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of essentially equal value or significance

Tantamount

In opposition to authority or government

Subversive

Tending to cause or bring about

Conductive

Agreeable, responsive to suggestions or advice

Amenable

A restraint or limit

Stricture

Characterized by or requiring sitting, motionless

Sedentary

An inward flow

Influx

Severe, relentless, harsh

Rigorous

A sheen on a surface resulting from age or use

Patina

A fake drug used in the testing of medication

Placebo

A military group ruling a country after seizing power

Junta

A peek or climax

Pinnacle

To reduce, soothe, or calm

Mollify

Lying under oath

Perjury

Expressing sorrow, mournful

Plaintive

A problem or predicament with no obvious resolution

Impasse

A close friend

Crony

Ability to discern or discriminate, shrewdness

Acumen

The use of single atoms and molecules to construct microscopic devices

Nanotechnology

To certify legally

Notarize

Isolated in thought as though living on an island

Insular

Having an offensive odor

Malodorous

Having a sharp taste, acrid

Pungent

Incorrect, mistaken

Erroneous

Happening at the same time

Concurrent

Of little importance or obligation, insignificant

Negligible

To break a promise or obligation, to revoke

Renege

A rule of action, a principle to live by

Precept

A face, a facial expression

Visage

Impossible to retract or revoke, irreversible

Irrevocable

To argue or point out an error

Confute

Deserving of an award or honor

Mezzanine

An affliction, trouble, or difficult experience

Tribulation

Resting or lying down

Recumbent

A succession of rulers from the same family or group

Dynasty

To claim, to have or to give the false impression of being

Purport

An area of expertise or strength

Forte

A continual urge to steal regardless of economic motive

Kleptomania

The state of being well known and honored, fame

Renown

Too sacred or great to be described, indescribable

Ineffable

Strength in adversity

Fortitude

To ruin through clumsiness, to bungle

Botch

Lasting indefinitely

Perennial

Pushing dangerous situations to the edge

Brinkmanship