All terms in this list:
zealous: fervent; ardent; impassioned
transient: fleeting; passing quickly; brief
tirade: a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
tenuous: having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
tenacity: the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
surfeit: excess; overindulgence
superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
succinct: brief; concise
subpoena: a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
spurious: lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
specious: seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
reverent: marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
rescind: to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
repudiate: to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
recalcitrant: obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
querulous: prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
queries: questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
proliferate: to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
profuse: given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
prodigal: recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
plummet: to plunge or drop straight down
platitude: a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
placate: to appease; to calm by making concessions
pithy: precise and brief
pith: the essential or central part
pine: to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
penury: poverty; destitution
pedagogy: the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing
occlude: to obstruct or block
mitigate: to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
misanthrope: one who hates all other humans
malevolent: having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred
luminous: characterized by brightness and the emission of light
loquacious: extremely talkative
insipid: without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
infelicitous: unfortunate; inappropriate
inchoate: in an initial stage; not fully formed
impunity: immunity from punishment or penalty
impassive: revealing no emotion
iconoclast: one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
hegemony: the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
hedonism: devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
hackneyed: rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
grandiloquence: pompous speech or expression
exacerbate: to make worse or more severe
evanescent: tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
endemic: characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
eccentric: departing from norms or conventions
dissemble: to disguise or conceal; to mislead
aver: to state as a fact; to confirm or support
archaic: outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
adulterate: to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
acumen: quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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