| A | B |
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| Intrinsic | inherent, built-in, basic, essential, fundamental, central, native, natural, real, genuine |
| Lascivious | showing a desire for, or unseemly interest in, sex, lewd, erotic |
| Mendacious | untruthful, untrue, misleading, false, unreliable |
| Mulct | to fine somebody as a penalty, to cheat somebody out of something |
| Nugatory | of no importance whatsoever, law with no legal force, trivial |
| Objurgatory | scolding, angry |
| Ossify | harden, become inflexible, become fixed, fix, solidify, coalesce |
| Paragon | model, ideal, shining example, epitome, archetype, quintessence |
| Parity | equivalence, equality, par, uniformity, similarity, correspondence |
| Peremptory | authoritative, unconditional, absolute, dogmatic, dictatorial, decisive, no-nonsense, quick, snap, hasty, direct, unthinking |
| Phlegmatic | apathetic, indifferent, unconcerned, undemonstrative, matter-of-fact, placid |
| Portentous | pompous, pretentious, self-important, haughty, arrogant, significant, important, crucial, ominous, fateful, threatening |
| Precocious | intelligent, bright, gifted, talented |
| Pugnacious | aggressive, confrontational, belligerent, truculent, argumentative, contentious |
| Repertoire | range, list, stock, collection, selection, catalog, gamut, inventory |
| Rusticate | move to the country, to become or to cause somebody or something to become rustic in appearance or quality |
| Scintillate | to produce sparks of light when hit by particles or protons, to be dazzlingly lively, clever, or witty |
| Staid | sedate, serious, grave, sober, dull, calm, settled, demure, stolid, solid, unadventurous |
| Supercilious | arrogant, condescending, haughty, disdainful, pompous, patronizing, scornful, stuck-up, snooty |
| Synthesis | mixture, fusion, amalgamation, combination, blend, production, creation, manufacture |
| Undulate | roll, ripple, rise and fall, swell, heave, surge |
| Urbane | suave, sophisticated, polished, refined, cultured, stylish, elegant, debonair |
| Vegetate | sit around, stagnate, be passive, be sluggish, loaf, twiddle your thumbs, kill time |
| Vehement | fervent, passionate, heated, violent, intense, vigorous |
| Vindictive | spiteful, malicious, bitter, mean, cruel, hurtful, nasty, unkind, malevolent |
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