| A | B |
|---|
| BATTERED by fluctuations in the stock market | buffeted |
| a SPACIOUS and elegant hotel lobby | commodious |
| DETECTED a change in public opinion | discerned |
| a cold and heartless TASKMASTER | martinet |
| willing to MODIFY long-standing company policy | amend |
| PRECLUDES further debate | obviates |
| CLAMOROUS objections to the plan | vociferous |
| condemned by all as a TURNCOAT | renegade |
| DISORDER in the courtroom | chaos |
| found in appallingly DINGY surroundings | squalid |
| ENTANGLED in a web of deceit | implicated |
| the MOURNFUL tolling of church bells | somber |
| DETESTED all snobbery and conceit | abhorred |
| FORGO payment for their services | waive |
| letters containing SPITEFUL remarks | corrosive |
