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irrefutable adj.
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accurate; apodictic; certain; double-checked; evident; final; inarguable; incontestable; incontrovertible; indisputable; indubitable; invincible; ironclad; irrebuttable; irrefragable; irresistible; obvious; odds-on; positive; proven; set; sure; unanswerable; unassailable; undeniable; unimpeachable; unquestionable
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irrelevant adj.
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extraneous; foreign; garbage; immaterial; impertinent; inapplicable; inapposite; inappropriate; inappurtenant; inapropos; inapt; inconsequent; inconsequential; insignificant; not germane; outside; pointless; remote; trivial; unapt; unconnected; unimportant; unnecessary; unrelated
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jargon n.
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abracadabra; argot; balderdash; banality; bombast; bunk; buzzwords; cant; cliché; colloquialism; doublespeak; drivel; fustian; gibberish; idiom; insipidity; lexicon; neologism; newspeak; nonsense; palaver; parlance; patois; patter; rigmarole; shoptalk; slang; twaddle; usage; vernacular; vocabulary
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judicious adj.
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accurate; acute; astute; calculating; careful; cautious; circumspect; clear-sighted; considerate; considered; diplomatic; discerning; discreet; discriminating; efficacious; enlightened; expedient; informed; judicial; keen; perceptive; perspicacious; politic; profound; prudent; rational; reasonable; sagacious; sage; sane; sapient; seasonable; seemly; sensible; sharp; shrewd; skillful; sober; sophisticated; sound; thorough; wary
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kindle v.
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blaze; burn; fire; flame; flare; glow; ignite; inflame; light
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labyrinth n.
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coil; complication; convolution; entanglement; intricacy; jungle; knot; mesh; morass; perplexity; problem; puzzle; riddle; skein; snarl; tangle; web
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lackluster adj.
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blind; boring; colorless; dark; dead; dim; drab; draggy; dry; flat; leaden; lusterless; matte; muted; nothing; obscure; pabulum; prosaic; sombre; unimaginative; uninspired; vanilla; vapid; zero
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laconic adj.
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breviloquent; brief; brusque; compact; compendiary; compendious; concise; crisp; curt; pithy; sententious; succinct; terse
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lampoon n.
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burlesque; caricature; invective; pasquil; pasquinade; pastiche; ridicule; roast; send-up; skit; squib; takedown; takeoff
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lassitude n.
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apathy; dullness; exhaustion; fatigue; idleness; inaction; inactivity; languor; laziness; listlessness; sleepiness; sluggishness; tiredness; torpor; weakness; weariness
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