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bombastic

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high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.

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chauvinistic

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displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, group, or sex

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jingoistic

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Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy

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acrimonious

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angry and bitter

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carping

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difficult to please; critical.

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didactic

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intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

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facetious

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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

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nefarious

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negative

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seditious

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nciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch

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mawkish

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sentimental in an exaggerated or false way

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sycophantic

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behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.

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obsequious

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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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assuage

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make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

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harangue

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lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner

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obviate

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remove (a need or difficulty).

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prevaricate

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speak or act in an evasive way.

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rescind

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revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

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phlagmatic

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(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

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dissemble

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conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.

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duplicitious

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deceitfu

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maudlin

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self-pityingly or tearfully sentimenta

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castigate

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reprimand (someone) severely

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sardonic

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grimly mocking or cynical

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churlish

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rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

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cogent

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(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing

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repudiate

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refuse to accept

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disavow

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to deny responsibility

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aposiopesis

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author’s suddenly stopping a piece of writing or speech for emphasis

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anomie/anomic

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social instability, caused by erosion of values/standards

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iconoclasm

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first one refers to the destruction of a culture’s own religious icons, but the second (which is far more interesting imo) refers to the overthrowing or breaking of traditional ideas and conventions

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vacuous

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To have a lack of thought or intelligence.

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ethos

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a character or spirit of a culture, movement, era, community or person.

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mollification

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to lessen in intensity

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deleterious

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causing harm or damage

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obfuscate

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make obscure, unclear

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circumscribe

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restrict

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lachrymose

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tearful, given to weeping

38
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high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.

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bombastic

39
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displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, group, or sex

A

chauvinistic

40
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Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy

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jingoistic

41
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angry and bitter

A

acrimonious

42
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difficult to please; critical.

A

carping

43
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intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

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didactic

44
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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

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facetious

45
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negative

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nefarious

46
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nciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch

A

seditious

47
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sentimental in an exaggerated or false way

A

mawkish

48
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behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.

A

sycophantic

49
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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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obsequious

50
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make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

A

assuage

51
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lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner

A

harangue

52
Q

remove (a need or difficulty).

A

obviate

53
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speak or act in an evasive way.

A

prevaricate

54
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revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

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rescind

55
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(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

A

phlagmatic

56
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conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.

A

dissemble

57
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deceitfu

A

duplicitious

58
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self-pityingly or tearfully sentimenta

A

maudlin

59
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reprimand (someone) severely

A

castigate

60
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grimly mocking or cynical

A

sardonic

61
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rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

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churlish

62
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(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing

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cogent

63
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refuse to accept

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repudiate

64
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to deny responsibility

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disavow

65
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author’s suddenly stopping a piece of writing or speech for emphasis

A

aposiopesis

66
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social instability, caused by erosion of values/standards

A

anomie/anomic

67
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first one refers to the destruction of a culture’s own religious icons, but the second (which is far more interesting imo) refers to the overthrowing or breaking of traditional ideas and conventions

A

iconoclasm

68
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To have a lack of thought or intelligence.

A

vacuous

69
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a character or spirit of a culture, movement, era, community or person.

A

ethos

70
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to lessen in intensity

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mollification

71
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causing harm or damage

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deleterious

72
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make obscure, unclear

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obfuscate

73
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restrict

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circumscribe

74
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tearful, given to weeping

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lachrymose

75
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egregious

A

outsandingly bad; shocking

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