academic vocabulary

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advance

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make a claim

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assert

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make a claim

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conjecture (v)

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make a claim

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posit

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make a claim

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proffer

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make a claim

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speculate

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make a claim

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bolster

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support a claim

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buttress

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support a claim

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substantiate

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support a claim

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ambivalence

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question a claim

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skepticism

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question a claim

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rebut

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question a claim

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refute

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question a claim

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grapple with

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think about

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mull over

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think about

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ruminate about

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think about

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converge

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coming together

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integrate

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coming together

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intersect

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coming together

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diverge

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moving apart

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infer

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draw a conclusion

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surmise

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draw a conclusion

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attribute

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provide sources

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cite

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provide sources

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copious

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large amount

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profusion

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large amount

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dearth

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small amount

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paucity

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small amount

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disparate

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different, diverse

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heterogeneous

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different, diverse

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eclectic

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different, diverse

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conspicuous

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noticeable, striking

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distinctive

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noticeable, striking

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salient

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noticeable, striking

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innocous

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harmless

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inborn

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inherent

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fauna

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animal life

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flora

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plant life

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isotope

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alternate form of an element

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metabolism

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the process of converting food to energy

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methodology

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system of methods/procedures

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microbial

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relating to microscopic organisms

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saturate

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to become completely soaked with

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simulation

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realistic (Computer) model

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symbiosis (adg., symbiotic)

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interaction between two organisms living close together, benefits both

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taxonomy

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classification system

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entomology

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study of insects

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epidemiology

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study of diseases (covid)

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ornithology

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study of birds

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ethnography

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study of individual cultures

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centrality

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state of being central or essential

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contingent

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dependent upon

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confer

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give, grant

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elucidate

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make clear

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extant

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still in existence

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mirth

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happiness

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precocious

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done at an earlier age than usual

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adversary

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opponent

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bureaucracy (adj., bureaucratic)

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administrative portion of gov/organization; connotation of unecessary hassle or complication

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impede

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prevent

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impenetrable

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impossible to understand/access

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marginal

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unimportant

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acquisition

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something received or purchased

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corollary

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statement or condition that logically results from a proven argument

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contrive

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think up

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epistemology

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branch of philosophy dealing with theory of knowledge

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judicial

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related to the law

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magnitude

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large size

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mutable

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changeable

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preliminary

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occuring before the main event

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a want of

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a lack of

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afford

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grant

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appreciate

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to take into account, recognize the merits of, OR to increase in value

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arrest

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to stop

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austerity

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financial policy to reduce excess spending on luxury items

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badger

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to pester or annoy

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bent

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liking for

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chance

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to attempt

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channel

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to direct something (e.g. energy, money) towards a specific purpose

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check

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to restrain, to control, to reduce

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constitution

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physical build

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conviction

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certainty, determination

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couch

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to hide

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discriminating

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able to make fine distinctions

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doctor

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to tamper with

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economy

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thrift (e..g. a writer with an economical style would be one who uses few words)

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embroider

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to falsify, make up stories about

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execute

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to carry out

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exploit

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make use of (does not have a negative connotation)

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facility

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able to do something easily

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foil

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to put a stop to

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grill

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to question intensely and repeatedly

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plastic

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able to be changed, malleable

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provoke

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elicit

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realize

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to achieve a goal

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reconcile

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to bring together opposing or contradictory ideas

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relate

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to tell, to give an account of

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reservations

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doubt or apprehension about the consequences of something

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misgivings

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doubt or apprehension about the consequences of something

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ruffel

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flustered

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nonplussed

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flustered

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sap

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to drain

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shelve/table

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to reject or disregard

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solvent

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able to pay all debts

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spare, severe

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very plain

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unqualified

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absolute

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unequivocal

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absolute

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categorical

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absolute

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upset

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to interfere with an expected outcome

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critic (n., criticism)

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a person who write commentary – can be POSITIVE or negative

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imminent

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about to happen

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invulnerable

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not affected

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incisive

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sharply focused and accurate

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induce

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persuade, bring about a desired action

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infallible

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unable to be wrong

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ingenious

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clever, brilliant

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inimitable

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unique

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innocuous

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harmless

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unassuming

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modest

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repudiates

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refuse to accept or be associated with

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recant

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disavow a former belief

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interminable

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endless

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disconcerting

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unsettling