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Adulterated

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V: to reduce purity y combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen

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N: the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.

“business acumen”

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Amalgamate

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V: to combine several elements into a whole

N: amalgamation

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Aver

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V: to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bombastic

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Adj: important sounding language that is meaningless; to be full of hot air

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Diatribe

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N: a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

“a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church”

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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 conventions

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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 vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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V: igˈzasərˌbāt/

make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.

“the forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain”

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Fervent

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Adj: greatly emotional or zealous

having or displaying a passionate intensity.

N: fervor

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Fortuitous

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Adj: happened by accident or chance

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Grandiloquence

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N: Pompous speech or expression

Adj:grandiloquent

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Germane

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Adj: relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
Like “Germany” is now relevant in soccer

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Hackneyed

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Adj: ˈhaknēd

(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.

Rendered trite or common place by frequent usage

“hackneyed old sayings”

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Halcyon

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Adj: hal-see-uhn

Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

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N: the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the most important goal in life

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Hegemony

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N: leadership or dominance, esp by one country or social group over others

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Iconoclast

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N: one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Impassive

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Adj: revealing no emotion

A person saying-“I’m Passive (Not Active)”, that means he has no feelings,emotions.

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Imperturbable

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Adj: im·per·turb·a·ble

unable to be upset or excited; calm.

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Implacable

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Adj: not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Impunity

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N: immunity from punishment or penalty

Immune to punishment

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Inchoate
inˈkō-it,-āt/ : adjective just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary. "a still inchoate democracy"
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Infelicitous
/infəˈlisitəs/ - adj If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it's infelicitous; unfortunate; inappropriate. when something doesn't work quite right
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Infelicitous
/infəˈlisitəs/ - adj If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it's infelicitous; unfortunate; inappropriate. when something doesn't work quite right
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Loquacious
Adj: lōˈkwāSHəs extremely talkative
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Malevolent
ma·lev·o·lent - məˈlevələnt/ adjective having or showing a wish to do evil to others. "the glint of dark, malevolent eyes"
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Mendacity
N: the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty Men+audacity: men have the audacity to lie Adj: mendacious
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Misanthrope
mis·an·thrope - ˈmisənˌTHrōp,ˈmiz/ noun a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. synonyms: hater of mankind, hater, cynic
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Mitigate
V: to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Penury
ˈpenyərē extreme poverty; destitution
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Obdurate
ob·du·rate - ˈäbd(y)ərit/ - Adj stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. [OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD DURABLE; anything DURAble provides resistance and is STUBBORN]
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Pervasive
spreading or spread throughout [common things are pervasive- like greed and cheap perfume]
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Pine
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
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Pith
the essential part of something (used figuratively; Noun form = the spongy tissue in plant stems)
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Pithy
a phrase or statement that is brief but full of substance and meaning. [proverbs and sayings are pithy]
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Placate
to appease; make (someone) less angry or hostile [From Latin PLACARE "to calm or soothe"]
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Polemical
pəˈlemikəl of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech
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Platitude
a trite or obvious remark English language contains many old, worn-out clichés, or platitudes. Phrases like "ants in your pants" and "as American as apple pie" flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks.
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Prodigal
spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant; having or giving something on a lavish scale
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Profuse
extravagent; (especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant
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Proliferate
increase rapidly in numbers; multiply
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Queries
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Querulous
complaining in a petulant or whining manner
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Rancorous
characterized by long-lasting bitterness or resentment
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Recalcitrant
riˈkalsətrənt difficult to manage; obstinately fefiant of authority
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Repudiate
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent
rev(ə)rənt | feeling or showing deep and solemn respect
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Salubrious
səˈlo͞obrēəs | health-giving; healthy
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Solvent
1) able to meet financial obligations | 2) able to dissolve another substance
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Specious
spēSHəs | superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive
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Spurious
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Succinct
brief; concise
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Surfeit
sərfət | an excessive amount of something
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Tenacity
the quality or fact of being very determined; persistent determination
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Tenuous
tenyo͞oəs | very weak or slight; having little substance or strength
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Tirade
a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation
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Transient
lasting a very short time
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Zealous
fervent; ardent; impassioned; marked by active interest and enthusiasm [a zealot is a zealous person]

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