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Tirade

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A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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Infelicitous

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Unfortunate; inappropriate

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Pedantic

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The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules

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Tenuous

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Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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Inchoate

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In an initial stage; not fully formed

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grandiloquence

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pompous speech or expression (adjective: grandiloquent)

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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion

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Reverent

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Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun: reverence)

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bombastic

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pompous; grandiloquent (noun: bombast)

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Meticulous

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Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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Evanescent

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Salubrious

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Promoting health or well-being

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Tenacity

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The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adjective: tenacious)

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Solvent

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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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Loquacious

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Extremely talkative (noun: loquacity)

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Rhetoric

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The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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diatribe

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a harsh denunciation

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Occlude

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To obstruct or block

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Pirate

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To illegally use or reproduce

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Hegemony

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The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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Impunity

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Immunity from punishment or penalty

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Specious

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Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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Platitude

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A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful

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Surfeit

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An over abundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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Subpoena
A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Pithy
Precise and brief
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Placate
To appease; to calm by making concessions
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amalgamate
to combine several elements into a whole (noun: amalgamation)
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Obdurate
Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Rescind
To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Insipid
Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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Spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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adulterate
to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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Prodigal
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Hackneyed
Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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Opprobrium
Disgrace; contempt; scorn
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dissemble
to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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Repudiate
To refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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Proliferate
To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Luminous
Characterized by brightness and the omission of light
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Mendacity
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adjective: mendacious)
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Malevolent
Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (noun: malevolence)
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Zealous
Fervent; ardent; impression; devoted to a cause (a zealot is a zealous person)
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Obsequious
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Recalcitrant
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Idolatrous
Given to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun: idolatry)
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Fortuitous
Happening by accident or chance
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halcyon
Calm and peaceful
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Hedonism
Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)
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Pine
To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Eccentric
departing from norms or conventions
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Misanthrope
One who hates all other humans (adjective: misanthropic)
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Profuse
Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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acumen
keen, accurate judgment or insight
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Imperturbable
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
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Iconoclast
One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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Endemic
Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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Penury
Poverty; destitution
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Pervasive
Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Fervent
Greatly emotional or zealous (noun: fervor)
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Rancorous
Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (noun: rancor)
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Queries
Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Succinct
Brief; concise
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Mitigate
To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Plummet
To plunge or drop straight down
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germane
Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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bolster
to provide support or reinforcement
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Transient
Fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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Polemical
Controversial; argumentative
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Superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Querulous
Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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Exacerbate
To make worse or more severe
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Pith
The essential or central part
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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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Pedagogy
The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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Implacable
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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