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Adulterate (v)

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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen (n)

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Keen; accurate judgment or insight

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Amalgamate (v)

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To combine several elements into a whole

noun form: amalgamation

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Archaic (adj)

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Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Aver (v)

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To state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster (v)

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To provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic (adj)

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Pompous; grandiloquent

noun form: bombast

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Diatribe (n)

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A harsh denunciation

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Dissemble (v)

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To disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric (adj)

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Departing from norms or conventions

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Endemic (adj)

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Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

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Evanescent (adj)

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate (v)

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To make worse of move serve

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Fervent (adj)

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Greatly emotional or zealous

noun form: fervor

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Fortuitous (adj)

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Happening by accident or chance

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Germane (adj)

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Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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Grandiloquence (n)

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Pompous speech or expression

adj form: grandiloquent

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Hackneyed (adj)

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Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon (adj)

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Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism (n)

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Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses
(a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)

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Hegemony (n)

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The consistent dominance of one state of ideology over others

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Iconoclast (n)

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous (adj)

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something

noun form: idolatry

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Impassive (adj)

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Revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable (adj)

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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Impunity (n)

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Immunity from punishment or penalty

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Inchoate (adj)

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In an initial stage; not fully formed

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Infelicitous (adj)

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Unfortunate; inappropriate

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Insipid (adj)

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Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

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Loquacious (adj)

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Extremely talkative

noun form: loquacity

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Luminous (adj)

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Characterized by brightness and the emission of light

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Malevolent (adj)

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Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

noun form: malevolence

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Malleable (adj)

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Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable

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Mendacity (n)

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The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

adj form: mendacious

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Meticulous (adj)

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Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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Misanthrope (n)

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One who hates all other humans

adj form: misanthropic

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Mitigate (v)

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To make or become less severe to intense; to moderate

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Obdurate (adj)

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Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

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Obsequious (adj)

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Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Occlude (v)

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To obstruct or block

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Opprobrium (n)

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Disgrace; contempt; scorn

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Pedagogy (n)

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The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing

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Pedantic (adj)

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Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-of fish about one’s knowledge

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Penury (n)

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Poverty; destitution

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Pervasive (adj)

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Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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Pine (v)

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To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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Pirate (v)

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To illegally use or reproduce

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Pith (n)

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The essential or central part

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Pithy (adj)

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Precise and brief

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Placate (v)

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To appease; to calm by making concessions

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Platitude (n)

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A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful

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Plummet (v)

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To plunge or drop straight down

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Polemical (adj)

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Controversial; argumentative

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Prodigal (adj)

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Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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Profuse (adj)

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Given or come forth abundantly; extravagant

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Proliferate (v)

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To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

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Queries (n)

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Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations

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Querulous (adj)

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Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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Rancorous (adj)

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Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

noun form: rancor

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Recalcitrant (adj)

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Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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Repudiate (v)

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To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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Rescind (v)

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To invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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Reverent (adj)

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Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
(noun form: reverence)

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Rhetoric (n)

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The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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Salubrious (adj)

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Promoting health or well-being

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Solvent (adj)

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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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Specious (adj)

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Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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Spurious (adj)

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Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Subpoena (n)

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A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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Succinct (adj)

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Brief; concise

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Superfluous (adj)

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Surfeit (v)

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An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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Tenacity (n)

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The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
(adj form: tenacious)

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Tenuous (adj)

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Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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Tirade (n)

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A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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Transient (adj)

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Fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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Zealous (adj)

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Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause

a zealot is a zealous person

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