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Absolution

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release from guilt

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Allude

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to refer to casually or indirectly

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Clairvoyant

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supernaturally

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Conclusive

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serving to settle an issue; final

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Confederate

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Accomplice

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Corroborate

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to give support

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Disreputable

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not respectable, not esteemed

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Endemic

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native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field

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Exemplary

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worth of imitation, commendable; serving as a model

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Fathom

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to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of

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Guile

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treacherous cunning; deceit

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Integrity

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honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness

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Itinerary

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a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook

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Misconstrue

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to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of

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Obnoxious

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highly offensive, arousing strong dislike

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Parable

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a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson

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Placate

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to appease, soothe, pacify

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Placid

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calm, peaceful

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Plagiarism

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the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own

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Potent

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powerful, highly effective

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Pretext

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a false reason, deceptive excuse

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Protrude

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to stick out, thrust forth

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Segregate

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to separate; isolate from others

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Segregation

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the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment

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Stark

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harsh, unrelieved, desolate; utterly

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Superficial

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on or near the surface; concerned with understanding only what is on the surface, shallow