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acumen
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keen, accurate judgment or insight
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adulterate
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into a whole (noun form: amalgamation)
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archaic
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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
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bolster
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to provide support or reinforcement
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bombastic
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pompous; grandiloquent (noun form: bombast)
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diatribe
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a harsh denunciation
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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eccentric
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departing from norms or conventions
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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exacerbate
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to make worse or more severe
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fervent
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greatly emotional or zealous (noun form: fervor)
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fortuitous
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happening by accident or chance
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germane
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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