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Succint

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Brief and to the point

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Benevolent

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Kind

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Lucid

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Clear

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Nuance

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A slight detail

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Obsolete

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Outdated

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Altruistic

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Not selfish

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Skepticism

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Disbelieve or attitude of doubt

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Abysmal

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Hopelessly bad or severe

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Eccentric

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Odd

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Stark

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Empty or no detail

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Ubiquitous

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Found Everywhere

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Palpable

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Feel you can touch smthg tho it’s not real

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Discerning

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Showing good judgment or insight

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Nascent

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Just coming into existence and showing future potential

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Sporadic

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Scattered or isolated

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Inexorably

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Impossible to stop or prevent

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Esoterically

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Understood only by a few people with specialised knowledge or interest

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Surreptitiously

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Done secret or stealthily

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Indelibly

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In a way that can’t be removed or forgotten

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Concede

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Admit something reluctantly

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Repudiated

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Reject

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Corroborate

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Confirm or give support to a theory or finding

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Beguiled

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Charm or enchant someone deceptively

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Obfuscate

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Unclear or unintelligible

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Buttress

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Strengthen or stabilise something

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Inextricable

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Impossible to separate

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Congruous

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In Harmony

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Transient

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Lasting a short time, changing from one state to another

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Espouse

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Adopt or support

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Intrepid

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Fearless or adventurous

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time

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Trite

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Overused and therefore not important or not original

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Undulate

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Move or go with smooth up down motion

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In lieu of

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Instead

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Delineate

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Describe or portray precisely

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Tumultuous

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Making a loud, confused noise or uproarious