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Mental or visual sharpness

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Acuity

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Someone who boasts often

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Braggart

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Exposing false myths or claims

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Debunking

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Characterized, personified

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Epitomized

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Rigid In opinions

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Hidebound

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To fade away or become weak

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Languish

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To do something in a willing manner

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Obsequious

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causing controversy or debate

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Polemical

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Capable of being restored to full Heath

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Restorative

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To successfully prevent something

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Thwart

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Skillful in the mind

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Adroit

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Being brief, shortness in time or duration

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Brevity

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Proper behavior and good manners

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Decorum

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To make a mistake

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Err

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To cause delay or difficulty in

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Hinder

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Given something generously

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Largess

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Not proper or valid

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Obsolete

18
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To speak in a know it all kind of way

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Pontificate

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Not showing true meaning or feelings about something

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Reticent

20
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Prolonged stream of verbal abuse, usually bitter

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Tirade