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acumen
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keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement
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acumen
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s. perspicacity
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acumen
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s. shrewdness
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acumen
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s. acuity
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acumen
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a. ignorance
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acumen
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a. stupidity
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acumen
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a. obtuseness
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adjudicate
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to act as judge in a matter; to settle through th use of a judge or legal tribunal
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adjudicate
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s. arbitrate
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adjudicate
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s. referee
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adjudicate
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s. mediate
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anachronism
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a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other
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anachronism
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s. chronological error
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apocryphal
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of doubtful or questionable authenticity
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apocryphal
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s. fictitious
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apocryphal
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s. mythical
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apocryphal
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s. spurious
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apocryphal
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s. bogus
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apocryphal
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a. authentic
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apocryphal
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a. genuine
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apocryphal
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a. true
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disparity
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a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness
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dissimulate
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to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions
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dissimulate
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s. dissemble
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dissimulate
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s. pretend
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dissimulate
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s. misrepresent
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dissimulate
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a. reveal
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empirical
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derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable
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empirical
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s. observed
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empirical
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s. experiential
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empirical
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s. pragmatic
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empirical
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a. theoretical
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empirical
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a. hypothetical
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empirical
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a. conjectural
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flamboyant
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highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold
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flamboyant
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s. showy
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flamboyant
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s. ostentatious
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flamboyant
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s. florid
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flamboyant
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a. staid
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flamboyant
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a. sedate
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flamboyant
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a. decorous
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flamboyant
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a. seemly
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flamboyant
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a. sober
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fulsome
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offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening
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fulsome
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s. inordinate
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fulsome
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s. repulsive
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fulsome
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a. understated
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fulsome
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a. muted
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fulsome
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a. restrained
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fulsome
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a. agreeable
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immolate
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to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another
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immolate
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s. slay
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immolate
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s. kill
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immolate
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a. save
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immolate
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a. rescue
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immolate
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a. preserve
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imperceptible
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extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
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imperceptible
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s. minimal
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imperceptible
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s. undetectable
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imperceptible
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a. conspicuous
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imperceptible
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a. noticeable
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imperceptible
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a. flagrant
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lackey
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a uniformed male servant; a servile follower
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lackey
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s. footman
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lackey
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s. toady
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lackey
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s. flunky
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lackey
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s. hanger-on
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lackey
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a. lord
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lackey
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a. liege
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lackey
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a. employer
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lackey
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a. boss
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liaison
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the contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking
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liaison
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s. intermediary
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liaison
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s. channel
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monolithic
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characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity
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monolithic
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s. undifferentiated
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monolithic
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s. massive
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monolithic
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s. dense
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monolithic
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a. diversified
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monolithic
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a. variform
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monolithic
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a. multifarious
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mot juste
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the most suitable or exact word or expression
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mot juste
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s. right word
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mot juste
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a. misnomer
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mot juste
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a. misusage
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mot juste
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a. malapropism
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nihilism
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a total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism
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nihilism
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a. conservatism
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patrician
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a member of the ruling class; a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing; belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person
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patrician
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s. aristocrat
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patrician
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s. peer
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patrician
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s. noble
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patrician
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s. highborn
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patrician
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a. peasant
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patrician
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a. commoner
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patrician
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a. plebeian
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propitiate
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to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease
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propitiate
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s. placate
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propitiate
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s. mollify
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propitiate
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a. extrange
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propitiate
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a. alienate
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propitiate
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a. provoke
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propitiate
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a. annoy
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sic
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thus so; intentionally written so
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sublimate
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to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel
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sublimate
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s. rechannel
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sublimate
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s. elevate
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disparity
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s. discrepancy
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disparity
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s. incongruity
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disparity
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a. similarity
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disparity
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a. likeness
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disparity
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a. congruity
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