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Adulterate

Verb

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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen

Noun

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Keen, accurate judgment or insight

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Amalgamate

Verb

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To combine several elements into a whole

Noun form: amalgamation

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Archaic

Adj.

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Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Aver

Verb

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To state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

Verb

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To provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

Adj.

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Pompous; grandiloquent

Noun form: bombast

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Diatribe

Noun

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A harsh denunciation

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Dissemble

Verb

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To disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric

Adj.

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Departing from norms or conventions

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Endemic

Adj.

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

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Evanescent

Adj.

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

Verb

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To make worse or more severe

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Fervent

Adj.

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Greatly emotional or zealous

Noun form: fervor

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Fortuitous

Adj.

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Happening by accident or chance

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Germane

Adj.

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Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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Grandiloquence

Noun

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Pompous speech or expression

Adj. form: grandiloquent

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Hackneyed

Adj.

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Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

Adj.

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Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

Noun

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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

Noun

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The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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Iconoclast

Noun

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous

Adj.

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Noun form: idolatry

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Impassive

Adj.

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Revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

Adj.

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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Implacable

Adj.

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Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Impunity

Noun

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Immunity from punishment or penalty

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Inchoate

Adj.

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In an initial stage; not fully formed

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Infelicitous

Adj.

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Unfortunate; inappropriate

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Insipid

Adj.

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Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

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Loquacious

Adj.

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Extremely talkative

Noun form: loquacity

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Luminous

Adj.

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Characterized by brightness and the emission of light

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Malevolent

Adj.

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Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

Noun form: malevolence

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Malleable

Adj.

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Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable

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Mendacity

Noun

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The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

Adj. form: mendacious

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Meticulous

Adj.

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Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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Misanthrope

Noun

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One who hates all other humans

Adj. noun: misanthropic

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Mitigate

Verb

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To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

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Obdurate

Adj.

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Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

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Obsequious

Adj.

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Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Occlude

Verb

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To obstruct or block

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Opprobrium

Noun

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Disgrace; contempt; scorn

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Pedagogy

Noun

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The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing

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Pedantic

Adj.

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Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge

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Penury

Noun

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Poverty; destitution

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Pervasive

Adj.

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Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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Pine

Verb

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To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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Pirate

Verb

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To illegally use or reproduce

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Pith

Noun

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The essential or central part

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Pithy

Adj.

A

Precise and brief

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Placate

Verb

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To appease; to calm by making concessions

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Platitude

Noun

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A superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful

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Plummet

Verb

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To plunge or drop straight down

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Polemical

Adj.

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Controversial; argumentative

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Prodigal

Adj.

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Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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Profuse

Adj.

A

Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

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Proliferate

Verb

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To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

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Queries

Noun

A

Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations

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Querulous

Adj.

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Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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Rancorous

Adj.

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Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

Noun form: rancor

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Recalcitrant

Adj.

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Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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Repudiate

Verb

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To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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Rescind

Verb

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To invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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Reverent

Adj.

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

(Noun form: reverence)

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Rhetoric

Noun

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

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Salubrious

Adj.

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Promoting health or well-being

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Solvent

Adj.

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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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Specious

Adj.

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

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Spurious

Adj.

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Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Subpoena

Noun

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A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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Succinct

Adj.

A

Brief; concise

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Superfluous

Adj.

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Surfeit

Verb

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An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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Tenacity

Noun

A

The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination

(Adj. form: tenacious)

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Tenuous

Adj.

A

Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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Tirade

Noun

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A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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Transient

Adj.

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Fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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Zealous

Adj.

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Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause

A zealot is a zealous person

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