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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Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time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)
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
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Impunity (n)
Immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate (adj)
In an initial stage; not fully formed
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Infelicitous (adj)
Unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid (adj)
Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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Loquacious (adj)
Extremely talkative | noun form: loquacity
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Luminous (adj)
Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent (adj)
Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred | noun form: malevolence
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Malleable (adj)
Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity (n)
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty | adj form: mendacious
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Meticulous (adj)
Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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Misanthrope (n)
One who hates all other humans | adj form: misanthropic
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Mitigate (v)
To make or become less severe to intense; to moderate
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Obdurate (adj)
Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Obsequious (adj)
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Occlude (v)
To obstruct or block
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Opprobrium (n)
Disgrace; contempt; scorn
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Pedagogy (n)
The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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Pedantic (adj)
Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-of fish about one's knowledge
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Penury (n)
Poverty; destitution
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Pervasive (adj)
Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine (v)
To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pirate (v)
To illegally use or reproduce
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Pith (n)
The essential or central part
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Pithy (adj)
Precise and brief
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Placate (v)
To appease; to calm by making concessions
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Platitude (n)
A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
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Plummet (v)
To plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical (adj)
Controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal (adj)
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Profuse (adj)
Given or come forth abundantly; extravagant
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Proliferate (v)
To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries (n)
Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Querulous (adj)
Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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Rancorous (adj)
Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment | noun form: rancor
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Recalcitrant (adj)
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Repudiate (v)
To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind (v)
To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent (adj)
Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun form: reverence)
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Rhetoric (n)
The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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Salubrious (adj)
Promoting health or well-being
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Solvent (adj)
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious (adj)
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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Spurious (adj)
Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Subpoena (n)
A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Succinct (adj)
Brief; concise
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Superfluous (adj)
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit (v)
An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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Tenacity (n)
The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adj form: tenacious)
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Tenuous (adj)
Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade (n)
A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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Transient (adj)
Fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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Zealous (adj)
Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause | a zealot is a zealous person

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