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elicit

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Verb:
1. to bring about (a response or reaction): her remarks elicited a sharp retort
2. to draw out (information) from someone: a phone call elicited the fact that she had just awakened

Thesaurus:
arouse, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise

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deliberation

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n.
1. The act or process of deliberating.
2. deliberations Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue: the deliberations of a jury.
3. Thoughtfulness in decision or action.
4. Leisureliness in motion or manner: The girl stacked the blocks with deliberation.

Thesaurus:
noun 1. consideration, thought, reflection, study, speculation, calculation, meditation,

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insidious

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Adjective
1. Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner: insidious rumors; an insidious disease.
2. Intended to entrap; treacherous: insidious misinformation.
3. Beguiling but harmful; alluring: insidious pleasures.

Thesaurus:
adjective stealthy, subtle, cunning, designing, smooth, tricky, crooked

:
They were designed for winter wear, when treacherous drafts came down chimneys and insidious currents of deadly cold found their way through key-holes.

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delude

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tr.v.
1. To deceive the mind or judgment of: 'fraudulent ads that delude consumers into sending in money.'


Thesaurus:
verb deceive, kid (informal) fool, trick, take in (informal) cheat, con (informal) mislead, impose on, hoax, dupe,
beguile, gull (archaic) bamboozle (informal) hoodwink, take for a ride (informal) pull the wool over someone's eyes,
lead up the garden path (informal) cozen, misguide

Lit:
Worldly wisdom may force them into widely different ways of life; worldly wisdom may delude them,
or may make them delude themselves, into contracting an earthly and a fallible union.

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precocious

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Adj. 1.
precocious - characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude);
"a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement"

Thesaurus:

Ex:
Why therefore not make my first experiment with my little precocious Grandson, whose casual remarks on the meaning of 3^3 had met with the approval of the Sphere?

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egregious

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adjective:
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error";
"gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

Synonyms:
flagrant, glaring, crying, rank, gross

Ex:
He had made an egregious ass of himself before the whole ship.