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acumen

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keen, accurate judgment or insight

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adulturate

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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 while

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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time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

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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

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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 matter

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous in speech or expression

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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 pleasure of the senses

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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

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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extremes calm, impassivity and steadiness

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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 full formed

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Infelicitous

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Unfortunate; innapropriate

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Insipid

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Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge

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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; intractible

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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 principles of teaching or instructing

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show offish about ones knowledge

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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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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 grumbling; 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 repeal; to retract

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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 or 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 being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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subpoena

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a court order requiring appearance and/or 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

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tenacity

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

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tenuous

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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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tirade

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a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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transient

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fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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zealous

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fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause

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