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Acumen

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(N) keen, accurate judgement or insight

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Amalgamate

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(V) to combine several elements into a whole

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Adulterate

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(V) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Adulterate

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(V) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Archaic

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(Adj) outdated; ancient

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Aver

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(V) to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

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(V) to provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

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(Adj) pompous, grandiloquent

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Bombastic

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(Adj) pompous, grandiloquent

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Diatribe

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(N) a harsh denunciation

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Dissemble

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(V) to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric

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(Adj) departing from norms or convention

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Endemic

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(Adj) characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region or people

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Evanescent

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(Adj) tending to disappear like vapour; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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(V) to make worse or more severe

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Fervent

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(Adj) greatly emotional or zealous

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Germane

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(Adj) relevant to the subject at hand

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Germane

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(Adj) relevant to the subject at hand

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Grandiloquence

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(N) pompous speech or expression

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Hackneyed

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(Adj) rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

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(Adj) calm and peaceful

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Hedonist

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(N) someone who pursues pleasure

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Hegemony

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(N) to consistent dominance of one state or group over others

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Idolatrous

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(Adj) given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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Impassive
(Adj) revealing no emotion
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Imperturbable
(Adj) marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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Implacable
(Adj) not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity
(N) immunity from punishment or penalty
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Impunity
(N) immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate
(Adj) in an initial stage; not fully formed
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Infelicitous
(Adj) unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid
(Adj) lacking in qualities he interest, stimulate, or challenge
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Loquacious
(Adj) talkative
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Luminous
(Adj) characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent
(Adj) having or showing often vicious I'll will, spite or hatred
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Malleable
(Adj) capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacious
(Adj) unthruthful; dishonest
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Meticulous
(Adj) attentive to detail
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Misanthrope
(N) one who hates all other humans
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Mitigate
(V) to make less severe; to moderate
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Mitigate
(V) to make less severe; to moderate
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Obdurate
(Adj) unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Obsequious
(Adj) exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Occlude
(V) to obstruct or block
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Opprobrium
(N) disgrace; contempt; scorn
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Pedagogy
(N) the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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Pedantic
(Adj) overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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Pervasive
(Adj) having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine
(V) to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pith
(N) the essential and central part
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Pithy
(Adj) Precise and brief
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Placate
(V) to appease; to calm by making concessions
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Platitude
(N) a superficial remark, esp. One offered as meaningful
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Plummet
(V) to plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical
(Adj) controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal
(Adj) recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Profuse
(Adj) given or coming forth abundantly; Extravagant
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Queries
(N) questions; doubts; reservations
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Querulous
(Adj) prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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Rancorous
(Adj) characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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Repudiate
(V) to refuse having anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind
(V) to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Rhetoric
(N) the art of study of effective usage of language for communication and persuasion
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Salubrious
(Adj) promoting health and well-being
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Solvent
(Adj) able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious
(Adj) seemingly true but actually being fallacious! Misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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Spurious
(Adj) lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Subpoena
(N) a court order requiring appearance and or testimony
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Succinct
(Adj) brief or concise
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Superfluous
(Adj) exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit
(V) an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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Tenacity
(N) the quality of adherence or persistence to something values; persistent determination
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Tirade
(N) a long, extremely critical speech; harsh denunciation
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Tenuous
(Adj) having little substance of strength; flimsy; weak

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