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Adulterate
render (something) poorer in quality by adding other substances, typically an inferior one.
Affinity
a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something.
Animosity
strong hostility
Adroit
clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
Ambiguous
(of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
Antithesis
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Brevity
shortness of time
Boorish
an unrefined, ill-mannered person.
Beguile
charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
Carcinogen
a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
Chimerical
imaginary; not real
Coalesce
come together to form one mass or whole.
Debacle
a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
Eschew
deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
Endemic
(of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
Ennui
a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
Eclectic
deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
Flout
openly disregard (a rule, law or convention
Flaunt
display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.
Factious
relating or inclined to a state of faction.
Garrulous
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
Gloat
contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.
Hackneyed
(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
Hiatus
a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.
Hallow
honor as holy
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