| Term | Definition |
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| ruination | (n.) the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined. |
| raconteur | (n.) a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes |
| dilettante | (n.) a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler |
| prevaricator | (n.) a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth or to lie; equivocator |
| winnow | (v.) to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; sift |
| collude | (v.) to act together through a secret understanding, esp. with evil or harmful intent; conspire |
| innocuous | (adj.) not harmful or injurious; harmless |
| heretical | (adj.) unorthodox, unconventional, dissident, radical |
| sagacious | (adj.) having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd |
| adulation | (n.) excessive admiration or praise; flattery |
| arid | (adj.) dry; desertlike; lacking interest |
| assiduous | (adj) persistent; hard-working |
| redoubtable | (adj.) commanding, evoking respect; formidable |
| garner | (v.) to earn |
| assiduous | (adj.) continuous, diligent, persistent |
| pedantic | (adj.) overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching. |
| nepotism | (n.) favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics |
| spurious | (adj) false, bogus, fake |
| capricious | (adj) indecisive, fickle |
| caustic | (adj) harsh, bitter, severe |
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