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120 Cards in this Set
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Assertion
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a declaration or statement
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Cogent
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convincing; reasonable
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Coherent
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logically connected
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Cohesive
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condition of sticking together
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Didactic
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intended to instruct
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Discourse
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verbal expression or exchange; conversation
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Eloquence
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the ability to speak vivdly or persuasively
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Fluid
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easily flowing
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Implication
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the act of suggesting or hinting
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Lucid
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easily understood; clear
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Rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively
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Arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed issue
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Biased
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prejudiced
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Exculpate
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to free from guilt or blame
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Impartial
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not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased
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Incontrevertible
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not able to be denied or disputed
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Integrity
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trustworhtiness; completeness
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Objectivity
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treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
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Plausible
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seemingly valid or accetable; credible
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Substantiated
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supported with proof or evidence; verified
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Vindicated
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freed from blame
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condescending
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treating people as weak or inferior; having the attitude of being superior to others
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contemptous
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feeling hatred; scornful
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despotic
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exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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dictatorial
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domineering; oppressively overbearing
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disdain
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contempt, scorn; to regard or treat with scorn, look down upon
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haughty
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arrogant; vainly proud
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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patronizing
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treating in a condescending manner
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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cryptic
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difficult to comprehend
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futile
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having no useful purpose; pointless
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impede
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to slow the progress of
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obscure
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(adj.) relatively unknown, (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
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quandary
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a state or uncertainty or perplexity
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indolent
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lazy
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging
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lament
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express grief for; mourn
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listless
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lacking energy
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melancholy
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sadness; depression
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torpor
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laziness; inactivity; dullness
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alliance
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a union of two or more groups
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disparity
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inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference
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impinge
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hinder; interfere with
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sanction
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an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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servile
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submissive; like a servent
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suppressed
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subdued; kept from being circulated
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embellish
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to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
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florid
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describing flowery or elaborate speech
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opulent
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exhibiting a display of great wealth
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ornate
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elaboratel decorated
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ostentatious
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describing a showy or pretentious display
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poignant
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profoundly moving; touching
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ebullience
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intense entusiasm
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effusive
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emotionally unrestrained; gushy
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egregious
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conspicuously bad or offensive
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flagrant
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extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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frenetic
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wildly excited or active
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gratuitous
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given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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alleviate
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to ease pain or burden
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asylum
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a place of retreat or security
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auspicious
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favorable; promising
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benevolent
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well-meaning; generous
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benign
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kinda and gentle
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mollify
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to calm or soothe
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reclamation
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the act or making something useful again
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sanction
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to give authorization or approval
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dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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fabricated
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made; concocted to decieve
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hypocrisy
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the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
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slander
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false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
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spurious
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not genuine
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astute
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shrewd; clever
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clandestine
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secretive
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coup
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a brilliantly executed plan
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disingenuous
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not straightforward; crafty
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ruse
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a crafty trick
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strategem
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a clever trick used to decieve or outwit
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surreptitiously
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done by secretive means
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wary
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on guard
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wily
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cunning
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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ambivalent
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simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
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apathetic
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feeling or showing little emotion
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arbitrary
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determined by impulse rather than reason
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictible
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equivocate
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to avoid making a definite statement
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indifferent
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not caring one way or the other
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spontaneous
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unplanned; naturally occuring
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whimsical
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subject to erratic behavior; unpredictible
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inconsequential
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unimportant
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superficial
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concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
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trivial
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of little importance or significance
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assiduous
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hard-working
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compelling
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forceful; urgently demanding attention
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dilligent
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marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
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dogged
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stubbornly persevering
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endure
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to put up with; to survive a hardship
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intrepid
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courageous; fearless
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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obdurate
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stubborn; inflexible
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obstinate
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stubbornly adnhering to an opinion or a course of action
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proliferate
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to grow or increase readily
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tenacity
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persistence
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vitality
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energy; power to survive
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assimilation
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to absorb; to make similar
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consensus
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general agreement
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context
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circumstances of a situation; enviornment
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derived
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copied or adapted from a source
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incumbent
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imposed as a duty; obligatory
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inevitable
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certain to happen, unavoidable
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malleable
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easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
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subdue
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to restrain; to hold back
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acquired
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developed or learned; not naturally occurring
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conception
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the ability to form or understand an idea
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conviction
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a fixed or strong belief
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dogmatic
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stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
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enlightening
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informative; contributing to one's awareness
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