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Verbose
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Containing more words than necessary
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The document was extremely verbose, therefore it needed revision.
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Concerted
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Agreed on; performed in unison
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The groups concerted effort was evident in the result.
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Benign
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Having no significant effect
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His solution was benign
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Utopia
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An imaginary and remote place
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In a utopia enviroment we would be able to failover services seamlessly
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-centric
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Focused around; centered upon
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All these applications are network-centric.
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Diminish
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To lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation (belittle)
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He dimished the Capt's orders with his careless actions.
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Granular
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Finely detailed
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We have scoped the results to a granular level.
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Compulsory
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Mandatory; enforced, obligatory
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We implemented compulsory measures to ensure a success failover.
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Holistic
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Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, Treatment of, or dissection into parts.
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The goal is to ensure a holistic COOP plan that is compartmentalized for ease of maintenance and administration.
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Intricacies
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State of being intricate (i.e., having many complexly interrelating parts or elements.
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The COOP plan is naturally fully of intracies because of the various technologies within the organization.
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Congizant
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Having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of)
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That Marine was cognizant of his actions.
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Homogeneous
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Of the same or a similar kind or nature
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The homogeneous enviroment made troubleshooting the network easier for the technicians.
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Heterogeneous
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Consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents
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The heterogeneous enviroment made troubleshooting the network more difficult for the technicians.
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Proliferation
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To increase in number as if by proliferating : multiply
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The proliferation of the roaches was caused by his lack of cleanliness.
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Metric
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Standard of measure
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The reporting metrics depict the our current compliancy.
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Advesaries
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One that contends with, opposes, or resist: enemy
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Our advesaries are anyone who is opposed to the company's success.
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Methodical
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Habitually proceeding according to method: systematic
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The COOP SOP establish a methodical approach to ensure a success COOP execution.
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Crux
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An essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome <the crux of the problem>
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We have reached the crux of the problem, therefore we'll adjourn until a solution is achieved.
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Ad hoc
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for the particular end or case at hand without consideration of wider application (Latin meaning "for this")
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I guarantee you that we will not create an ad hoc migration from public folders to sharepoint.
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Dissipate
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To break up and scatter or vanish
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We will dissipate any unproductive employees in order to ensure success.
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Insofar
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To such extent or degree
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His contribution to the solution is very limited insofar.
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Cumbersome
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burdensome, troublesome
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The migration from public folders to sharepoint will be a cumbersome process
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Synergism
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interaction of discrete agencies (as industrial firms), agents (as drugs), or conditions such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects
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There is a lack of synergism amongst EDS, INS, and Ops Center personnel.
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Lull
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To cause to relax viligance <were lulled into a false sense of security)
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I don't want to lull senior leadship into thinking that our Remedy COOP process isn't flawed.
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Surreptitious
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done, made, or acquired by stealth:Clandenstine
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The recruits surreptitously obtained the gear they were missing during the hike.
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Criterion
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A standard on which judgement or decision may be based on
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The successful migration of of the WO public folders will be criterion for the rest of the sections within MCNOSC.
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Graceful
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ease and suppleness of movement or bearing
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The servers will need to be gracefully shutdown in case the UPS fail. We don't need another graceless shutdown like last time.
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Spurious Process
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not genuine, authetic, or true
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Constraints
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limitations or restrictions
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We must adhere to the constraints that leadship has placed upon us.
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Constituents
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serving to compose or make up a thing; component
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My constituents and I will ensure that we successfully COOP.
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Realm
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The special province or field of something or someone
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This task will fall under the Watch Teams realm.
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Parse
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to analyze (a string of characters) in order toassociate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar
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Integrated
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organized or structured so that constituent units function coorperatively
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The section's respective SOP's will be integrated into the COOP Policy Letter as appendixes
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Enclave
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any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one
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Remedy is an enclave of the BMC Suite
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Purview
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Range of vision, comprehension, or experience; outlook
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You will have purview of the projects progress
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Iteration
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The act or an instance of iterating; repetition.
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There were multiple iterations of COOP exercises, however, we have not successfully failedover Remedy.
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Adjourn
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to close at the end of a session, to put off (a problem, discussion, etc.) for later consideration; defer
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We have reached the crux of the problem, therefore we'll adjourn until a solution is achieved.
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Quasi
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resembling; seeming; or virtual
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I will be in quasi retirement because I will lose my mind if I don't keep myself engange in some worthwhile cause.
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Trepidation
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a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation
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There is a considerable trepedation during failovers and failbacks because of our lack of collaboration
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Agitation
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to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb
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Agitation comes with the Watch Officer billet.
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Assimilate
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to take into the mind and thoroughly comprehend.
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Anecdotes
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a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
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Superficial
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presenting only an appearance without substance or significance; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
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Nefariously
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evil or morally bad
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Retrofit
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to adapt to a new purpose or need
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Ostracize
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to exclude from a group by common consent
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Viable
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capable of existence and development as an independent unit.
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Albeit
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conceding the fact that; even though; although
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Ramification
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consequences; outgrowth <the ramifications of the decisions>
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Stringent
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tight, strictness, or constricted
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Aggregation
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the collecting of units or parts into a mass or whole from different sources
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Infer
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to imply
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He inferred that you were a PT stud because of your PFT score
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Inference
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the ability to derive information that is not explicitly available
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The inference of his phyiscal fitness based on his PFT scrore was inaccurate.
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Instantiated
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to represent (an abstraction) by a concrete instance
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Abstract
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a disassociation from any specific instance <an abstract entity)
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Unambiguous
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not ambiguous: clear or precise
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Ambiguous
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unlcear or not easily described
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Rampant
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marked by a menacing wildness, extravagance or absence of restraint <rampant rumors> or profusely widespread
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Denotation
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specific meaning (a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea.
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Connotation
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a suggested or implied meaning
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Haphazard
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marked by lack of plan, order, or direction
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The migration from public folders to sharepoint will not be executed haphazzardly.
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Two-fold
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having two aspects
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Autonomy
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the quality or state of being self-governing
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Remnants
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Usually a small part, member, or trace remaining
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Axiom
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An established rule
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The Marines have certain axioms that they adhere to on a daily basis.
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Arbitrary
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based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity
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Elicit
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To draw forth or bring out
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Obtuse
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difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Discern
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to recognize or identify as separate and distinct
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Premise
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a previous statement that an argument is based or how an outcome was decided
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The premise of the migration off of public folders was the Watch Officer Successful migration
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Postulate
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to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary
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We will postulate your theory of a successful execution with the new changes.
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Innocuous
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Not harmful or not likely to offend
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An example of innocuous is playful teasing between friends
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Autonomous
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having self-government; functioning independently without control by others
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Autonomous in some senses, dependent in others
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Acumen
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keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters
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His technical acumen has made him the go to Marine in the section
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Disjointed
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being thrown out of orderly function; lacking coherence or orderly sequence
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The watch teams were disjointed at first, but now you see collaboration and cohesion amongst all the teams.
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Overarching
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dominating or embracing all else
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Nuance
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Subtle distinction or variation
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Fusion
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a merging of diverse, distinct, or separate elements into a unified whole
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Succinct
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marked by compact precise expression without wasted words
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