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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
occurring daily; commonplace; daily; everyday, ordinary
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quixotic
overly idealistic; impractical; extremely impractical but very romantic
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querulous
inclined to complain; irritable; given to complaining, grumbling
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puerile
childish, immature, or silly; juvenile, immature
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propitiate
to conciliate; to appease; to win over, appease
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profligate
corrupt; degenerate; completely and shamelessly immoral
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prodigious
extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.; so great in size or force as to elicit awe
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prodigal
lavish; wasteful; giving abundantly
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probity
complete honesty and integrity; adherence to highest principles
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pristine
fresh and clean; uncorrupted; unspoiled, untouched
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precipitate
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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plethora
excess; extreme excess
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placate
to soothe or pacify; satisfy or calm down an angry person
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pernicious
very harmful or destructive, deadly; exceedingly harmful
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penury
an oppressive lack of resource; severe poverty
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pariah
an outcast; a social outcast
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paragon
model of excellence or perfection; a perfect embodiment of a concept
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panegyric
elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise; formal or lofty expression of praise
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ostentatious
pretentious, boastful showiness; intended to attract notice and impress others
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opaque
impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
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obviate
to prevent; to make unnecessary; anticipate and make unnecessary
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obdurate
hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion; stubbornly refusing to change
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nuance
a subtle expression of meaning or quality; a subtle difference in tone, meaning, and expression
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noisome
stinking; putrid; offensive, disgusting; harmful
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nascent
starting to develop; coming into existence; being born or beginning
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mundane
ordinary, common; found in the ordinary course of events
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mollify
to calm or make less severe; calm or soothe an angry person
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mitigate
to soften; to lessen; make less severe
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mercurial
quick, shrewd, and unpredictable; quickly and unpredictably changing moods
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maudlin
overly sentimental; excessively sentimental
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martinet
strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules; a stickler for the rules
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lugubrious
sorrowful; mournful; dismal; excessively mournful
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lucid
clear and easily understood; transparently clear
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What does 'arian' mean?
A stickler for the rules; a strict disciplinarian.
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What does 'lugubrious' mean?
Sorrowful; mournful; dismal.
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What does 'lucid' mean?
Clear and easily understood.
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What does 'lethargic' mean?
Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner.
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What does 'lampoon' mean?
To ridicule with satire.
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What does 'itinerant' mean?
Wandering from place to place; unsettled.
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What does 'intransigent' mean?
Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled.
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What does 'insipid' mean?
Lacking interest or flavor.
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What does 'inimical' mean?
Hostile; unfriendly.
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What does 'inexorable' mean?
Inflexible; unyielding.
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What does 'impugn' mean?
To call into question; to attack verbally.
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What does 'implacable' mean?
Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful.
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What does 'impetuous' mean?
Quick to act without thinking.
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What does 'impecunious' mean?
Poor; having no money.
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What does 'hegemony' mean?
The domination of one state or group over its allies.
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What does 'halcyon' mean?
Calm and peaceful.
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What does 'germane' mean?
Relevant and appropriate, on-topic.
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What does 'foment' mean?
To arouse or incite.
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What does 'fawn' mean?
To grovel.
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What does 'fatuous' mean?
Stupid; foolishly self-satisfied.
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What does 'facetious' mean?
Cleverly amusing in tone.
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What does 'exonerate' mean?
To clear of blame.
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What does 'esoteric' mean?
Known or understood only by a few.
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What does 'erudite' mean?
Learned; scholarly; bookish.
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What does 'equivocate' mean?
To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead.
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What does 'ephemeral' mean?
Lasting a short time.
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What does 'enervate' mean?
To reduce in strength.
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What does 'encomium' mean?
Warm praise.
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What does 'emulate' mean?
To copy; to try to equal or excel.
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What does 'eclectic' mean?
Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources.
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What does 'dupe' mean?
To deceive; a person who is easily deceived.
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What does 'dissemble' mean?
To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character.
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What does 'disparate' mean?
Fundamentally different; entirely unalike.
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What does 'disabuse' mean?
To set right; free from error.
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What does 'dilettante' mean?
Someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a topic.
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What does 'diffident' mean?
Lacking self-confidence.
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What does 'desultory' mean?
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected.
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What does 'deride' mean?
To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock.
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What does 'deleterious' mean?
Subtly or unexpectedly harmful.
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What does 'decorum' mean?
Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.
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What does 'corroborate' mean?
To support with evidence.
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What does 'connoisseur' mean?
A person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes.
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What does 'chicanery' mean?
Deception by means of craft or guile.
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What does 'caustic' mean?
Biting in wit.
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What does 'castigate' mean?
To punish or criticize harshly.
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What does 'capricious' mean?
Changing one's mind quickly and often.
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What does 'candid' mean?
Impartial and honest in speech.
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What does 'cacophony' mean?
Harsh, jarring noise.
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What does 'bolster' mean?
To support; prop up.
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What does 'banal' mean?
Predictable; cliched; boring.
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What does 'assuage' mean?
To make something unpleasant less severe.
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What does 'asperity' mean?
Roughness or harshness; severity.
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What does 'ascetic' mean?
One who practices self-denial.
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What does 'apostate' mean?
One who renounces a religious faith.
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What does 'ambiguous' mean?
Doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways.
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What does 'aesthetic' mean?
Concerning the appreciation of beauty.

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