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213 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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atypical
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affirmative
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positive, supporting action
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aggregation
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combine
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akin
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similar, related
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akin
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similar
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altruism
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selflessness
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ameliorate
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to make more tolerable
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amicable
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friendly, peaceable
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analogous
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similar
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ancillary
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supplementary, auxiliary
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aphorism
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a concise statement of a principle
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apropos
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relevant
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arable
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fit for or used for the growing of crops
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arbitrage
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purchase and sale of securities in order to profit from price discrepancies
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arcane
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secret, obscure
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aseptic
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lacking emotion or warmth
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assiduity
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persistent personal attention.
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assuage
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ease, quench
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attrition
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reduction in numbers by resignation, retirement, or death
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audacious
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bold, risky
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averse
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having a feeling of distaste
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axiom
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statement accepted as true
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baroque
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complex, extravagant
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beset
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troubled
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bias
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preference
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boon
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benefit or favor
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brevity
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briefness
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camp
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deliberately outrageous
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capricious
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impulsive, unpredictable
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cede
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yield, transfer
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cessation
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a stop
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circadian
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relating to a 24 hour cycle
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cognitive
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based on knowledge or thought
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colloquial
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informal
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compensable
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can be compensated
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complacent
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satisfied
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concord
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state of agreement
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confabulate
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to discuss something
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confer
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to give
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conjecture
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a guess
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connotation
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a defined characteristic; an implied meaning
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conspecific
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of the same species
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conspicuous
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easily visible
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consternation
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amazement leading to confusion
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constituencies
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the people involved in or served by an organization
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contiguity
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closeness or contact
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contingency
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something that may happen
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couched
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to phrase in a certain way
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crux
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crutial point
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culpable
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blameworthy
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dearth
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an inadequate supply
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decree
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order usually having the force of law
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deference
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respect and esteem due a superior
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delineate
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to describe in detail
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derogate
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to cause to seem inferior
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dichotomy
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separation into mutually exclusive or contradictory groups
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dilettanti
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an admirer or lover of the arts
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disaggregation
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separate
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disambiguate
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to establish a single semantic or grammatical interpretation for
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disparate
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fundamentally different elements
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disparate
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different, distinct
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dispel
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to rid mind of something
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disproportionate
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being out of proportion
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divestitures
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government disposal of interests
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divination
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seeking knowledge by supernatural means
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dualism
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idea that people are both spritual and physical
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duffer
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an incompetant person
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dysentery
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a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood
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efface
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rub out, wear away
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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egalitarianism
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believing in equality
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egregious
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flagrant
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elicit
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to provoke a reaction; to draw out something
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emanate
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to come out of; to send out
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endemic
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native to a particular people, country, environment
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engender
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create
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entitative
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considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances
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enumerate
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count, list
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envisage
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to view in a certain way
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epigone
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inferior imitator
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epitome
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typical example
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esoteric
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private, confidential
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esoteric
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intended for only a few; secret
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excitation
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being excited
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exogenous
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caused by factors outside the system
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expatriate
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to renounce allegiance to one's native country
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expropriate
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to deprive of possession
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extol
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to priase something
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extrapolate
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infer, estimate a value
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facially
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concerned with appearance
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facile
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easy
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fiduciary
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held in trust or confidence
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flagrant
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offensive
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fortuitous
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lucky
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frenetic
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frantic
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frittered
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to waste bit by bit
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gambit
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a remark intended to start a conversation
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gauche
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socially awkward
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gleaned
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find out
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goaded
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persuade, urge
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heterogeneous
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dissimilar or diverse
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holistic
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concerned with wholes
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homogeneous
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similar
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immutable
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not capable of change
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impetus
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force, stimulus
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impinge
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to have an effect
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impunity
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exemption from punishment or loss
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incredulous
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skeptical
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indifferent
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neutral
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indolent
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lazy
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inept
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unfit, incompetent
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inexorable
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relentless
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inference
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conclusion; reasoning process; implication
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infirmities
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failures
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inroads
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advance, penetration
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intimated
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hinted
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intrinsic
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basic and essential, of itself
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inveterate
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habitual
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invigilate
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to proctor
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juxtaposition
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put side-by-side
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kibitz
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to offer an opinion
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knell
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indication of failure
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latent
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hidden, dormant
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laudable
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worthy of praise
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lauded
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praised
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laureate
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recipient of honor
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loath
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reluctant
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microcosm
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small version of something larger
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milieu
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environment
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minutia
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minor details
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monotony
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tedious lack of variety
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moribund
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the state of dying or inactivity
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myopic
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lacking in foresight
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nebulous
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indistinct, vague, unclear
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neologism
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coined, new expression
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novel
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refreshingly new
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onerous
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troublesome, burdensome
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ostensibly
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seeming to be true but open to doubt
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overarching
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including everything
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palatial
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luxurious
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panacea
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cure-all
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panoptic
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comprehensive view
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panoptic
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all-encompasing
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paradigm
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an example that serves as a model
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paradox
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something that is seemingly contradictory
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pare
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to trim excess
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perquisites
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a priviledge in addition to salary
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pique
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to arouse interest
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poignant
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touching, cutting
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postulate
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to assume; to claim something
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precede
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to go before something
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precipitously
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hastily
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prima facie
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legally sufficient to establish a fact
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prodigious
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sizable, ominous
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profound
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having intellectual depth and insight
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prolific
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highly productive
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prosaic
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unimaginative
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prudent
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having good sense
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pundit
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somebody who expresses and opinion
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putative
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commonly accepted
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quasi
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having some resemblance
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quell
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to put a stop to
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quixotic
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imaginary
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redress
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remedy
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relegate
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assign; deligate
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remuneration
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pay rate
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repertoire
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range of resources that somebody has
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replete
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full
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reputed
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generally believed
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rescind
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to take back
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revelatory
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revealing
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rubric
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an authoritative rule; set of printed rules
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salience
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prominence, being important
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salient
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noticible, relevant
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salutary
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beneficial; advantageous
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sated
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appeased by indulgence
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shoals
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underwater sandbank, shallow water
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sinecure
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paid job requiring little work
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societal
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relating to society
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spate
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sudden strong outburst
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staunch
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faithful, sound, strongly built
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stratagem
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trick in warfare
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superfluous
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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surly
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menacing, threatening
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tacit
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implied
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tantamount
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equivalent
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taxonomy
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classification
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tenure
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term of holding something
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throng
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crowd
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tout
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to offer something; to priase something
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travail
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hard work
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ubiquitous
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widespread
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ulterior
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underlying
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underpin
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to support
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unfettered
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liberated
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vehement
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with conviction
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vehemently
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ferociously, passionately
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venerable
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worthy of respect
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verocity
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truthfulness
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vicarious
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experienced through another by imagining
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vista
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scenic view; mental picture
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voluminous
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large capacity
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wane
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dwindle
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watershed
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turning point
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white elephant
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a possession that is costly to maintain
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writ
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written order or document
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digression
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departure from topic
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espouse
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to adopt a belief; to marry
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malarkey
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nonsense, rubbish, insincere talk
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onerous
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difficult
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nomenclature
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name system
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vignette
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short essay
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seminal
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influential and original
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