Tiffany Group 3
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- acumen
- keen, accurate judgment or insight
- adulterate
- to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
- amalgamate
- to combine several elements into a whole
- archaic
- outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
- aver
- to state as a fact; to declare or assert
- bolster
- to provide support or reinforcement
- bombastic
- pompous; grandiloquent
- dissemble
- to disguise or conceal; to mislead
- eccentric
- departing from norms or conventions
- endemic
- characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
- evanescent
- tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
- exacerbate
- to make worse or more severe
- fervent
- greatly emotional or zealous
- fortuitous
- happening by accident or chance
- germane
- relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject manner
- grandiloquence
- pompous speech or expression
- hackneyed
- rendered trite or commomplace by frequent usage
- halycon
- calm and peaceful
- hedonism
- devotion to pleasurable persuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
- hegemony
- the consistent dominance of one state of ideology over others
- iconoclast
- one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
- idolatrous
- given to intense or excessive devotion to something
- impassive
- revealing no emotion
- imperturable
- marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
- implacable
- not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
- impunity
- immunity from punishment or penalty
- inchoate
- an initial stage; not fully formed
- infelicitous
- unfortunate; inappropriate
- insipid
- without taste of flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
- loquacious
- extremely talkative
- luminous
- characterized by brightness and the emission of light
- malevolent
- having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
- malleable
- capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
- mendacity
- the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
- meticulous
- characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
- misanthrope
- one who hates all other humans
- mitigate
- to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
- obdurate
- unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
- obsequious
- exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
- occlude
- to obstruct or block
- opprobrium
- disgrace; contempt; scorn
- pedagogy
- the profession or principles of teaching or instructing
- pedantic
- overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
- penury
- poverty; destitution
- pervasive
- having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
- pine
- to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
- pirate
- to illegally use or reproduce
- pith
- the essential or central part
- pithy
- precise and brief
- placate
- to appease; to calm by making concessions
- platitude
- a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
- plummet
- to plunge or drop straight down
- polemical
- controversial; argumentative
- prodigial
- recklessly wasteful; extravagent; profuse; lavish
- profuse
- given or coming forth abundantly; extravagent
- proliferate
- to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
- queries
- questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
- querulous
- prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
- rancorous
- characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
- recalcitrant
- obstineately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
- repudiate
- to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
- rescind
- to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
- reverent
- marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
- rhetoric
- the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
- salubrious
- promoting health or well-being
- solvent
- able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
- specious
- seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plasuible but false
- spurious
- lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
- subpoena
- a court order requiring appearance and or testimony
- succinct
- brief; concise
- superfluous
- excluding what is sufficient or necessary
- surfeit
- an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply in excess
- tenacity
- the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
- tenuous
- having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
- tirade
- a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh dencunciation
- transient
- fleeting; passing quickly; brief
- zealous
- fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause