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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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Pine

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To yearn intensely, to languish

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Pith
The essential or central part
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Pithy
Precise or brief
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Platitude
A superficial remark
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Plummet
To plunge or drop , straight down
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Prodigal
Recklessly wasteful , extravagant
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Profuse
Given or coming forth abundantly , extravagant
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Proliferate
To grow rapidly
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Querulous
Prone to complaining or grumbling
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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, to disown
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Rescind
To invalidate, to retract
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Reverent
Marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling a profound awe and respect
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Specious
Seeming true , but actually being fallacious
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Spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity
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Subpoena
A court order requiring appearance and testimony
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Succinct
Brief, concise
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Superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit
Excess, overindulgence
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Tenacity
The quality of adherence or persistence
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Tenuous
Having little substance or strength
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Transient
Fleeting, passingly quickly
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Zealous
Fervent. Impassioned