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Acumen (n)
keen, accurate judgment or insight
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Adulterate (v)
to reduce purity by combing 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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time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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Bombastic (adj)
pompous; grandiloquent
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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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Exacerbate (v)
to make worse or more severe
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Fervent (adj)
greatly emotional or zealous
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Fortuituous (ajd)
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 pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
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Hegemony (n)
the consistent dominance of one state or ideology 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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Pedantic (adj)
overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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Penury n)
poverty; destitution
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Pervasive (adj)
having the tendancy to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine (v)
to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pirate (v)
to illegally use or reproduce
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Pith (n)
the essential or central part
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Pithy (adj)
precise and brief
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Placate (v)
to appease; to calm by making concessions
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Platitude (n)
a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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Plummet (v)
to plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical (adj)
controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal (adj)
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Profuse (adj)
given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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Proliferate (v)
to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries (n)
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Querulous (adj)
prone to complaining or grubling; peevish
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Rancorous (adj)
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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Recalcitrant (adj)
obstinately diffiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Repudiate (v)
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind (v)
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent (adj)
marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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Rhetoric (n)
the art or study of effective use of language for communication or persuasion
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Salubrious (adj)
promoting health or well-being
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Solvent (adj)
able to meet financial oligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious (adj)
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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Spurious (adj)
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Subpoena (n)
a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Succinct (adj)
brief; concise
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Superfluous (adj)
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit (v)
an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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Tenacity (n)
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
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Tenuous (adj)
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade (n)
a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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Transient (adj)
fleeting; passing quickly;brief
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Zealous (adj)
fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause
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