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acumen: keen, accurate judgment or insight
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adulterate: to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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amalgamate: to combine several elements into a whole
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archaic: outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time
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aver: to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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bolster: to provide support or reinforcement
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bombastic: pompous, grandiloquent
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diatribe: a harsh denunciation
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dissemble: to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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eccentric: departing from norms or conventions
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endemic: characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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evanescent: tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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exacerbate: to make worse of more severe
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fervent: greatly emotional or zealous
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fortuitous: happening by accident or chance
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germane: relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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grandiloquence: pompous speech or expression
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hackneyed: rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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halcyon: calm and peaceful
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hedonism: devotion pleasurable pursuits, esp. the pleasures of the senses
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hegemony: the consistent dominance of one state of ideology over others
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iconoclast: one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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idolatrous: given to excessive devotion to something
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impassive: revealing no emotion
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imperturbable: marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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implacable: not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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impunity: immunity from punishment or penalty
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inchoate: in an initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous: unfortunate; inappropriate
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insipid: without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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loquacious: extremely talkative
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luminous: characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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malevolent: having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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mendacity: the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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meticulous: characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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misanthrope: one who hates all other humans
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mitigate: to make or become less severe or intense, to moderate
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obdurate: unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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obsequious: exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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occlude: to obstruct or block
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opprobrium: disgrace; contempt; scorn
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pedagogy: the profession or principles of teaching or instructing
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pedantic: overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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penury: poverty; destitution
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pervasive: having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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pine: to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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pirate: to illegally use or reproduce
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pith: the essential or central part
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pithy: precise and brief
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placate: to appease; to clam by making concessions
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platitude: a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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plummet: to plunge or drop straight down
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polemical: controversial; argumentative
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prodigal: recklessly wasteful, extravagant; profuse; lavish
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profuse: given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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proliferate: to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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queries: questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind
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querulous: prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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rancorous: characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment
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recalcitrant: obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate: to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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rescind: to invalidate; to repel; to retract
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reverent: marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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rhetoric: the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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salubrious: promoting heath or well-being
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solvent: able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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specious: seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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spurious: lacking authenticity or validity; false; conterfeit
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subpoena: a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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succint: brief, concise
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superflous: exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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surfeit: an overabundant supply; excess
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tenacity: the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
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tenuous: having little substance or strength
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tirade: a long a extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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transient: fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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zealous: fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a clause
