All terms in this list:
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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