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Acumen

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keen, accurate judgement or insight

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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 wholearch

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archaic

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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive; time; ancient

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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

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Bombastic

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pompous; magniloquent

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Diatribe

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a harsh denunciation; last out;

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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 location

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Evanescent

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tending to disappear like vapor

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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

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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 frequency usage; Having been overused

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Halcyon

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calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

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devoting to pleasurable pursuit

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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 institution

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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
marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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Implacable
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity
immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate
in an initial stage, not fully formed
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Infelicitous
Unfortunate, inappropriate
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Insipid
without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit
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Loquacious
extremely talkative
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Luminous
characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent
having or showing often vicious ill will, spite or hatred
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Malleable
capable of being shaped or formed
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Mendacity
the condition of being untruthful
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Meticulous
characterized by extreme care and precision
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Misanthrope
one who hates all other humans
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Mitigate
to make or become less severe or intense
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Obdurate
unyielding, hardhearted
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Obsequious
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Occlude
to obstruct or block
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Opprobrium
disgrace, contempt
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Pedagogy
the profession or principles of teaching
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Pedantic
the parading of learning
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Penury
poverty, destitution
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Pervasive
having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine
to yearn intensely
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Pirate
to illegal use or reproduce
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Pith
the essential or central part
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Pithy
precise and brief
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Placate
to appease, to calm by making concessions
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Platitude
a superficial remark
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Plummet
to plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical
controversial, argumentative
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Prodigal
recklessly wasteful, lavish
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Profuse
given or coming forth abundantly
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Proliferate
to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries
questions, inquires
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Querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling
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Rancorous
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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Recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority
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Repudiate
to refuse to have anything to do with
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Rescind
to invalidate, to repeal, retract
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Reverent
Marked by feeling or expression a feeling of profound awe and respect
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Rhetoric
the art or study of effective use of language for communication
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Salubrious
promoting health or well-being
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Solvent
able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious
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Spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity
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Subpoena
a court order requiring appearance and or testimony
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Succinct
brief, concise
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Superfluous
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit
an overabundance supply
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Tenacity
the quality of adherence or persistence to somewhat valued
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Tenuous
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade
a long and extremely critical speech
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Transient
fleeting, passing quickly
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Zealous
fervent, ardent, impassioned; devoted to a cause

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