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acerbic
having sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
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aggrandize
to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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alchemy
a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, espe. base metals into gold
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amenable
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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anachronism
somehting or someone out of palce in terms o fhistorical or chronological context
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astringent
having a tightening effect on living tissue; arsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue
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contiguous
sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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convention
a generally agreed upon practice or attitude
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credulous
tending to belueve too readily; gullible
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decorum
polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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derision
scorn, ridicule, contemptuour treatment
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dilettante
one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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disparage
to slight or belittle
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divulge
to disclose somehting secret
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fawn
to flatter or prease excessibely
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flout
to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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garrulous
pointless talkative; talking too much
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glib
marked by ease or infomrmality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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hubris
overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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imminent
about to happen; impending
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immutable
not capable of change
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impetuous
hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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indifferent
having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
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inimical
damaging; harmful; injurious
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intrepid
steadfast and courageous
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laconic
using few words; terse
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maverick
an independent individual who does not go along with a groups or party
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mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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mollify
to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotianl intensity
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neophyte
a recent convert; a beginner; novice
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obfuscate
to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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obstinate
stubborn, hard-headed; uncompromising
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ostentatious
characterized by or given to pretentitous display; shwy
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pervade
to permeate throughout
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phlegmatic
calm; sluggish; unemotional
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plethora
an overabundance; a suplus
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pragmatic
pratical rather than idealistic
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presumptuous
overstepping due bounds; taking liberties
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pristine
pure; uncorrupted; clean
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probity
adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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proclivity
a natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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propensity
a natural inclination or tendency; penchant
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prosaic
dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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pungent
characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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quixotic
foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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quotidian
occuriring or recurring dailly, commonplace
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rarefy
to make or become thin, less dense, to refine
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recondite
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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REFULGENT
radiant; shiny; brilliant
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renege
to fail to honor a cfommintment; to go back on a promise
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sedulous
diligent; persistent; hardworking
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shard
a piece of broken pottery or glass
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sporific
causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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sparse
thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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spendthrift
one who spends money wastefully
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subtle
not obvious, elussive, diffucult to discern
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tacit
implied; not explecitly stated
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terse
brief and concise in wording
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tout
to publicly praise or promote
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trenchant
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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unfeigned
genuine; not falseor hypocrital
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untenable
indefensible; not visible; uninhabitable
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vacillatel
to waver indecesiveky between one course of action or opinion and another
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variegated
mulicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vexation
annoyance; irritation
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vigilant
alerlty watchful
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vituperate
to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severyly or abusively; to berate
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volatile
readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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