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Acumen

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Keen, accurate judgment or insight

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Adulterate

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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Amalgamate

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To combine several elements into a whole (noun form: amalgamation)

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Archaic

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Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Aver

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To state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

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To provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

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Pompous; grandiloquent (noun form: bombast)

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Diatribe

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A harsh denunciation

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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 norms 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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Evanescent

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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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Fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous (noun form: fervor)

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance

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Germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matters

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous speech or expression (adj. form: grandiloquent)

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Hackneyed

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Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

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Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

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Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)

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Hegemony

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The consistent dominance of one state or group over others

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun form: idolatry)

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Impassive

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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
Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge
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Loquacious
Extremely talkative (noun form: loquacity)
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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 (noun form: malevolence)
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adj. form: mendacious)
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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 (adj. form: misanthropic)
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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 tendency 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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Pithy
Precise and brief
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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 (noun form: rancor)
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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 repeal; to retract
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Reverent
Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun form: reverence)
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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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Succinct
Brief; concise
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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 (noun form: a surfeit of supplies)
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Tenacity
The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adj. form: tenacious)
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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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