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tenet n.
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article of faith; assumption; canon; conception; conviction; credo; creed; doctrine; dogma; faith; impression; maxim; opinion; persuasion; position; precept; presumption; profession; rule; self-conviction; system; teaching; thesis; trust; view
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tentative adj.
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acting; ad interim; conjectural; contingent; dependent; iffy; indefinite; makeshift; probationary; provisional; provisionary; provisory; speculative; temporary; test; trial; unconfirmed; undecided; unsettled
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terse adj.
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abrupt; aphoristic; breviloquent; brusque; clipped; close; compact; compendiary; compendious; concise; condensed; crisp; cryptic; curt; elliptical; epigrammatic; exact; gnomic; incisive; laconic; lean; neat; pithy; pointed; precise; sententious; snappy; succinct; summary; taut; trenchant
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threadbare adj.
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damaged; dilapidated; dingy; faded; frowzy; impaired; injured; old; ragged; ratty; scruffy; seedy; shabby; shopworn; tacky; tattered; timeworn; used
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thwart v.
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baffle; balk; beat; bilk; check; circumvent; confuse; counter; crab; cramp; crimp; cross; curb; dash; defeat; disappoint; ditch; dodge; duck; foil; frustrate; impede; match; obstruct; oppose; outwit; pit; prevent; queer; restrain; ruin; scotch; skin; snafu; stymie; trammel; upset
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tirade n.
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anger; berating; censure; condemnation; denunciation; diatribe; dispute; fulmination; harangue; invective; jeremiad; lecture; malediction; philippic; ranting; revilement; screed; sermon; tongue-lashing; vituperation
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trepidation n.
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agitation; alarm; apprehension; butterflies; consternation; creeps; dismay; disquiet; disturbance; dread; emotion; excitement; fear; fright; horror; jitters; nervousness; palpitation; panic; perturbation; shock; terror; uneasiness; worriment
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turbulence n.
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agitation; commotion; conflict; confusion; disturbance; frenzy; instability; tempestuousness; tumult; turmoil; unrest; unruliness
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unassailable adj.
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absolute; ascertained; authoritative; clear; conclusive; confirmable; definite; demonstrable; destined; determined; establishable; evident; firm; fixed; genuine; guaranteed; hard; inarguable; incontestable; incontrovertible; indisputable; indubitable; infallible; irrefutable; known; plain; positive; predestined; provable; real; reliable; safe; set; sound; supreme; sure; true; trustworthy; unambiguous; undeniable; undisputable; undoubted; unequivocal; unerring; unmistakable; unquestionable; verifiable
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undermine v.
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attenuate; blunt; corrode; cripple; debilitate; dig; disable; foil; frustrate; hurt; impair; mine; ruin; sabotage; sandbag; sap; soften; subvert; threaten; thwart; torpedo; tunnel; undercut; wear; wreck
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