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Adulterate

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V. To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen

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N. Keen, accurate judgment or insight

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Amalgamate

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V. To combine several elements into a hole.

N. Amalgamation

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Archaic

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Adj. Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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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

N. Bombast

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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 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. To make worse or more severe

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Fervent

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Adj. Greatly emotional or zealous

N. Fervor

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Fortuitous

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Adj. Happening by accident or chance

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Germane

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Adj. Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous speech or expression

Adj. Grandiloquent

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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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Hedonism

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N. Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses

A hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure

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Hegemony

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N. The constant dominance of one state or 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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Idolatrous

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Adj. Give into 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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Inperturable
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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Inchoate
Adj. In initial stage; not fully formed
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Infalicious
Adj. Unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid
Adj. Lacking in quality is that interest, stimulate, or challenge
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Loquacious
Adj. Extremely talkative N. Loquacity
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Luminous
Adj. Characterize by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent
Adj. Having or showing often vicious ill will, sprite, or hatred N. Malevolence
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Malleable
Adj. Capable of being shaped are formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity
N. The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty Adj. Mendacious
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Meticulous
Adj. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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Misanthrope
N. One who hates all other humans Adj. Misanthropic
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Mitigate
V. To make or become less severe or intense; 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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Penury
N. Poverty; destitution
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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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Pirate
V. To illegally use or reproduce
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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
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Platitude
N. The superficial remark, especially 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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Proliferate
V. To grow or increased swiftly and abundantly
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Queries
N. Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; 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 N. Rancor
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Recalcitrant
Adj. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Repudiate
V. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind
V. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent
Adj. Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling a profound awe and respect N. Reverence
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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
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Solvent
N. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious
Adj. Seeming 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. The court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Succinct
Adj. Brief; concise
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Superfluous
Adj. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit
V. An overabundant supply; access; to feed or supply to excess N. Surfeit of supply
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Tenacity
N. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination Adj. Tenacious
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Tenuous
Adj. Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade
N. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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Transient
Adj. Fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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Zealous
Adj. Fervent; ardent; and passion, devoted to a cause N. Zealot

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