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Anagram
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to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess. an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely; a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters; a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
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Assertion
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a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason
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Coherent
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logically connected; consistent; sticking together; having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious
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Fulminate
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to explode with a loud noise; detonate; to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation
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Goad
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something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. anything that pricks or wounds
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Inexplicable
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not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained
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Noncommittal
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not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course
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Proboscis
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the trunk of an elephant. any long flexible snout
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Quixotic
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extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. Don Quixote. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable
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Surmise
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to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess. an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely.
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