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Acerbic

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Having bitter or sour taste

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Aggrandize

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to increase in intensity, power, influence

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Alchemy

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a medieval science aimed at the transmutation

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Amenable

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Agreeable, responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Astringent

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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe

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Bombast

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self-important or pompous writing or speech

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Contiguous

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sharing a border, touching

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Convention

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a generally agreed upon practice or attitude

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Credulous

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tending to believe too readily, gullible

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Cynicism

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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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Decorum

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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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Derision

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scorn, ridicule; contemptuous

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Desiccate

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to dry out hydrate

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Dilettante

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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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to slight or belittle

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Divulge

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to disclose something secret

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Fawn

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to flatter or praise excessively

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Flout

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to show contempt for, as in rule or convention

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Garrulous

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pointlessly talkative

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Glib

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marked by ease or informality

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Hubris

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overbearing presumption or pride, arrogance

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Imminent

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about to happen

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Immutable

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not capable to change

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Impetuous
hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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Indifferent
having no interest or concern
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Inimical
damaging, harmful
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Intractable
not easily managed or directed; stubborn
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Intrepid
steadfast and courageous
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Laconic
using few words, terse
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Maverick
an independent individual who doesn't go along with group
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Mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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Mollify
to calm or soothe in emotional intensity
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Neophyte
a recent convert; beginner, novice
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Obfuscate
to deliberately obscure, to make confusing
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Obstinate
stubborn, hardheaded, uncompromising
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Ostentatious
characterized by or given to pretentious display, showy
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Pervade
to permeate throughout
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Phlegmatic
calm, sluggish, unemotional
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Plethora
an overabundance, a surplus
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Pragmatic
practical rather idealistic
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Presumptuous
overstepping due bounds, taking liberaties
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Prisitne
pure, clear
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Probity
adherence to the highest principle
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Proclivity
a natural predisposition or inclination
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Profligate
excessively wasteful
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Propensity
a natural inclination or tendency, penchant
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Prosaic
dull, lacking in spirit or imagination
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Pungent
characterized by a strong or sharp smell
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Quixotic
foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals
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Quotidian
occurring or recurring daily, commonplace
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Rarefy
to make or became less thin
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Recondite
hidden, concealed, difficult to understand
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Refulgent
radiant, shiny, brilliant
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Renege
to fail to honor a commitment, to go back on promise
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Sedulous
diligent, persistent, hardworking
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Shard
a piece of broken pottery or glass
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Soporific
causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep
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Sparse
thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals
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Spendthrift
one who spends money watefully
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Subtle
not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern
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Tacit
implied, not explicitly stated
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Terse
brief and concise in wording
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Tout
to publicly praise or promote
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Unfeigned
genuine, not false or hypocritical
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Trenchant
sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating
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Untenable
indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
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Vacillate
to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another
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Variegated
multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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Vexation
annoyance, irritation
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Vigilant
alertly, watchful
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Vituperate
to use harsh language, to abuse or censure severely or abusively
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Volatile
readily changing to vapor, changeable, fickle, explosive

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