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Amalgamate

A

to combine several elements into a whole

Synonym: synthesis

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Amenable

A-mean-able

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Agreeable; responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.

Sentence: a few children these days are amenable

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Bolster

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To provide support or reinforcement ; a long thick pillow

Sentence: they had to bolster pillars that they thought they wouldn’t need

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Bombast

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Self-important or pompous writing or speech; high sounding language language with little meaning, used to impress people

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Bombastic

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Pompous; grandiloquent.

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Grandiloquent

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Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.

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Credulous

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Tending to believe too readily; easily persuaded.

Synonym: exploitable, easily deceived

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Diatribe

Die-a-tribe

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A harsh denunciation; a forceful and bitter attack

Sentence: he had to diatribe her in order to get her back to her senses

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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively

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Fervent

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Greatly emotional

Synonym: passionate, intense, vehement, sincere

Sentence: putting fervent efforts

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Flout

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Openly disregard(law, a rule or convention; mock

Synonym: defy, go against, scorn, disdain

Sentence; the advertising court is being flouted.

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Fortuitous

For-tui-tous

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Happening by a lucky chance; fortunate

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Acerbic

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Having a sour or bitter taste or character

Synonyms: sharp, sarcastic, hurtful, unkind, keen, stinging

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Garrulous

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Pointlessly talkative; talking too much.

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Germane

Ger-mane

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Relevant to a subject under consideration; appropriate to subject in matter

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Glib

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Lacking in dept; superficial; fluent but insincere and shallow

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Halcyon

Hal-see-yon

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Calm and peaceful

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Hubris

U-bris

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Arrogant presumption or pride; excessive self confidence

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Idolatrous

I-dol-a-Trous

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Relating to or practicing idolatry; idol-worship; given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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Imminent

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About to happen

Sentence: they were in Imminent danger of being swept away

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Imperturbable

Imper-turb-able

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Marked by extreme calm; impulsive and vehement; calm; unable to be upset or excited.

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Impetuous

Impet-tuous

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Acting or done quickly without thought or care

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Implacable

Im-plac-able

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Unable to be stopped; relentless; unable to be pacified or appeased.

Synonymy: unforgiving

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Indifferent

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Showing no bias or prejudice; having no interest or concern

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Interpid

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Steadfast and courageous

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Laconic

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Using few words; concise

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped or formed

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Maverick

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An independent individual who doesn’t go along with a group or party

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Mendacity

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The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

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Mercurial

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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Meticulous

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Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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Mollify

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To calm or soothe; to reduce emotional intensity

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Obdurate

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Unyielding; hardheaded; intractable

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Obsequious

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Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness.

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Obstinate

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Stubborn; hard headed; uncompromising

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace; contempt; scorn

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Ostentatious

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Designed to impress; characterized by pretentious or showy display

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Pedantic

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Excessively concerned with minor details or rules

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Pervade

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Spread through or throughout.

Sentence: the horrible smell of cat pee pervades her house

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Permeate

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Spread throughout.

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Phlegmatic

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Sluggish, lethargic, unemotional

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Pirate

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Illegally use to produce

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Plethora

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An over abundance; a surplus

44
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Polemical

Po-lemi-cal

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Controversial; argumentative

45
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Pragmatic

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Practical rather than idealistic

46
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Rancorous

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Showing deep seated resentment ; characterized by bitterness

Sentence: the relationship was not just rancorous, it was toxic

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Rhetoric

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Using language effectively to please or persuade

Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (public speaking)

Loud, confused and empty talk

Sentence: the argument is all the more effective because the cardinal covers his frame-work of logic with the rich drapery of his brilliant rhetoric

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Salubrious

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Promoting health or well-being; pleasant

49
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Sedulous

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Hard working; diligent; persistent

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Solvent

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Able to; able to pay ones depts

51
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Dissolve

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Another substance

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Soporific

So-po-rific

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Casing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep.

Drug or other substance that induced drowsiness or sleep.

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Arbitrary

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Based on random choice or personal whim.

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