| A | B |
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| requisite (adj) | something that is required or essential |
| affirmation (noun) | something declared to be true; a positive statement or judgment. |
| exile (noun) | enforced removal from one's native country |
| ominous (adj) | menacing; threatening |
| derision (noun) | contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule. |
| persevere (verb) | to persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement |
| impudent (adj) | characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent |
| miscreant (noun) | an evildoer; a villain |
| annihilation (noun) | the act of utterly destroying something |
| degenerate (adj) | having fallen to an inferior or undesirable state, especially in mental or moral qualities |
| taboo (noun) | something excluded or forbidden from use, approach, or mention |
| blaspheme (verb) | to speak of God or any deity in an irreverent, disrespectful manner |
| ostracize (verb) | to exclude from a group |
| resilient (adj) | marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune |
| zeal (noun) | enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance |
| expedient (adj) | appropriate to a purpose |
| imminent (adj) | about to occur; impending |
| discordant (adj) | not being in accord; conflicting; disagreeable or harsh in sound |
| grievance (noun) | circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint; an injustice |
| superfluous (adj) | being beyond what is required or sufficient |
