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preempt
take the place of
coalesce
fuse
cardinal
most important
elicit
call forth
vitriol
abusive language
estimable
deserving respect
artlessness
innocence
elude
fail to be grasped
emulate
imitate
juggernaut
unstoppable force
presumptuous
overly forward
languish
become weak
preemptive
done first
cornucopia
abundant supply
copious
abundant
discrete
seperate
dispassioned
objective
unforthcoming
not cooperative
improvident
not careful
betray
reveal
unequivocal
having a clear meaning
contemptuous
scornful
creditable
good but not great
base
without principles
heyday
pinnacle
compound
make more intense
effervescent
bubbly
banality
cliche
spartan
unconcerned with comfort
imbibe
absorb ideas
docile
easily managed
pith
most essential part
miser
one who is cheap
row
angry dispute
equivocate
speak vaguely
obtuse
slow to learn
muted
softened
disingenuous
pretending to be honest
corroborate
confirm
opaque
tough to understand
benign
harmless
whimsical
driven by impulse
perennial
everlasting
chauvinist
elitist
accolade
high praise
duplicity
deceit
recapitulation
summary
conducive
helpful
despot
tyrant
puerile
childish
desecrate
ruin something holy
expunge
erase
tyro
beginner
ossify
harden
obstinate
stubborn
evanescent
short lived
loath
reluctant
pariah
outcast
corollary
consequence
lachrymose
weepy
gambit
scheme
diatribe
bitter verbal attack
artifice
trickery
conciliate
make peace with
admonish
warn
pertinent
relevant
inchoate
not fully formed
solicitous
anxious to please
epigram
witty saying
consecrate
make holy
illustrious
famous
erudite
scholarly
hubris
excessive pride
truculence
tendency to fight
malinger
avoid work
celerity
quickness
moment
importance
grandiloquent
pompous
clemency
mercy
adjudicate
judge
endemic
native
malapropism
confusing similar words
schadenfreude
joy in other’s suffering
eponym
derived from a name
abrogate
overturn a law
maladroit
clumsy
moot
irrelevant
desiccated
lacking vitality
ignoble
dishonorable
implacable
unable to be harmed
promulgate
officially make known
quitty
witty remark
circumscribe
restrict within limits
factitious
artificial
zeitgeist
spirit of the times