in the religion of the speaker or writer, e.g. Christianity, OR somebody who has no religious beliefs |
| potential | the capacity or ability for future development or achievement |
| surname | the name that identifies somebody as belonging to a particular family (last name), OR a descriptive addition to somebody’s name e.g. “the Great” in “Catherine the Great” |
| binnacle | a support or mounting for a ship’s compass |
| annuity | a type of investment that pays the investor a set amount of money each year for a number of years |
| profiteer | somebody who makes excessive profits by charging high prices for scarce, necessary, or rationed goods |
| remuneration | a payment or reward for goods or services or for losses sustained or inconvenience caused |
| apparition | an appearance of a supposed ghost or something ghostly, or of something unlikely or strange |
| apprehensive | fearful: worried that something bad will happen |
| malignant | full of hate and showing a desire to harm others, OR likely to cause harm or death (as in a malignant tumor) |
