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keen, accurate judgement or insight
While soaking in the hot springs he experienced a moment of acumen when a creative spring of epiphanies appeared extemperaneously. |
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
An additional cup of water mixed with whole milk serves to adulterate the volume of fat per ounce. |
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outdated
Newton's universal laws of physics became archaic theories once modern physic theorists and technology redefined the universe. |
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to state as a fact, to declare or assert
Even before emperical data could be collected due to the separation of theory and technology, Einstein shaped his theory until he could aver what it meant. |
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| departing from norms or conventions |
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| characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, regiuon, or people |
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| tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing |
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| to make worse or more severe |
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| greatly emotiong or zealous |
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| happening by accident or chance |
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| relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate subject matter |
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| pompous speech or expression |
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| rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits
He displayed a voracious appetite for hedonism as he constantly sought physical contention. |
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| the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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| one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| revealing no emotion, stoic |
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| marked by extreme calm, imppassibity and steadiness (character trait) |
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| immunity from punishment or penalty |
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| in an initial stage, not fully formed |
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unfortunate, inappropriate
opposite of fortuitous |
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| without taste, lacking in spirit, bland |
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| characterized by brightness and the emission of light |
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| having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
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| capable of being shaped or formed, syn pliable |
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the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty.
opposite of veracity |
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| characterized by extreme care and precision |
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one who hates all other humans
a misanthrope is characterized by malevolence |
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| to make or become less severe or intense |
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| exhibiting a fawning attentiveness. syn voracious |
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| to obstruct or block. syn stymie |
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| disgrace, contempt, scorn |
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| the profession or principles of teaching. related to didactic |
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| overly concerned with the trivial details of learning ort eduction, showoffish about ones knowledge; meticulous related to pedantic |
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| to yearn intensely, to languish |
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| to illegaly use or reproduce |
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| the essential part, the heart of the matter |
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| precise and brief, straight to the center part of the matter |
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| to appease, to calm by making concessions |
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| a superficial remark, one offered as meaningful |
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recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish
a prodigal women would squander her money |
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given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant
related to prodigal, and effrontery
marked as a character trait |
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| to grow or increase swiftly or abundantly |
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questions, doubts in the mind
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| characterized by long lasting resentment |
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to refuse to have anything to do with
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to invalidate, to repeal
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| marked by feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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| study of language for communication and persuasion |
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