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CIRCUMSPECT

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Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent

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CIRCUMSCRIBE

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To limit narrowly; restrict

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CIRCUMVENT

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To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering

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COAGULATE

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To cause transformation of (a liquid or solid, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass

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COALITION

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An alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations

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COGENT

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Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing

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COHERENT

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Sticking together; cohering

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COLLABORATE

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To work together; especially in a joint intellectual effort

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COLLOQUIAL

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Informal speech or writing

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COMMENDABLE

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To be worthy, qualified, or desirable

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COMMUNAL

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Of, or belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public

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COMPILATION

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Something, such as set of data, a report, or an anthology, that is compiled

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COMPLACENCY

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A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger or trouble

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COMPLAISANT

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Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging

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COMPLICITY

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Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime

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CONCILIATE

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To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease

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CONDEMN

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To express strong disapproval of

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CONDONED

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To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense)

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CONFLUENCE

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A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point

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CONFOUND

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To cause to become confused or perplexed

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CONGLOMERATE

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A collected heterogenous mass; a cluster

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CONJECTURE

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A guess based on incomplete evidence

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CONSCIENTIOUS

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Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled

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CONSENSUS

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An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole or by majority will; general agreement

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CONSPICUOUS

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Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable

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CONTEMPORARY

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Current; modern

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CONTEMPTUOUS

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Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful

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CONTENTIOUS

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Given to contention; quarrelsome

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CONVERSANT

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Familiar, as by study or experience

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CONVEY

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To take or carry from one place to another; transport; to communicate to make known; impart

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CONVIVIALITY

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Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable

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COPIOUS

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Large in quantity; abundant

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CORDIAL

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Friendly

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COUNTERINTUITIVE

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Contrary to what intuition or common sense would indicate

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COVET

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To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another’s)

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CRAVEN

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Characterized by abject fear; cowardly

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CREDIBLE

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Capable of being believed; plausible

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CREDULOUS

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Disposed to believe too readily; gullible

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CULLED

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To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example)

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CULTIVATE

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To promote the growth of; to nurture; foster

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CURATORS

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One that managed or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library

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CURSORY

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Performed with haste and scant attention to detail

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CURTAILED

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To cut short; abbreviate

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CYNIC

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A person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness

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DALLIANCE

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Frivolous spending of time; dawdling; playful flirtation

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DAUNTING

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Discouraging

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DEARTH

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A scarce supply; a lack

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DECORUM

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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

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DECRY

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To condemn openly

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DEFICIENT

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Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient

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DEFT

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Skillful

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DEIGN

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To think it appropriate to one’s dignity; condescend

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DELINQUENT

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Failing to do what law or duty requires; overdue in payment

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DEMISTIFY

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To make less mysterious; clarify

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DENOTATION

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The act of denoting; indication

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DENOUNCE

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To condemn openly as being evil I reprehensible

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DERISIVE

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Mocking; jeering

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DESECRATE

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To violate the sacredness of; profane

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DETERRED

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To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt

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DEVOTEE

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One who is ardently devoted to something; an enthusiast or advocate

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DEVOUR

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To eat up greedily; to destroy, consume, or waste

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DICHOTOMY

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Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions

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DIFFIDENCE

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The quality or star of being diffident; timidity or shyness

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DILAPIDATED

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To bring or fall into a state of partial ruin, decay, or disrepair

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DILETTANTE

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A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge

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DILIGENT

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Marked by persevering, painstaking effort

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DIMINISH

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To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so; to detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of

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DIRGE

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A funeral song

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DISCOMFITED

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To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert

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DISCONCERTED

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To upset the self-possession of; ruffle, to frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange

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DISINGENUOUS

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Not straightforward or candid; crafty

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DISPARAGING

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To speak of in a slighting way; belittle

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DISPARITY

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The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference

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DISPUTABLE

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Open to dispute; debatable

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DISSOLUTE

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Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices

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DIVISIVE

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Creating dissension or discord

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DOGMATIC

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Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

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DOMINEERING

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To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize

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DOUR

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Unyielding; stubborn

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DRAB

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Faded and dull in appearance

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DROLL

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Amusingly odd or whimsically comical

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DRUDGERY

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Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work

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DUBIOUS

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Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided, of questionable character

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DYNAMISM

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Continuous change, activity, or progress; vigor

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ECCENTRIC

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Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern

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ECLIPSE

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To obscure or diminish in importance, fame, or reputation

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EDIBLE

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Something fit to be eaten; food

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EFFICACIOUS

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Producing or capable of producing a desired effect

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EFFRONTERY

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Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

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EFFUSIVE

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Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy, profuse; overflowing

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EGALITARIAN

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Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people

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ELABORATE

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To express at greater length or in greater detail

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ELITIST

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The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources

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ELUSIVE

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Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory

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EMANATE

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To come or send forth, as from a source

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EMINENT

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Towering or standing out above other, of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy

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EMPATHY

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Identification with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives

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EMPIRICAL

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Guided by practical experience and not theory; relying on or derived from observation or experiment

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ENDORSE

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To give approval of or support to, especially by public statement; sanction

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ENERVATED

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To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of

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