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spurious
[spyoor-ee-uhs]
not being what it purports to be; false or fake

stultify
[stuhl-tuh-fahy ]
to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means

eponym
[ep-uh-nim]
a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

parsimonious
[pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs]
unwilling to spend money or use resources

mendacious
[men-dey-shuhs]
telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; untruthful

hurtle
[hur-tl]
to rush violently; move with great speed

fisticuffs
[fis-tuh-kuhfs]
combat with the fists

quirk
[kwurk]
a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism

contemporary
[kuhn-tem-puh-rer-ee]
of the present time; modern

plashy
[plash-ee]
marshy; wet

deprecate
[dep-ri-keyt]
to express earnest disapproval of

succedaneum
[suhk-si-dey-nee-uhm]
a substitute

surmise
[ser-mahyz]
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

imbroglio
[im-brohl-yoh]
a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc. of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations

stentorian
[sten-tawr-ee-uhn]
very loud or powerful in sound

extrapolate
[ik-strap-uh-leyt]
to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture