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1. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy

2. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation

3. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible

4. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine

5. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate

6. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm

7. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief

8. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate

9. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.

10. Flamboyant/verve/dash

11. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone

12. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one

13. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane

14. Set fire/excite

15. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic

16. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver

17. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical

18. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable

19. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy

20. Respected because of age

21. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid

22. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation

23. Old/antique/bygone/stale

24. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of

25. Influence or domination over

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