SET 14

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Avarice
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The policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.
Activism
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A willingness to take bold risks; Rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence.
audacity
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A feeling of revulsion; disgusted loathing.
Abhorrence
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Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
Artifice
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Brisk and cheerful readiness.
Alacrity
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A huge or monstrous creature; Something enormous, especially a large and powerful organization.
Behemoth
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A general agreement.
Consensus
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The quality of being open and honest; frankness.
candor
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A large-scale and violent event in the natural world; A sudden violent political or social upheaval.
Cataclysm
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A state of great sorrow or distress.
Dolor
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The ability to produce a desired or intended result.
Efficacy
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A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments ; A failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid.
Fallacy
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A statement or principle having a broader rather than specific validity or force ; The quality or state of being general.
Generality
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An insulting or mocking remark : a taunt ; Make insulting or mocking remarks; jeer.
Gibe
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A person who behaves in a way that suggests he/she has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
Hypocrite
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A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause ; Sad and pensive.
melancholy
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Untruthfulness
Mendacity
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One of two metal bands joined by a chain, for fastening a person's hands or ankles ; Confine (a person or part of the body) with metal bands.
Manacle
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Harsh criticism or censure ; Public disgrace arising from shameful conduct.
Opprobrium
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Great wealth or luxuriousness.
Opulence
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Funeral rites.
Obsequies
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An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public.
Pundit
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A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action.
Proponent
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A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originatee : an ancestor or parent ; A person who originates a cultural or intellectual movement.
progenitor
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A medicine or procedure prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effect.
Placebo
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The fact of being pre-eminent or most important.
Primacy
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A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.
Philistine
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Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.
Prowess
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Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
Ribaldry
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