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Aver

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To state as fact , to confirm

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Acumen

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Quick, keenness

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Dissemble

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To disguise or conceal, to mislead

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Eccentric

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Departing from Norma or conventions

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Endemic

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Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region or people

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Evanescence

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Tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing

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Exacerbate

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To make worse or more severe

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous speech or expression

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Hedonism

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Devotion to pleasurable pursuits esp. to the pleasures of the senses

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Hegemony

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The consistent dominance of one state or ideology

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks or undermines traditional convention

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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion

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Impunity

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Immunity from punishment or penalty

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Inchoate

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In an initial stage, not fully formed

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Infelicitous

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Unfortunate, inappropriate

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Insipid

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Without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, bland

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Loquacious

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Extremely talkative

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Luminous

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Characterized by brightness

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Malevolent

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Having or showing vicious ill will, hatred

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Mitigate

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To make or become less severe

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Occlude

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To obstruct or block

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Pedagogy

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The art or profession of training, teaching

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Penury

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Poverty

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Pine

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To yearn intensely, to languish

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Pith

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The essential or central part

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Pithy

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Precise or brief

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Platitude

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A superficial remark

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Plummet

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To plunge or drop , straight down

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Prodigal

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Recklessly wasteful , extravagant

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Profuse

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Given or coming forth abundantly , extravagant

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Proliferate

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To grow rapidly

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Querulous

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Prone to complaining or grumbling

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Recalcitrant

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Obstinately defiant of authority , difficult to manage

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Repudiate

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To refuse to have anything to do with, to disown

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Rescind

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To invalidate, to retract

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Reverent

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Marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling a profound awe and respect

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Specious

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Seeming true , but actually being fallacious

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Spurious

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Lacking authenticity or validity

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Subpoena

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A court order requiring appearance and testimony

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Succinct

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Brief, concise

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Surfeit

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Excess, overindulgence

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Tenacity

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The quality of adherence or persistence

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Tenuous

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Having little substance or strength

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Transient

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Fleeting, passingly quickly

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Zealous

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Fervent. Impassioned

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