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multiplicity
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a large number or variety
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curative
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serving to cure or heal
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epitome
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quintessence
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mendacious
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false or untrue
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dubious
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doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
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specious
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pleasing to the eye but deceptive
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duplicitous
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deceitful, double-dealing
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felicitous
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having a special ability for suitable manner or expression, as a person
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alleviate
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to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate
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ambivalent
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uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
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ambiguous
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open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
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fallacy
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a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief
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palliative
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to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate
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cathartic
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the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music
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therapeutic
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of or pertaining to the treating or curing of disease; curative
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belie
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to show to be false; contradict
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fabricate
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to make by art or skill and labor; construct
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debunk
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to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated
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complement
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either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart
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beneficial
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conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful
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