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zenith

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the point of culmination; peak; highest point; the time at which something is most powerful or successful; summit

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whimsical

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lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable; determined by impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

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voluble

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talkative; speaking easily; glib; easily fluent in regards to speech

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vituperate

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to abuse verbally; berate

spread negative information about

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umbrage

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offense; resentment; a feeling of anger caused by being offended

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tyro

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beginner; novice

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trenchant

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acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective; having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought

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tortuous

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having many twists and turns, highly complex; twisting, winding, complex; devious, not straightforward

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tirade

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long, harsh speech or verbal attack; an angry speech

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timorous

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fearful; showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence

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sycophant

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a self-serving flatterer; yes-man; a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

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surfeit

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excessive amount; overindulgence

an overabundant supply; excess

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sporadic

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occasional, happening irregularly or in scattered locations

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specious

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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious; seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so

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soporific

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causing sleep or lethargy; something that causes sleep

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sinecure

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a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work; an office that involves minimal duties

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salubrious

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healthful; promoting health

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sagacious

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shrewd; wise; showing good judgment and foresight

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replete

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abundantly supplied; complete; completely stocked or furnished with something

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relegate

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assign to a lower position; send or commit to an inferior place

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refute

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prove to be false; overthrow by argument, evidence or proof

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redress

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relief from wrong or injury; an act of making something right

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recondite

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not easily understood, hidden, dealing with an obscure topic

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raconteur

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witty, skillful storyteller; a person skilled in telling anecdotes

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quotidian

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occurring daily; commonplace; daily; everyday, ordinary

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quixotic

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overly idealistic; impractical; extremely impractical but very romantic

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querulous

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inclined to complain; irritable; given to complaining, grumbling

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puerile

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childish, immature, or silly; juvenile, immature

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propitiate

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to conciliate; to appease; to win over, appease

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profligate

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corrupt; degenerate; completely and shamelessly immoral

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prodigious

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extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.; so great in size or force as to elicit awe

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prodigal

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lavish; wasteful; giving abundantly

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probity

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complete honesty and integrity; adherence to highest principles

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pristine

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fresh and clean; uncorrupted; unspoiled, untouched

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precipitate

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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plethora

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excess; extreme excess

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placate

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to soothe or pacify; satisfy or calm down an angry person

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pernicious

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very harmful or destructive, deadly; exceedingly harmful

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penury

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an oppressive lack of resource; severe poverty

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pariah

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an outcast; a social outcast

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paragon

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model of excellence or perfection; a perfect embodiment of a concept

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panegyric

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elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise; formal or lofty expression of praise

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ostentatious

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pretentious, boastful showiness; intended to attract notice and impress others

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opaque

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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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obviate

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to prevent; to make unnecessary; anticipate and make unnecessary

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obdurate

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hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion; stubbornly refusing to change

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nuance

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a subtle expression of meaning or quality; a subtle difference in tone, meaning, and expression

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noisome

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stinking; putrid; offensive, disgusting; harmful

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nascent

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starting to develop; coming into existence; being born or beginning

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mundane

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ordinary, common; found in the ordinary course of events

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mollify

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to calm or make less severe; calm or soothe an angry person

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mitigate

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to soften; to lessen; make less severe

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mercurial

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quick, shrewd, and unpredictable; quickly and unpredictably changing moods

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maudlin

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overly sentimental; excessively sentimental

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martinet

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strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules; a stickler for the rules

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lugubrious

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sorrowful; mournful; dismal; excessively mournful

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lucid

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clear and easily understood; transparently clear

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What does ‘arian’ mean?

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A stickler for the rules; a strict disciplinarian.

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What does ‘lugubrious’ mean?

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Sorrowful; mournful; dismal.

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What does ‘lucid’ mean?

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Clear and easily understood.

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What does ‘lethargic’ mean?

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Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner.

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What does ‘lampoon’ mean?

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To ridicule with satire.

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What does ‘itinerant’ mean?

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Wandering from place to place; unsettled.

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What does ‘intransigent’ mean?

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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled.

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What does ‘insipid’ mean?

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Lacking interest or flavor.

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What does ‘inimical’ mean?

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Hostile; unfriendly.

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What does ‘inexorable’ mean?

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Inflexible; unyielding.

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What does ‘impugn’ mean?

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To call into question; to attack verbally.

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What does ‘implacable’ mean?

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Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful.

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What does ‘impetuous’ mean?

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Quick to act without thinking.

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What does ‘impecunious’ mean?

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Poor; having no money.

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What does ‘hegemony’ mean?

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The domination of one state or group over its allies.

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What does ‘halcyon’ mean?

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Calm and peaceful.

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What does ‘germane’ mean?

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Relevant and appropriate, on-topic.

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What does ‘foment’ mean?

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To arouse or incite.

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What does ‘fawn’ mean?

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To grovel.

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What does ‘fatuous’ mean?

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Stupid; foolishly self-satisfied.

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What does ‘facetious’ mean?

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Cleverly amusing in tone.

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What does ‘exonerate’ mean?

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To clear of blame.

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What does ‘esoteric’ mean?

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Known or understood only by a few.

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What does ‘erudite’ mean?

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Learned; scholarly; bookish.

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What does ‘equivocate’ mean?

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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead.

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What does ‘ephemeral’ mean?

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Lasting a short time.

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What does ‘enervate’ mean?

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To reduce in strength.

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What does ‘encomium’ mean?

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Warm praise.

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What does ‘emulate’ mean?

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To copy; to try to equal or excel.

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What does ‘eclectic’ mean?

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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources.

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What does ‘dupe’ mean?

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To deceive; a person who is easily deceived.

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What does ‘dissemble’ mean?

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To present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character.

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What does ‘disparate’ mean?

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Fundamentally different; entirely unalike.

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What does ‘disabuse’ mean?

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To set right; free from error.

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What does ‘dilettante’ mean?

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Someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a topic.

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What does ‘diffident’ mean?

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Lacking self-confidence.

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What does ‘desultory’ mean?

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected.

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What does ‘deride’ mean?

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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock.

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What does ‘deleterious’ mean?

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Subtly or unexpectedly harmful.

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What does ‘decorum’ mean?

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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.

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What does ‘corroborate’ mean?

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To support with evidence.

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What does ‘connoisseur’ mean?

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A person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes.

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What does ‘chicanery’ mean?

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Deception by means of craft or guile.

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What does ‘caustic’ mean?

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Biting in wit.

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What does ‘castigate’ mean?

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To punish or criticize harshly.

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What does ‘capricious’ mean?

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Changing one’s mind quickly and often.

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What does ‘candid’ mean?

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Impartial and honest in speech.

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What does ‘cacophony’ mean?

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Harsh, jarring noise.

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What does ‘bolster’ mean?

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To support; prop up.

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What does ‘banal’ mean?

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Predictable; cliched; boring.

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What does ‘assuage’ mean?

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To make something unpleasant less severe.

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What does ‘asperity’ mean?

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Roughness or harshness; severity.

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What does ‘ascetic’ mean?

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One who practices self-denial.

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What does ‘apostate’ mean?

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One who renounces a religious faith.

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What does ‘ambiguous’ mean?

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Doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways.

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What does ‘aesthetic’ mean?

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Concerning the appreciation of beauty.

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