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Adulterated

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V: to reduce purity y combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen

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N: the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.

“business acumen”

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Amalgamate

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V: to combine several elements into a whole

N: amalgamation

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Aver

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V: to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bombastic

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Adj: important sounding language that is meaningless; to be full of hot air

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Diatribe

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N: a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

“a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church”

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Dissemble

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V: to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric

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Adj: departing from norms or conventions

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Endemic

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Adj: characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

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Evanescent

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Adj: tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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V: igˈzasərˌbāt/

make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.

“the forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain”

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Fervent

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Adj: greatly emotional or zealous

having or displaying a passionate intensity.

N: fervor

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Fortuitous

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Adj: happened by accident or chance

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Grandiloquence

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N: Pompous speech or expression

Adj:grandiloquent

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Germane

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Adj: relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
Like “Germany” is now relevant in soccer

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Hackneyed

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Adj: ˈhaknēd

(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.

Rendered trite or common place by frequent usage

“hackneyed old sayings”

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Halcyon

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Adj: hal-see-uhn

Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

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N: the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the most important goal in life

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Hegemony

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N: leadership or dominance, esp by one country or social group over others

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Iconoclast

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N: one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Impassive

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Adj: revealing no emotion

A person saying-“I’m Passive (Not Active)”, that means he has no feelings,emotions.

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Imperturbable

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Adj: im·per·turb·a·ble

unable to be upset or excited; calm.

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Implacable

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Adj: not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Impunity

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N: immunity from punishment or penalty

Immune to punishment

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Inchoate

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inˈkō-it,-āt/ : adjective

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

“a still inchoate democracy”

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Infelicitous

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/infəˈlisitəs/ - adj

If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it’s infelicitous; unfortunate; inappropriate.

when something doesn’t work quite right

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Infelicitous

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/infəˈlisitəs/ - adj

If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it’s infelicitous; unfortunate; inappropriate.

when something doesn’t work quite right

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Loquacious

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Adj: lōˈkwāSHəs

extremely talkative

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Malevolent

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ma·lev·o·lent - məˈlevələnt/
adjective

having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

“the glint of dark, malevolent eyes”

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Mendacity

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N: the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

Men+audacity: men have the audacity to lie

Adj: mendacious

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Misanthrope

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mis·an·thrope - ˈmisənˌTHrōp,ˈmiz/
noun

a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

synonyms: hater of mankind, hater, cynic

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Mitigate

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V: to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

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Penury

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ˈpenyərē

extreme poverty; destitution

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Obdurate

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ob·du·rate - ˈäbd(y)ərit/ - Adj
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
[OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD DURABLE; anything DURAble provides resistance and is STUBBORN]

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Pervasive

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spreading or spread throughout [common things are pervasive- like greed and cheap perfume]

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Pine

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have a desire for something or someone who is not present

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Pith

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the essential part of something (used figuratively; Noun form = the spongy tissue in plant stems)

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Pithy

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a phrase or statement that is brief but full of substance and meaning. [proverbs and sayings are pithy]

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Placate

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to appease; make (someone) less angry or hostile [From Latin PLACARE “to calm or soothe”]

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Polemical

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pəˈlemikəl

of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech

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Platitude

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a trite or obvious remark
English language contains many old, worn-out clichés, or platitudes. Phrases like “ants in your pants” and “as American as apple pie”
flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks.

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Prodigal

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spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant; having or giving something on a lavish scale

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Profuse

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extravagent; (especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant

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Proliferate

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increase rapidly in numbers; multiply

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Queries

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questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations

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Querulous

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complaining in a petulant or whining manner

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Rancorous

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characterized by long-lasting bitterness or resentment

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Recalcitrant

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riˈkalsətrənt

difficult to manage; obstinately fefiant of authority

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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 repeal; to retract

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Reverent

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rev(ə)rənt

feeling or showing deep and solemn respect

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Salubrious

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səˈlo͞obrēəs

health-giving; healthy

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Solvent

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1) able to meet financial obligations

2) able to dissolve another substance

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Specious

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spēSHəs

superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive

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Spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Succinct

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brief; concise

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Surfeit

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sərfət

an excessive amount of something

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Tenacity

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the quality or fact of being very determined; persistent determination

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Tenuous

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tenyo͞oəs

very weak or slight; having little substance or strength

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Tirade

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a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

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Transient

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lasting a very short time

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Zealous

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fervent; ardent; impassioned; marked by active interest and enthusiasm [a zealot is a zealous person]

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