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    Dilettante: n. Dabbler in art or knowledge; adj. Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources ostensibly: adj. Seeming to be true but open to doubt poignant: adj. Causing sadness or regret; keenly felt; sharply perceptive wheedle: v. Coax; to flatter someone in order to obtain a favor. Philistine: adj. Somebody indifferent (or hostile) to intellectual

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    Dilettante: n. Dabbler in art or knowledge; adj. Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources ostensibly: adj. Seeming to be true but open to doubt poignant: adj. Causing sadness or regret; keenly felt; sharply perceptive wheedle: v. Coax; to flatter someone in order to obtain a favor. Philistine: adj. Somebody indifferent (or hostile) to intellectual

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    Dilettante: n. Dabbler in art or knowledge; adj. Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources ostensibly: adj. Seeming to be true but open to doubt poignant: adj. Causing sadness or regret; keenly felt; sharply perceptive wheedle: v. Coax; to flatter someone in order to obtain a favor. Philistine: adj. Somebody indifferent (or hostile) to intellectual

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    altruistic:

     adj.  unselfish  
     
    chicanery  [shi-­‐key-­‐nuh-­‐ree]:  cheating  or  deception  by  making  
    trivial  objections  
     
    dilettante:  n.  dabbler  in  art  or  knowledge;  adj.  superficial  
     
    eclectic:  adj.  deriving  ideas,  style,  or  taste  from  a  broad  and  
    diverse  range  of  sources;  varied  
     
    impugn:  v.  criticize  or  cast  doubt  on;  hold  responsible  
     
    internecine  [in-­‐ter-­‐nee-­‐seen]:  adj.  mutually  destructive  to  both  
    sides  of  a  conflict  
     
    ostensible:  adj.  seeming  to  be  true  but  open  to  doubt  (yes,  this  
    is  a  repeat)  
     
    philistine:  n.  somebody  indifferent  (or  hostile)  to  intellectual  
    matters;  adj.  regarded  as  uncultured  
     
    philologist:  n.  one  who  studies  language  in  texts  
     
    poignant:  adj.  causing  sadness  or  regret;  keenly  felt;  sharply  
    perceptive  
     
    progenitor:  n.  ancestor;  originator  
     
    shibboleth:    n.  slogan;  catchword;  common  saying  or  belief  
     
    temerity:  n.  boldness  (synonym:  nerve)  
     
    wheedle:  v.  coax;  to  flatter  someone  in  order  to  obtain  
    something  

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