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Acumen (n)
keen, accurate judgment or insight
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Adulterate (v)
To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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Amalgamate (v)
to combine several elements into a whole
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Archaic (adj)
outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
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Aver (v)
to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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Bolster (v)
to provide support or reinforcement
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Diatribe (n)
a harsh denunciation
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Dissemble (v)
to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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Eccentric (adj)
departing from norms or conventions
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Endemic (adj)
characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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Evanescent (adj)
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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Excerbate (v)
to make worse or more severe
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Fortuitous (adj)
happening by accident or chance
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Germane (adj)
relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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Grandiloquence (n)
pompous speech or expression
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Hackneyed (adj)
rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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Halcyon (adj)
calm and peaceful
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Hedonism ( n)
devotion to pleasureable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
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Hegemony (n)
the consistent dominance of one state orideology over others
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Iconoclast (n)
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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Idolatrous (adj)
given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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Impassive (adj)
revealing no emotion
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Imperturbable (adj)
marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
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Implacable (adj)
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity (n)
immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate (adj)
in an initial stage; not fully formed
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Infelicitous (adj)
unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid (adj)
without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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Loquacious (adj)
extremely talkative
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Luminous (adj)
characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent (adj)
having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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Malleable (adj)
capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity (n)
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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Meticulous (adj)
characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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Misanthrope (n)
one who hates all other humans
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Mitigate (v)
to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Obdurate (adj)
unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Obsequious (adj)
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Occlude (v)
to obstruct or block
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Opprobrium (n)
disgrace; contempt; scorn
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Pedagogy (n)
the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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