Ameliorate – to make better or more tolerable Conundrum

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   Acumen – keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters.
   
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   Ameliorate – to make better or more tolerable
   
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   Conundrum – an intricate and difficult problem with a seemingly impossible solution.
   
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   Detrimental – tending to cause harm
   
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   Erudite – having or showing great knowledge or learning
   
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   Intransigent – characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude
   
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   Ostentatious – attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness
   
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   Precarious – dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments.
   
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   Superfluous - unnecessary, especially through being more than enough
   
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    Ostensible - stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
    
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    Pernicious - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
    
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    Admonish - warn or reprimand someone firmly
    
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    Transcendent - beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience
    
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