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Acerbic

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Having a sour or bitter taste or character, sharp, biting

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Aggrandize

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To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

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Alchemy

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A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals especially base metals into gold

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Amenable

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Agreeable, responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context, something inconsistent with the time period

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Astringent

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Having a tightening effect on living tissue, harsh, severe

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Contiguous

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Sharing a border, touching, adjacent

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Convention

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A generally agreed upon practice or attitude

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Credulous

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Tending to believe too readily, gullible

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Cynicism

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An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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Decorum

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Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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Derision

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Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

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Desiccate

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To dry out or dehydrate, to make dry or dull

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Dilettante

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One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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To slight or belittle

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Divulge

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To disclose something secret

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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively

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Flout

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To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

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Garrulous

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Pointlessly talkative, talking too much

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Glib

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Marked by ease or informality, nonchalant, lacking in depth, superficial

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Hubris

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Overbearing presumption or pride, arrogance

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Imminent

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About to happen, impending

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Immutable

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Not capable of change

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Impetuous

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Hastily or rashly energetic, impulsive and vehement

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Indifferent
Having no interest or concern, showing no bias or prejudice
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Inimical
Damaging, harmful, injurious
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Intractable
Not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate
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Intrepid
Steadfast and courageous
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Laconic
Using few words, terse
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Maverick
An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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Mercurial
Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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Mollify
To calm or soothe, to reduce in emotional intensity
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Neophyte
A recent convert, a beginner, a novice
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Obfuscate
To deliberately obscure, to make confusing
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Obstinate
Stubborn, hard headed, uncompromising
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Ostentatious
Characterized by or given to pretentious display, showy "books that people buy and display ostentatiously but never actually finish"
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Pervade
To permeate throughout
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Phlegmatic
Calm, sluggish, unemotional
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Plethora
An overabundance, a surplus
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Pragmatic
Practical rather than idealistic
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Presumptuous
Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy), taking liberties
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Pristine
Pure, uncorrupted, clean
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Probity
Adherence to highest principles, complete and confirmed integrity, uprightness "Can he vouch for the probity of his colleagues?"
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Proclivity
A natural predisposition or inclination
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Profligate
Excessively wasteful, recklessly extravagant "Profligate consumers of energy"
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Propensity
A natural inclination or tendency, penchant
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Prosaic
Dull, lacking in spirit or imagination
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Pungent
Characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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Quixotic
Foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals "A vast and perhaps quixotic project"
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Quotidian
Occurring or recurring daily, commonplace "The car sped off through the quotidian traffic"
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Rarefy
To make or become thin, less dense, to refine
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Recondite
Hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure "The book is full of recondite information"
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Refulgent
Radiant, shiny, brilliant "Refulgent blue eyes"
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Renege
To fail to honor a commitment, to go back on a promise "They have reneged on their promise to us"
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Sedulous
Diligent, persistent hard working "He watched himself with the most sedulous care"
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Shard
A piece of broken pottery or glass
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Soporific
Causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep
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Sparse
Thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals
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Spendthrift
One who spends money wastefully
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Subtle
Not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern
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Tacit
Implied, not explicitly stated
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Terse
Brief and concise in wording
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Tout
To publicly praise or promote
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Trenchant
Sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, vigorous in expression or style
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Unfeigned
Genuine, not false or hypocritical
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Untenable
Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
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Vacillate
To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another
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Variegated
Multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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Vexation
Annoyance, irritation
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Vigilant
Alertly watchful
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Vituperate
To use harsh condemnatory language, to abuse or censure severely or abusively, to berate
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Volatile
Readily changing to a vapor, changeable, fickle, explosive
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Intrepid
fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect)
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Extoll
To praise lavishly
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Preen
1. (of a person) devote effort to making oneself look attractive and then admire one's appearance. 2. congratulate or pride oneself.
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Recalcitrant
having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline. "a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds"
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Truculence
the quality or attitude of being aggressively hostile; belligerence
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Prevarication
the fact of avoiding telling the truth or saying exactly what you think
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Vitiate
1. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of. "development programs have been vitiated by the rise in population" 2. destroy or impair the legal validity of. "the insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant"

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