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zealous
adj.

fervent; ardent; impassioned
transient
adj.

fleeting; passing quickly; brief
tirade
n.

a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
tenuous
adj.

having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
tenacity
n.

the quality of adjerence or persistence to something valued
surfeit
v.

excess; overindulgence
superfluous
adj.

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
succinct
adj.

brief; concise
subpoena
n.

a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
spurious
adj.

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
specious
adj.

seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
reverent
adj.

marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
rescind
v.

to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
recalcitrant
adj.

obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
querulous
adj.

prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
queries
n.

questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
proliferate
v.

to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
profuse
adj.

given or coming forth abundantly; extravagent
prodigal
adj.

recklessly wasteful; extravagent; profuse; lavish
plummet
v.

to plunge or drop straight down
platitude
n.

a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
placate
v.

to appease; to calm by making concessions
pithy
adj.

precise and brief
pith
n.

the essential or central part
pine
v.

to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
penury
n.

poverty; destitution
pedagogy
n.

the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing
occlude
v.

to obstruct or block
mitigate
v.

to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
misanthrope
n.

one who hates all other humans
malevolent
adj.

having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred
luminous
adj.

characterized by brightness and the emission of light
loquacious
adj.

extremely talkative
insipid
adj.

without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
infelicitous
adj.

unfortunate; inappropriate
inchoate
adj.

in an initial stage, not fully formed
impunity
n.

immunity from punishment or penalty
impassive
adj.

revealing no emotion
iconoclast
n.

one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
hegemony
n.

the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
hedonism
n.

devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
hackneyed
adj.

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
grandiloquence
n.

pompous speech or expression
exacerbate
v.

to make worse or more severe
evanescent
adj.

tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
endemic
adj.

characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
eccentric
adj.

departing from norms or conventions
dissemble
v.

to disguise or conceal; to mislead
aver
v.

to state as a fact; to confirm or support
archaic
adj.

outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
adulterate
v.

to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingrediants
acumen
n.

quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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