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Acumen

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n.
keen, accurate judgement or insight

Latin
acuere: sharpen

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Adulterate

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v.
to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Latin

ad: to
versus: true

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Amalgamate

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v.
to combine several elements into a whole

n. amalgamation

malagma: (GR) softening substence
(alchemy) a blend of mercury with other metal

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Aver

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v.
to state as a fact; to declare or assert

ad- (LT) : to
verus (LT) : true

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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

n. bombast

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Diatribe

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n.
a harsh denunciation

Greek

dia: through
tribein: rub

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Dissemble

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v.

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Endemic

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adj.
characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

Greek

demos: people
endemios: native

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Evanescent

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adj.

tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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v.
to make worse or more severe

Latin
ex-
acerbes: harsh, bitter

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Fervent

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adj.
greatly emotional or zealous

n. fervor

Latin
fervent-: boiling

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Fortuitous

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adj.
happening by accident or chance

Latin
fors: chance, luck

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Germane

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adj.
relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

Latin
german: having the same parents

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Grandiloquence

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n.
pompous speech or expression

adj. grandiloquent

Latin

grandis: big
loqui: to speak

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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

Greek

hals: sea
kuon: conceiving

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Hegemony

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n.
the consistent dominance of one state or group over others

Greek
hegemon: leader

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Iconoclast

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n.
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

Greek

eikon: likeness
klan: to break

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Idolatrous

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adj.
given to intense or excessive devotion to something

n. idolatry

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Impassive

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adj.

revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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adj.
marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

Latin
in-: not
perturbare: to confuse, disturb

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Implacable

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adj.
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Latin
in-: not
placere: to appease

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Impunity

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n.
immunity from punishment or penalty

Latin
in-: not
punire: punish

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Inchoate
adj. in an initial stage; not fully formed v. incohere in- cohum (LT): strap (to the oxen's yoke)
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Infelicitous
adj. unfortunate; inappropriate in- felicite (FR): happiness
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Insipid
adj. lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge Latin in-: not sapidus: tasty
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Loquacious
adj. extremely talkative n. loquacity Latin loqui: to talk
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Mendacity
n. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty Latin mendac-: lying
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Misanthrope
n. one who hates all other humans adj. misanthropic Greek misein: to hate anthropos: man
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Mitigate
v. to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate Latin mitis: mild
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Obdurate
adj. unyielding; hardhearted; intractable Latin durus: hard
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Obsequious
adj. exhibiting a fawning attentiveness Latin ob- (LT) : after sequi (LT) : to follow
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Occlude
v. to obstruct or block Latin occludere: to shut up
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Opprobrium
n. disgrace; contempt; scorn Latin ob-: against probrum: disgraceful act
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Pedagogy
n. the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing pedo- (GR) : child agogos (LT) : to lead
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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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Penury
n. poverty; destitution Latin penuria: need, scarcity paene: almost
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Pervasive
adj. having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout Latin pervas-: passed through
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Pine
v. to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor Latin poena: punishment, penalty
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Pith
n. | the essential or central part
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Pithy
adj. | precise and brief
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Placate
v. to appease; to calm by making concessions Latin placat-: appeased
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Platitude
n. a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful Latin plat: flat
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Polemical
adj. | controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal
adj. recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish Latin prodigus: lavish
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Profuse
adj. given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant Latin pro-: forth fundere: pour
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Proliferate
v. | to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries
n. questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations Latin quaerere: ask, seek
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Querulous
adj. prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish Latin queri: complain
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Rancorous
adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment n. rancor rancere (LT) : spoiled, rotten
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Recalcitrant
adj. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage Latin re- (LT): back calx (LT): heel calcitrare (LT): to kick
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Repudiate
v. to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown re- (LT): back ped- (LT): foot (kick) pudere (LT): cause shame to
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Rescind
v. to invalidate; to repeal; to retract Latin re- scindere: to divide, split
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Reverent
adj. marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect n. reverence Latin reverent-: revering
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Rhetoric
n. | the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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Salubrious
adj. promoting health or well-being Latin salus: health
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Solvent
adj. able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance Latin solvent-: loosening, unfasting, paying
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Specious
adj. seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false Latin speciosus: fair
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Spurious
adj. lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit Latin spurius: false
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Subpoena
n. a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony Latin sub poena: under penalty
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Succinct
adj. brief; concise Latin sub-: from below cingere: gird
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Superfluous
adj. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary Latin super-: over fluere: to flow
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Surfeit
v. an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess n. surfeit Latin super-: above, in excess facere: do
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Tenacity
n. the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination adj. tenacious Latin tenere: to hold
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Tenuous
adj. having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak Latin tenuis: thin
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Tirade
n. a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation Italian tirare: to pull
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Transient
adj. fleeting; passing quickly; brief Latin trans-: across ire: go
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Furtive
adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious Latin furturn: theft
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Harangue
v. n. to deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing German hring: circle
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Hyperbole
n. an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech adj. hyperbolic
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Impecunious
adj. lacking funds; without money Latin pecunia: money
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Incipient
adj. beginning to come into being or to become apparent Latin in-: into, towards capere: take
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Inert
adj. unmoving; lethargic; sluggish Latin in-: not art-: skill, art
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Innocuous
adj. harmless; causing no damage Latin in-: not nocuus: injurious
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Intransigent
adj. refusing to compromise n. intransigence Latin in-: not transigere: come to an understanding
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Inveigle
v. to obtain by deception or flattery aveugle (FR): blind ab- (LT): off oculus (LT): eye
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Odious
adj. evoking intense aversion or dislike Latin odium: hatred
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Penurious
adj. penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous Latin penuria: need, scarcity
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Pernicious
adj. extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed Latin nex-: death pernicles: ruin perniciosus: destructive
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Peruse
v. to examine with great care n. perusal English per-: thoroughly
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Pious
adj. extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion n. piety Latin pius: dutiful, pious
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Precursor
n. one that precedes and indicates or announces another Latin prae: beforehand currere: to run
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Preen
v. | to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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Prodigious
adj. | abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Prolific
adj. producing large volumes or amounts; productive Latin proles: offspring
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Putrefy
v. to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor adj. putrid
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Quaff
v. | to drink deeply
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Quiescence
n. stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest adj. quiescent Latin quiescere: to rest
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Redoubtable
adj. | awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Sanction
n. v. authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority Latin sancire: ratify
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Satire
n. a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision adj. satirical Latin satira: satire, poetic medley
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Squalid
adj. sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect n. squalor Latin squalere: be rough or dirty
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Stoic
adj. indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast n. stoicism Latin stoicus
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Supplant
v. to take the place of; to supersede Latin sub-: from below planta: sole
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Torpid
adj. lethargic; sluggish; dormant n. torpor torpere: be numb or sluggish
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Ubiquitous
adj. existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread Latin ubi: where ubique: everywhere
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Urbane
adj. sophisticated; refined; elegant n. urbanity
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Vilify
v. to defame; to characterize harshly Latin villis: of low value
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Viscous
adj. thick; sticky n. viscosity Latin viscum: birdlime

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