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25 Cards in this Set
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ACUMEN (NOUN)
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keen, accurate judgment or insight
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ADULTERATE (VERB)
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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AMALGAMATE (VERB)
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to combine several elements into a whole
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ARCHAIC (ADJ.)
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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
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AVER (VERB)
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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BOLSTER (VERB)
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to provide support or reinforcement
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BOMBASTIC (ADJ.)
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pompous; grandiloquent
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DIATRIBE (NOUN)
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a harsh denuciation
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DISSEMBLE (VERB)
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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ECCENTRIC (ADJ.)
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departing from norms or conventions
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ENDEMIC (ADJ.)
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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EVANESCENT (ADJ.)
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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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EXACERBATE (VERB)
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to make worse or more severe
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FERVENT (ADJ.)
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greatly emotional or zealous
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FORTUITOUS (ADJ.)
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happening by accident or chance
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GERMANE (ADJ.)
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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GRANDILOQUENCE (NOUN)
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pompous speech or expression
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HACKNEYED (ADJ.)
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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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HALCYON (ADJ.)
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calm and peaceful
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HEDONISM (NOUN)
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
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HEGEMONY (NOUN)
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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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ICONOCLAST (NOUN)
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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IDOLATROUS (ADJ.)
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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IMPASSIVE (ADJ.)
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revealing no emotion
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IMPERTURBABLE (ADJ.)
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marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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