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The following words are word pairs:
aberration, anomaly
dulcet, mellifluous
impudent, insolent
august, venerable
assiduous, sedulous
boisterous, raucous
quintessence, epitome
banal, pedestrian
recondite, abstruse
purport, ostensible
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- Something banalis very common, uninteresting, and trite;
pedestrian. - Quintessenceis the essence of something; a perfect example or
embodiment; epitome. - If something is recondite, it is difficult to understand; obscure and
abstruse. - To purportis to be intended to seem, to have the appearance of
being; to be ostensible.(Purportis a verb; ostensibleis an adjective.) - To do something in an assiduousmanner is to be diligent and
unremitting; sedulous. - An anomalyis something that is irregular, a deviation from the
norm; an aberration. - To be augustis to inspire reverence or admiration; venerable.
- Something pedestrianis commonplace, unimaginative, or dull;
banal. - To be insolentis to be brazenly disrespectful; contemptuous,
impudent.