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Quandry

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Uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma

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Dogma

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A system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief

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Detached

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Impartial, disinterested, unconcerned, distant, aloof

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Net

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Remaining after expenses or other factors have been deducted; ultimate (adj); to bring in as profit, or to catch as in a net (verb)

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Facetious

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Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things

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Pith

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Core, essence; significance or weight

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Presumptive

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Based on inference or assumption; providing reasonable grounds for belief

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Tacit

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Understood without being said; implied, not stated directly

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Peripheral

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Relating to or making up an outer boundary or region; not of primary importance, fringe

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Laconic

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Using few words, concise

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Speculate

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Contemplate; make a guess or educated guess about; engage in a risky business transaction, gamble

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Judicious

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Using good judgement; wise, sensible

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Probity

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Honesty, integrity

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Stingy

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Not generous with money, reluctant to spend or give

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Confer

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Consult, compare views; bestow or give

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Obsolete

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Out of date, no longer in use

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Innocuous

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Harmless, inoffensive

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Potentate

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Ruler, person of great power

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Intractable

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Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure

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Intelligible

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Able to be understood, clear

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Dissonance

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Harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement

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Hedonist

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Person devoted to pleasure

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Concur

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Approve, agree

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Slack

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Loose, negligent, lazy, weak (adj); neglect to do one’s duties; loosen up, relax (verb); period of little work (noun)

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Philanthropy
Efforts to improve the well-being of humankind, generally through giving money
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Delineate
Mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail
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Remedial
Providing a remedy, curative; correcting a deficient skill
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Zenith
High point, culmination
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Coalesce
Come together, unite, fuse together
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Convoluted
Twisted; very complicated
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Paradox
Contradiction, or seeming contradiction that is actually true
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Sycophant
a person who praises powerful or important people in order to get their approval
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Restive
Restless; impatient or uneasy under the control of another
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Austere
Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious
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Preamble
Introductory statement, preface
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Dispassionate
Unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion
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Simultaneous
At the same time
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Temperance
Moderation, self control, esp. regarding alcohol or other desires or pleasured; total abstinence from alcohol
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Moreover
Besides; in addition to what was stated
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Craven
Very cowardly, lacking courage
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Orthodox
Adhering to traditional, established faith, or to anything customary or commonly accepted
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Keen
Sharp, piercing; very perceptive of mentally sharp; intense (of a feeling); having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm
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Diverge
Differ, deviate; branch off or turn aside, as from a path
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Impair
Make worse, weaken
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Exponent
Person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative
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Clamor
Noisy uproar or protest, as from a crowd; a loud, continuous noise
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Concede
Give in, admit, yield; acknowledge reluctantly; grant or give up (such as giving up land after losing a war)
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Kudos
Praise, honor, congratulations
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Arbitrary
Based entirely on one's discretion; capricious, unreasonable, or having no basis
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Appease
Pacify, satisfy, relieve; concede to belligerent demands, sometimes at the expense of principles
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Deterrent
Sometime that restrains or discourages
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Enervate
Tire out, weaken
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Opaque
Not translucent; not allowing light, heat, etc. to pass through; dark, dull, unclear, or stupid
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Fallacious
Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive
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Pedestrian
Ordinary, dull, commonplace
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Unequivocal
Unambiguous, clear, absolute; having only one possible meaning
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Stolid
Unemotional, show little emotion, not easily moved
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Advocate
Speak or argue in favor of (verb); a person who pleads for a cause or on behalf of another person (noun)
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Impartial
Unbiased, fair
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Disseminate
Scatter, spread about, broadcast
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Abdicate
Formally give up the throne (or some other power or responsibility)
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Proscribe
Prohibit, outlaw; denounce; exile or banish
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Denote
Stand as a name or symbol for; indicate
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Static
Fixed, not moving or changing, lacking vitality
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Anoint
Rub or sprinkle oil on; make sacred, such as by a ceremony that includes applying oil to someone
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Construe
Interpret or translate
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Entitlement
Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges
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Stymie/Stymy
Block, hinder, thwart (verb); an obstacle (noun)
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Enigma
Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person
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Whimsical
Marked or motivated by whims (odd fanciful ideas); erratic, unpredictable
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Jocular
Joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful
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Repudiate
Reject, cast off, deny that something has authority
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Indeterminate
Not fixed or determined, indefinite; vauge
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Patronizing
Condescending, having superior manner, treating as an inferior
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Balk
Refuse to proceed or to do something
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Stoic/Stoical
Indifferent to please or pain, enduring without complaint; person indifferent to pleasure or pain
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Desiccate
Throughly dried up, dehydrated
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Aggregate
Gather together, amount to (verb); constituting a whole made of constituent parts (adj)
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Unearth
Dig up, uncover, expose
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Cynical
Thinking the worst of others' motivations; bitterly pessimistic
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Perfidious
Disloyal, treacherous, violating one's trust
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Preempt
Prevent; take the place of, supplant; take before someone else can
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Trifling/Trifle
Trivial, not very important; so small as to be unimportant; frivolous, shallow
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Table
Lay aside to discuss later, often as a way to postpone discussion indefinitely
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Taciturn
Not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation
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Solicitous
Concerned or anxious (about another person), expressing care; eager or desirous; very careful
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Render
Give, submit, surrender; translate; declare formally; cause to become
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Obsequious
Servile, very compliant, fawning
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Soporific
Causing sleep; sleepy drowsy (adj); something that causes sleep (noun)
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Buffer
Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions
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Veracity
Truthfulness, accuracy; habitual adherence to the truth
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Ascetic
Abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons (noun)
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Gregarious
Sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd
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Benign
Harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle or beneficial; not cancerous
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Inconsequential
Insignificant, unimportant; illogical
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Peccadillo
Small sin or fault
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Digress
Go off-topic when speaking or writing
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Venerate
Revere, regard with deep respect and awe
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Canonical
Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of accepted rules, standards, or artistic works
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Estimable
Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated

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