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acumen

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Keen accurate judgment or insight (ความเฉียบแหลม)

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adulterate

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To reduce purity by combining inferior ingredients (ผสมปนเป เจือปน)

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amalgamate

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To combine several elements into a whole (รวมกัน ผสมผสาน)

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aver

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To state as a fact or to declare or assert (ยืนยัน รับรองว่าจริง)

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bolster

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To provide support or reinforcement (หนุน)

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bombastic

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Pompous, grandiloquent (โอ้อวด โอ่อ่า)

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diatribe

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A harsh denunciation (คำด่า)

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dissemble

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To disguise or conceal or to mislead (ปิดบัง อำพราง)

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evanescence

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Tending to disappear like vapor or vanishing (ความเลือนลาง การค่อยๆสลายไป)

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exacerbate

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To make worse for more severe (ทำให้รุนแรงขึ้น)

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fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous (แรงกล้า)

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fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance (บังเอิญ)

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germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand or appropriate subject matter (เกี่ยวข้อง)

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grandiloquence

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Pompous speech or expression (การพูดจาโอ้อวด)

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hackneyed

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Rendered trite or common place by frequent usage (ซ้ำซาก)

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halcyon

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Calm and peaceful (สงบเงียบ)

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hedonism

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Devotion to pleasure of pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses (ลัทธิสุขนิยม)

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hegemony

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The consistent dominant of one state or group over others (การครอบงำ ความเป็นเจ้าโลก)

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iconoclast

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions, or institutions (ผู้ไม่ยึดมั่นในขนบธรรมเนียม)

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idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something (บูชารูปเคารพ)

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impassive

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Revealing no emotion (ไร้ความรู้สึก)

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imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness (ไม่หวั่นไหว สุขุมใจเย็น)

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implacable

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Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed (ไร้ความปรานี ไม่โอนอ่อน)

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impunity

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Immunity from punishment or penalty (การไม่ต้องรับโทษ การได้รับการยกเว้นโทษ)

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inchoate
In an initial stage not fully formed (ยังไม่สมบูรณ์)
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infelicitous
Unfortunate or inappropriate (ไม่เป็นผลดี ไม่สมควรไม่เหมาะสม)
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insipid
Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge (จืดชืด)
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loquacious
Extremely talkative (ช่างพูด)
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mendacity
The condition of being untruthful or dishonesty (การโกหก)
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misanthrope
One who hates all other human (ความเกลียดชังมนุษยชาติ)
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obdurate
Unyielding or hardhearted or intractable (ดื้อดึง)
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obsequious
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness (ประจบสอพลอ)
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occlude
To obstruct or block (ปิดกั้น)
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opprobrium
Disgrace or contempt or scorn (ความอับอาย ความน่าอัปยศน่าอับอาย)
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pedagogy
The profession or principles of teaching or instructing (การสอน)
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pedantic
Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge (จู้จี้จุกจิก อวดความรู้อวดภูมิ)
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penury
Poverty or destitution (ความขัดสน)
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pervasive
Having a tendency to permeate or spread throughout (แพร่หลาย)
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Pine
To yearn intensely or to languish or to lost vigor (ความปรารถนาอย่างแรงกล้า ความอ่อนล้า)
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pith
The essential or central part (แกน)
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pithy
Precise and brief (แหลมคม มีสาระสำคัญ)
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placate
To appease or to calm by making concessions (สงบปากสงบคำ)
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plummet
To plunge or drop straight down (ดิ่ง)
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polemical
Controversial or argumentative (การโต้แย้ง ถกเถียง)
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prodigal
Recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse or lavish (สุรุ่ยสุร่าย)
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proliferate
To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly (ขยายพันธุ์)
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querulous
Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish (ขี้บ่น เจ้าอารมณ์)
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rancorous
Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment (ความเคียดแค้น)
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recalcitrant
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage (พยศ ฝ่าฝืนไม่เชื่อฟัง)
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Repudiate
To refuse to have anything to do with or to disown (ปฏิเสธ ทอดทิ้งละทิ้ง)
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rescind
To invalidate, to repeal or, to retract (ยกเลิก เลิกล้ม ลบล้าง)
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reverent
Mark by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (เคารพนับถือ)
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rhetoric
The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion (วาทศิลป์)
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salubrious
Promoting health or well-being (ดีต่อสุขภาพ)
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solvent
Able to meet financial obligations or able to dissolve another substance (ตัวทำละลาย )
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specious
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious, misleadingly, attractive or plausible, but false (กว้างขวาง ตบตามารยา)
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spurious
Collecting intensity or validity or false or counterfeit (เท็จ)
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subpoena
A court order requiring appearance and or testimony (หมายเรียกพยาน หมายศาล)
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succinct
Brief or concise (กระชับ)
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superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary (ฟุ่มเฟือย)
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surfeit
An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess (อิ่มเกินไป ทำให้เกิน)
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tenacity
The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (ความเข้มแข็ง ความดื้อรั้น การยืนหยัด)
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tenuous
Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak (อ่อนแอ)
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tirade
A long and extremely critical speech or harsh denunciation (การโวยวาย คำพูดยืดยาวด่าว่า)
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transient
Fleeting or passing quickly or brief (ชั่วคราว)
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zealous
Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause (กระตือรือร้น ขยันขันแข็ง ไฟแรงใจจดใจจ่อ)

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