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Acumen

A

keen, accurate judgement or insight

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Adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Archaic

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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Amalgamate

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to combine several elements into a whole

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Aver

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to state as fact; to declare or assert

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Bombastic

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pompous, grandiloquent

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Dissemble

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Fervent

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greatly emotional or zealous

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance

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Germane

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relevant to the subject at hand

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Grandiloquence

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pompous speech or expression

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Hackneyed

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lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite

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Halcyon

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calm and peaceful

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Hegemony

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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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Iconoclast

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one tho attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous

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given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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Implacable

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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Impunity

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immunity from punishment or penalty

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Inchoate

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in an initial stage, not fully formed

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Infelicitous

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unfortunate; inappropriate

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Insipid

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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

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Loquacious

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extremely talkative

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Mendacity

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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

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Misanthrope

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one who hates all other humans

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Obdurate

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stubbornly unwilling to change ones opinion

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Obsequious

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obedient or attentive to an excessive degree

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Occlude

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to obstruct or block

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Opprobrium

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disgrace; contempt; scorn

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Pedantic

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

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Penury

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poverty; destitution

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Pine

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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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Pith

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the essential or central part

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Pithy

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Precise and brief

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Polemical

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controversial; argumentative

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Prodigal

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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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Profuse

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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

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Querulous

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prone to complaining

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Rancorous

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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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Recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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Repudiate

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to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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Reverent

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marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

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Salubrious

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promoting health or well-being

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Solvent

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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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Specious

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

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Spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Surfeit

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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply excess

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Tenuous

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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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Transient

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fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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