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demagogue
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person, esp. an orator or political leader who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people
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demarcation
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borderline; act of defining or marking a boundary or distinction
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desiccate
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to dry completely, dehydrate
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didactic
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instructive
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate
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diminution
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decrease; reduction
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eclectic
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selected from wide variety of sources
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edify
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instruct, enlighten
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effrontery
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Impudence; nerve; gall
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effulgent
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brilliantly shining
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effusive
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expressing emotion without restraint
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elegiac
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mournful
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esoteric
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understood only by a select group with special knowledge of the given subject
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evanescent
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ephemeral; fading; brief
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exculpate
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to clear of blame or fault; vindicate
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