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Acumen
Keen; accurate judgement or insight
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Adulterate
To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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Amalgamate
To combine several elements into a whole
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Archaic
Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
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Aver
To state as a fact; to declare or assert
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Bolster
To provide support or reinforcement
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Bombastic
Pompous; grandiloquent
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Diatribe
A harsh denunciation
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Dissemble
To disguise or conceal; to mislead
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Eccentric
Departing from norms or conventions
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Endemic
Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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Evanescent
Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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Exacerbate
To make worse or more severe
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Fervent
Greatly emotional or zealous
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Fortuitous
Happening by accident or chance
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Germane
Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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Grandiloquence
Pompous speech or expression
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Hackneyed
Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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Halcyon
Calm and peaceful
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Hedonism
Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)
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Hegemony
The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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Iconoclast
One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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Idolatrous
Given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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Impassive
Revealing no emotion
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Imperturbable
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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Implacable
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity
Immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate
In an initial stage; not fully formed
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Infelicitous
Unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid
Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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Loquacious
Extremely talkative
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Luminous
Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent
Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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Meticulous
Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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Misanthrope
One who hates all other humans
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Mitigate
To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Obdurate
Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Obsequious
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Occlude
To obstruct or block
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Opprobrium
Disgrace; contempt; scorn
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Pedagogy
The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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Pedantic
Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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Penury
Poverty; destitution
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Pervasive
Having the tendancy to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine
To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pirate
To illegally use or reproduce
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Pith
The essential or central part
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Placate
To appease; to calm by making concessions
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Platitude
A superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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Plummet
To plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical
Controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Profuse
Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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Proliferate
To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries
Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Querulous
Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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Rancorous
Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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Recalcitrant
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Repudiate
To refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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Rescind
To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent
Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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Rhetoric
The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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Salubrious
Promoting health or well-being
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Solvent
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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Spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Subpoena
A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit
An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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Tenacity
The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
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Tenuous
Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade
A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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Transient
Fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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Zealous
Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause (a zealot is a zealous person)
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