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Acumen

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Sharpness

Cleverness

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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

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Archaic

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outdates

associated with an earlier 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

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Pompous

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arrogent

egotistic

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Diatribe

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a harsh denunciation(criticism)

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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 disapear 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

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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

appropriete in subject matter

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Grandiloquence

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pompous speech or expression

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Hackneyed

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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent urage

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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

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Hegemony

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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology 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

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Impassive

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revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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Calm and collected

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Implacable

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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Impunity

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immunity from punishment or penalty

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Inchoate

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in an initial stage, not fully formed

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Infelicitous

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unfortunate

inappropriate

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Insipid

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without taste or flavor
lacking in spirit
bland

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Loquacious

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extremely talkative

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Luminous

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characterized by brightness and the emission of light

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Malevolent

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

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Malleable

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capable of being shaped or formed, tractable,pliable

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Mendacity

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the condition of being untruthful

dishonesty

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Meticulous

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characterized by extreme care and precision

attentive to detail

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Misanthrope

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one who hates all other humans

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Mitigate

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to make or become less severe or intense

to moderate

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Obdurate

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unyielding
hardhearted
intractable

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Obsequious

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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Occlude

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to obstruct or block

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Opprobrium

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disgrace
contempt
scorn

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Pedagogy

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the profession or principle of teaching or instruction

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Pedantic

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overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education
showoffish about ones knowledge

46
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Penury

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poverty

destitution

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Pervasive

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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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Pine

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to yearn intensely
to languish
to lose vigor

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Pirate

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to illegally use or reproduce

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Pith

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the essential or central part

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Pithy

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precise and brief

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Placate

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to appease

to calm by making concessions

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Platitude

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a superficial remark, esp, one offered as meaningful

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Plummet

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to plunge or drop straight down

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Polemical

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controversial

argumentative

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Prodigal

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recklessly wasteful
extravagant
profuse
lavish

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Profuse

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given or coming forth abundantly

extravagent

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Proliferate

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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

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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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prone to complaining or gumbling

peevish

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Rancorous

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characterized by bitter long lasting resentment

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Recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority

difficult to manage

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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 retract
to repeal

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Reverent

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

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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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Salubrious

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promoting health or well being

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Solvent

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able to meet financial obligations

able to dissolve another substance

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Specious

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seeming true but actually fallacious
misleadingly attractive
plausible but false

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Spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity, false

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Subpoena

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a court order requiring appearance/testimony

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Succinct

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brief; concise

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Superfluous

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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Surfeit

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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

75
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Tenacity

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persistent determination

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Tenuous

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having little substance or strength

flimsy; weak

77
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Tirade

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a long and critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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Transient

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fleeting; passing quickly; brief

79
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Zealous

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fervent;ardent;impassioned; devoted to a cause

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