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adept: Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

encompass: To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.

eradicate: To pull up by the roots; to uproot.

entrepreneur: A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.

homogeneous: similar, or the same as something else

presumptuous: Going beyond what is right or proper because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance

sordid: Dirty or squalid.

stint: A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell.

standardize: To make to conform to a standard.

stringent: Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe

exhort: To urge; to advise earnestly.

flamboyant: Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.

foible: A weakness or failing of character.

innocuous: Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

magnanimous: Noble and generous in spirit.

masochist: someone who derives pleasure from receiving pain, often self inflicted (masochism)

meticulous: Timid, fearful, overly cautious.

rancor: The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

recrimination: A counter or mutual accusation.

repugnant: offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

atrophy: To wither or waste away.

deplore: To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

deprivation: The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

exacerbate: To irritate.

imperative: essential

mitigate: To reduce, lessen, or decrease.

objective: Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.

panacea: A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.

unprecedented: never before seen or done, without precedent.

utilitarian: practical and functional, not just for show.

decorum: Appropriate social behavior; propriety

espouse: To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

exorbitant: exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high

extricate: To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

facilitate: To make easy or easier.

orthodox: Conforming to the established, accepted or traditional faith or religion.

rejuvenate: To render young again.

synchronize: To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.

tenuous: Thin in substance or consistency.

analogy: A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

annihilate: To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

criterion: A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

emanate: To come from a source; stem out of

holistic: Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.

placebo: A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.

proficient: An expert.

staunch: loyal, trustworthy, reliable, outstanding

subversive: in opposition to a civil authority or government

vindicate: To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

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