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Adulterate

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v. to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen

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n. keen, accurate judgement or insight

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Amalgamate

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v. to combine several elements into a whole

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Archaic

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adj. outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Aver

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v. to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

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v. to provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

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adj. pompous; grandiloquent

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Diatribe

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n. a harsh denunciation

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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. to make worse or more severe

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Fervent

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adj. greatly emotional or zealous

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Fortuitous

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adj. happening by accident or chance

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Germane

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adj. relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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Grandiloquence

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n. pompous speech or expression

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Hackneyed

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adj. rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

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adj. calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

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n. devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses

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Hegemony

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n. the consistent dominance of one state or ideology 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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Idolatrous

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adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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Impassive

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adj. revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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adj. marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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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

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Inchoate

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adj. in an initial stage; not fully formed

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Infelicitous

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adj. unfortunate; inappropriate

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Insipid

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adj. without taste or flavor; lacking spirit; bland

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Loquacious

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adj. extremely talkative

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Luminous

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adj. characterized by brightness and the emission of light

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Malevolent

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adj. having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

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Malleable

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adj. capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable

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Mendacity

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n. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

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Meticulous

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adj. characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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Misanthrope

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n. one who hates all other humans

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Mitigate

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v. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

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Obdurate

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adj. unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

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Obsequious

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adj. exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Occlude

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v. To obstruct or block

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Opprobrium

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n. disgrace; contempt; scorn

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Pedagogy

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n. the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing

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Pedantic

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

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Penury

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n. poverty; destitution

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Pervasive

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adj. having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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Pine

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v. to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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Pirate

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v. to illegally use or reproduce

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Pith

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n. the essential or central part

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Pithy

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adj. precise and brief

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Placate

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v. to appease; to calm by making concessions

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Platitude

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n. a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful

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Plummet

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v. to plunge or drop straight down

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Polemical

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adj. controversial; argumentative

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Prodigal

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adj. recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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Profuse

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adj. given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

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Proliferate

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v. to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

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Queries

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n. questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations

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Querulous

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adj. prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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Rancorous

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adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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Recalcitrant

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adj. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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Repudiate

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v. to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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Rescind

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v. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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Reverent

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adj. marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

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Rhetoric

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n. the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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Salubrious

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adj. promoting health or well-being

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Solvent

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adj. able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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Specious

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adj. seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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Spurious

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adj. lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Subpoena

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n. a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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Succinct

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adj. brief; concise

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Superfluous

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adj. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Surfeit

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v. an over abundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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Tenacity

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n. the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination

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Tenuous

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adj. having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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Tirade

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n. a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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Transient

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adj. fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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Zealous

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adj. fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause

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