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| (noun) keen, accurate judgment or insight |
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| (verb) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
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| (verb) to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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| (noun) a harsh denunciation |
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| (verb) to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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| (adj) characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
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| (adj) tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
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| (adj) relevant to the subject at hapnd; appropriate in subject matter |
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| (noun) pompous speech or expression |
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| (adj) rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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| (noun) the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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| (noun) one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| (adj) revealing no emotion |
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| (adj) marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness |
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| (adj) not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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| (n) immunity from punishment or penalty |
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| (adj) in an initial stage; not fully formed |
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| (adj) unfortunate; inappropriate |
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| (adj) without taste or falvor; lacking in spirit; bland |
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| (n) one who hates all other humans |
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| (v) to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate |
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| (adj) unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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| disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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| (adj) overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge |
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| (n) the essential or central part |
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| (n) a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
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| (adj) controversial; argumentative |
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| (adj) recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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| (n) questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations |
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| (adj) prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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| (adj) characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
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| (adj) obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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| (v) to refuse to have anything to do with; disown |
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| (v) to invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
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| (adj) marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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| (adj) promoting health or well-being |
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| (adj) able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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| (adj) seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive, plausible but false |
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| (n) a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony |
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| (n/v) an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
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| (n) the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
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| (adj) having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
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