| A | B |
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| stratagem | a deceptive scheme |
| deplete | to exhaust or empty wholly or partly |
| quizzical | expression of puzzelment, curiosity, or disbelief |
| catalyst | brings about a change and especially increase in the rate of a chemical reaction, it remains unchanged at the end |
| deface | to destroy or mar the face or surface of; destroy; impair |
| jocular | marked by jesting: playful, habitually jolly |
| lode | an ore deposit |
| renounce | to give up/refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| profuse | giving or pouring forth freely; generous, often to excess: usually within |
| misgiving | a disturbed feeling of fear, doubt, or apprehension |
| haggle | to bargain in a naggingly, quarrelsome way; bicker |
| microscopic | too small to be seen with naked eye but large enough to study under a microscope; exceedingly small, minute |
| deterrence | to turn aside discourage or prevent from acting |
| wrangle | an angry,noisy or prolonged dispute or quarrel |
| fatuous | silly, insane, foolish,ridiculous |
| tribulation | affliction, great trouble; severe trial |
| forestall | to keep out, hinder, or prevent by measures taken in advance; anticipate |
| testy | easily annoyed; irritable; marked by impatience or ill humor |
| pitfall | trap,snare: a flimsily covered pit used for capturing animals; a hidden danger or difficulty |
| induce | lead on, persuade; cause to bring out; produce without contact; infer by reasoning from particular facts to a general rule or principle |
| zealous | full of or showing enthusiasm |
| panorama | a picture exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled for the spectator; an unobstructed or complete view of an area in every direction; a comprehensive presentation of a subject |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for; to refuse to acknowledge |
| meager | having little flesh; lacking desirable qualities; deficient in quality or quantity |
| ploy | a tactic intended to embarrass or frustrate an opponent |
