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Cardinal

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Most important; chief

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Adversity

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Misfortune; hardship

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Credible

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Believable; reliable

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Empathize

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To show or feel understanding of another’s feelings or problems.

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Faculty

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Any of the natural powers of the mind and body

An inborn ability

All the teachers of a school

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Harrowing

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Very distressing or acutely painful

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Impair

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To damage, weaken, or lessen

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Infer

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To reach a conclusion through reasoning

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Intuition

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Knowing or sensing something without the use of reason;an insight

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Manifest

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Plain to see

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Nuance

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A very slight change in feeling or meaning; a gradation

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Pernicious

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Very destructive or harmful

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Solace

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Comfort or relief in sorrow or distress; consolation

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Treatise

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A methodically and throughly written discussion of a topic

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Vogue

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The popular fashion of time; wide acceptance or favor

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