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Hegemony

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Leadership or dominance, especially by one country it social group over others

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Torpedoed

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Attack or ruin (a plan or project)

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Guage

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Estimate or determine the magnitude, amount or volume of

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Expeditiously

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With speed and efficiency

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Antediluvian

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Of or belonging to the time before the Biblical flood; old fashioned

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Ascertain

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Find something out for certain; make sure of; find out; discover

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Tenuous

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Very weak or slight; insubstantial

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Terraform

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Transform (a planet) so as to resemble the earth, especially so that it can support human life

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Dogged

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Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence; tenacious; persistent; determined

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Contention

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Heated disagreement

An assertion, especially one maintained in an argument

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Infographics

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A visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data

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Temporal

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Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; seculat; nonspiritual

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Contentious

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Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

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Hoodwink

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To trick or deceive

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Pulverized

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Reduce to fine particles

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Retrospect

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A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time

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Arresting

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Striking; eye catching

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Irate

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Feeling or characterized by great anger

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Duplicity

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Deceitfulness; double-dealing

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Underpinning

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A set of ideas, motives, or devices that justify or form the basis for something

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Envoy

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A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission

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Proliferation

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A rapid increase in number

A large number of something

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Inoculation

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Treat a person or animal with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease

Introduce into an organism

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Convene

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Come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble

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Perpetuate
Make (something, usually an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely
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Perpetual
Never ending or changing
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Bugbear
A case of obsessive fear, irritation or loathing Synonyms: anathema, aversion, bane
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Rectified
To set something right To correct by removing errors To make unidirectional Synonyms: remedy, reform, revise, correct
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Boon
A thing that is helpful or beneficial
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Effusively
Marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm; pouring freely
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Vie
Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something
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Vie
Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something
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Befuddle
Make (someone) unable to think clearly
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Confab
An informal private conversation
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Opacity
The condition of lacking transparency or translucence ; opaqueness; obscurity
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Clairvoyance
The supposed faculty of perceiving things or events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact
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Untenable
(Especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection; indefensible
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Albeit
Although He was making progress, albeit slowly
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Volatility
Iaiable to change rapidly and unpredictably especially for the worse
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Hedge
Limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions; confine; restrict Experts usually hedge their predictions just in case
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Copious
Abundant in supply or quantity She took copious notes
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Posit
Assume as a fact; put forward as a basis for an argument
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Encapsulate
Express the essential features of (something) succinctly The conclusion is encapsulated in one sentence Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule
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Austerity
Sternness or severity of manner or attitude; stern, strict Extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance
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Boorishness
Rudeness of manner due to insensitiviness to others feelings and unwillingness to be agreeable
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Demeanor
Outward behavior or bearing
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Insipid
Lacking in taste; tasteless; flavorless Lacking vigor or interest; boring
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Gaudy
Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless; loud; garish; lurid
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Coarse
Rough or loose in texture or grain; rough; bristly (Of a person or their speech) rude, crude, or vulgar
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Nuanced
A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression or sound Involving more aspects
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Superannuated
Outdated Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual equipments
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Permeate
Spread throughout (something); pervade
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Dissent
The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly or officially held ; disagreement
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Arbitrary
Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system; capricious; whimsical (of a power or a ruling body) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of power ; despotic; tyrannical
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Concur
Be of the same opinion; agree Happen or occur at the same time; coincidence
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Insurgency
An active revolt or uprising
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Jockeyed
Struggle by every available means to gain or achieve something; compete; contend Handle or manipulate (something or someone) in a skillful manner; maneuver; ease; edge
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Deference
Humble submission and respect
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Latitude
Scope for freedom of action or thought; leeway
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Salve
Soothe; lighten
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Enmesh
Cause to become entangled in something; ensnare; snare Involve (someone) in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape
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Extortionate
Much too high; exorbitant Using or given to to extortion; grasping
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Curb
Restrain or keep in check
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Bout
A short period of intense activity of a specified kind
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Troves
A store of valuable or delightful things
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Unavailing
Achieving little or nothing; ineffective
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Riveting
Completely engrossing; compelling
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Notional
Entirely based on notion and not on any specific evidence
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Eclipsed
Obscured; blocked
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Reiterate
Say something again or a number of time, typically for emphasis or clarification
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Gratuitous
Uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted
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Opprobrium
Harsh criticism or censure; The public disgrace arising from someone's shameful conduct
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Tendentious
Expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one
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Curdle
Separate or cause to separate into curds or lumps; clot; coagulate
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Triffling
Lacking a significant or solid worth
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Inception
The establishment or starting point of an institution or activity
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Iterations
Repetition of a process or utterance
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Stifling
Making one feel constrained or oppressed
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Grapple
Struggle; wrestle; tussle
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Dissuade
Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action
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Upends
Turn upside down
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Anecdote
A short amusing story about a real incident or person
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Noxious
Harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant
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Avail
Help or benefit; use or take advantage of
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Obviated
Remove
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Acumen
The ability to make good judgement and quick decisions; shrewdness
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Hubristic
Excessively proud or self-confident
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Enfeeble
Make weak or feeble
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Cupidity
Greed for money or possessions
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Auguries
A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen
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Tropes
A tired conventional idea; a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression
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Perquisites
A thing regarded as a special right or priviledge enjoyed as a result of one's position
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Decadent
Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline; dissolute A person who is luxuriously self-indulgent
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Cloistered
Kept a way from the outside world; sheltered
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Soporific
Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep
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Munificient
Larger or more generous than is usual or necessary
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Obdurate
Sturnbonly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
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Persnickety
Placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor detail; fussy
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Urbane
Courteous and refined in manner
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Fulsome
Complementary or flattering to an excessive degree
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Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
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Genial
Friendly and cheerful
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Stolid
Calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation

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