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keen, accurate judgment or insight |
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
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to combine several elements into a whole |
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outdated; associated with an earlier time |
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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to provide support or reinforcement |
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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departing from norms or conventions |
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characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region, 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 emotional or zealous |
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happening by accident or chance |
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in 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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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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marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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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 |
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without taste or flavor; 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; tractable; pliable |
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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
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characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
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one who hates all other humans |
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to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate |
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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disgrace; contempt; scourn |
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the profession of principles of teaching, or instructing |
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overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge |
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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
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to illegally use or reproduce |
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the essential or central part |
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to appease; to calm by making concessions |
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a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
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to plunge or drop straight down |
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controversial; argumentative |
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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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given or coming forth abundantly |
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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
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questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations |
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prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown |
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to invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
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marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
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promoting health or well-being |
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false |
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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony |
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
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a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
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Fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
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Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause |
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