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AMALGAMATE

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to combine several elements into a whole

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IDOLATROUS

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given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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SUBPOENA

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a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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INFELICITOUS

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unfortunate; inappropriate

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BOLSTER

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to provide support or reinforcement

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BOMBASTIC

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pompous, grandiloquent

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DISSEMBLE

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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ECCENTRIC

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departing from norms or conventions

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METICULOUS

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characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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ARCHAIC

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outdated; associated with an earlier time

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ACUMEN

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keen, accurate judgment or insight

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ENDEMIC

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characteristic of a particular region or people

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EVANESCENT

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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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PITH

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the essential or central part

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SURFEIT

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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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EXACERBATE

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to make worse or more severe

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ADULTERATE

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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FORTUITOUS

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happening by accident

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PEDAGOGY

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the profession of teaching

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GERMANE

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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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AVER

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to state as a fact; declare or assert

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HACKNEYED

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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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HEDONISM

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devotion to pleasurable pursuits

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HEGEMONY

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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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OPPROBRIUM
disgrace; contempt; scorn
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DIATRIBE
a harsh denunciation
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ICONOCLAST
one who attacks traditional conventions
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SOLVENT
able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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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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PIRATE
illegally use or reproduce
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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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MISANTHROPE
one who hates other humans
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HALCYON
calm and peaceful
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LOQUACIOUS
extremely talkative
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PRODIGAL
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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LUMINOUS
characterized by brightness
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MALEVOLENT
showing vicious ill will, spite or hatred
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PLUMMET
to drop straight down
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MITIGATE
to make less severe or intense, moderate
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INSIPID
without taste or flavor; bland
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MENDACITY
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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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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MALLEABLE
capable of being shaped; tractable; pliable
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PEDANTIC
overly concerned with the trivial details of learning; show-offish about one's knowledge
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PENURY
poverty; destitution
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TIRADE
a long and harshly critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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PERVASIVE
having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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PINE
to yearn intensely; languish; lose vigor
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SPURIOUS
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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GRANDILOQUENCE
pompous speech or expression
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PITHY
precise and brief
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REVERENT
expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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FERVENT
greatly emotional or zealous
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TENUOUS
having little substance or strength
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SALUBRIOUS
promoting health or well-being
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PLACATE
to appease; to calm by making concessions
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TENACITY
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
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TRANSIENT
fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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PLATITUDE
a superficial remark; esp. one offered as meaningful
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PROFUSE
given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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RANCOROUS
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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PROLIFERATE
grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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QUERIES
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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ZEALOUS
fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a cause
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QUERULOUS
prone to complaining or grumbling
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SUCCINCT
brief; concise
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RECALCITRANT
obstinately defiant of authority, difficult to manage
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REPUDIATE
refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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SPECIOUS
seeming true but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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POLEMICAL
controversial; argumentative
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RESCIND
invalidate; repeal; retract
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RHETORIC
the study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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SUPERFLUOUS
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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