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Acuity
mental or visual sharpness
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Braggart
someone who boasts
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Epitomized
typified; characterized; personified
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Hidebound
rigid in opinions
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Languish
decay; fade away; get weaker
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Obsequious
submissive; servile
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PolemicalÂ
causing debate or argument
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Thwart
prevent; frustrate
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Equivocate
speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
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Larceny
theft; robbery; stealing
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Ponderous
weighty; slow; heavy
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Timourous
fearful; cowardly
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Decorum
dignified; correct behavior
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Pontificate
speak pompously or dogmatically
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Reticent
restrained; withholding; uncommunicative
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Tirade
stream of verbal abuse
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Adulation
to show strong admiration; worship
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Erratic
wandering; irregular
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Histrionic
theatrical; exaggerated
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Obstreperous
noisy and boisterous
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Esoteric
obscure and difficult to understand
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Portent
a warning sign; omen
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Espouse
promote; take-up; support
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