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9 Cards in this Set
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Acumen *Noun*
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Keen accurate judgment or insight. Acumen(t) is like accurate and judgment put together.
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Adulterate *Verb*
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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients. To adulterate is to make adult, away from childhood innocence.
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Amalgamate *Verb*
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To combine several elements into a whole. Amalgamate sounds like geology and lava related, as if its lava combining several elements together.
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Archaic *Adj*
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Outdated, associated with more primitive times.
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Aver *Verb*
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert. To aver is to state as a fact. Ver is the beginning of verify which is to prove something true. So aver is before that, state it as a fact.
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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. Bombastic is like really exaggerated, like pompous.
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Diatribe *Noun*
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a harsh denunciation. Di is like two, so two tribes. They dont get along, they would harshly denounce each other.
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Dissemble *Verb*
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To disguise or conceal; to mislead. Pretend to be disassembling something, but its misleading because you are actually just concealing it.
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