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Acumen (noun)
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Keen, accurate judgment or insight
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Adulterate (verb)
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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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Amalgamate (verb)
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To combine several elements into a whole
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Archaic (adj)
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Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
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Aver (verb)
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To state as a fact; to declare or assert
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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
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Diatribe (noun)
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A harsh denunciation
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Dissemble (verb)
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To disguise or conceal; to mislead
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Eccentric (adj)
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Departing from norms or conventions
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Endemic (adj)
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Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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Evanescent (adj)
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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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Exacerbate (verb)
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To make worse or more severe
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Fervent (adj)
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Greatly emotional or zealous
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Fortuitous (adj)
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Happening by accident or chance
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