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Terse

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Adjective.

Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy; as language. Curt; brusque.

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Collude

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Verb.

To come to a secret understanding for harmful purpose; to conspire.

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Impecunious

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Adjective.

Having little or no money; penniless; poor.

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Nepotism

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Noun.

Patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business or politics.

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Pedantic

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Adjective.

Ostentatious in one’s learning. Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

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Perspicacious

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Adjective.

Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.

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Restive

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Adjective.

Impatient of control, restraint, or delay; as persons; restless, uneasy. Refractory, stubborn. Refusing to go forward; balky; a restive horse.

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Polemic

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Noun.

A controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
A person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.

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Acerbic

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Adjective.

Sour or astringent in taste: Lemon juice is acerbic.
Harsh or severe, as of temper or expression: acerbic criticism.

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Miser

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Noun.

A person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
A stingy, avaricious person.

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Illiberal

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Adjective.

Narrowminded; bigoted.
Archaic: Miserly, niggardly, stingy or unrefined, unscholarly, vulgar.

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Plutocracy

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Noun.

A government or state in which the wealthy class rules.

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Propound

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Verb.

To put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.

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Aver

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Verb.

To assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
Law. to allege as a fact.

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Penitence

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Noun.

The state of being penitent; regret for one’s wrongdoing or sinning; contrition; repentance.

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Prolix

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Adjective.

Extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
(of a person) Given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.

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Prodigal

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Adjective.

Wastefully or recklessly extravagant. Lavish

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Voluble

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Adjective.

Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.

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Pellucid

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Adjective.

Allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
Clear or limpid: pellucid waters.
Clear in meaning, expression, or style: a pellucid way of writing.

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Prosaic

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Adjective.

Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
Of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.

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Shore

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Verb.

To support by or as if by a shore (supporting post or beam, esp for ships) or shores; prop (usually followed by up ): to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.

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Vociferous

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Adjective.

Crying out noisily; clamorous.

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Recalcitrant

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Adjective.

Resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
Hard to deal with, manage, or operate.

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Hubris

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Noun.

Excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

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Avarice

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Noun.

Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

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Amortize

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Verb.

To liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund.
To write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.

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Restitution

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Noun.

Reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
The restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered.
Restoration to the former or original state or position.

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Acme

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Noun.

The highest point; summit; peak: The empire was at the acme of its power.

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Nadir

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Noun.

Astronomy. The point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
The lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.

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Notorious

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Adjective.

Widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.

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Eminent

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Adjective.

High in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
Conspicuous, signal, or noteworthy: eminent fairness.
Lofty; high: eminent peaks.
Prominent; projecting; protruding: an eminent nose.

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Dispassionate

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Adjective.

Free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.

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