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acumen
insightfulness
aspire
strive for
assail
belittle
assiduous
diligent
assuage
relieve, appease
atrophy
waste away
attenuate
weaken, reduce
august
dignified
aura
air, feeling
auspicious
favorable
autocrat, autocratic
dictator, dictatorial
automaton
a person who acts like a robot
byzantine
convoluted, complex
consternation
dismay
despot
dictator
doctrine
religious, political, or philosophical principles or teachings
epiphany
sudden realization
gait
manner of walking
hubris
arrogance
jaded
tired, bored
laud, laudatory
praise
obstinate (obstinacy)
stubborn(ness)
oracle
prophet
placate
calm someone down
pliable, pliant
easily shaped or influenced
prolific
fertile, fruitful
rampant
unrestrained, growing
rouse, rousing
provoke, excite
sanguine
cheerfully confident, optimistic
scathing
harshly critical
shroud
hide, obscure
subversive
one who intends to overthrow the government
surfeit
surplus
sycophant
suck up, flatterer
venerable
commanding respect because of age, dignity
vindictive
seeking revenge
abate
lessen
aberration
deviation, not normal
abhor, abhorrence
hatred
abstruse
difficult to understand
accost
confront
acrimony
bitter animosity
adamant
not yielding
adept
skillful
adroit
skillful
affected
haughty
alacrity
eagerness
allocate
assign, portion
altruistic, altruism
generous
amenable
yielding
amiable
friendly
amicable
friendly
antediluvian
very old
anthropology
study of human beings
antipathy
dislike
apathetic, apathy
lacking interest
apt
appropriate, inclined
arcane
mysterious, known only by a few
ascendancy
influence, domination
ascetic, asceticism
one who practices self-denial as a spiritual disciplin
avarice
greed
banal
common
barrage
bombardment, torrent
belie
give a false impression
belligerent
aggressive, warlike
benevolent
generous
bequeath
hand down (through a will)
berate
scold harshly
bipartisanship
supported by two opposing groups (political parties)
blighted
destroyed
bog
marsh, swamp
bolster
support
bombastic
pompous
boorish, boorishness
crude
buoyant
cheerful, floating
burgeon
grow, flourish
buttress
support
cacophonous, cacophony
discordant sound
cajole
coax
callous
insensitive
cantankerous(ness)
irritable
capricious
fickle
castigate
belittle
caustic
bitter
censorious
harshly critical
censure
scold
cerebral
intellectual
chagrin
mortification
charlatan
swindler
chastise
belittle
chide
belittle
churlish
vulgar, boorish
circuitous
indirect
circumscribe
restrict
circumvent
escape, avoid
clandestine
secretive
coalesce
blend, fuse
compendious
succinct
complacency, complacent
self-satisfaction, smugness
compliant, compliance
yielding
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