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Paradigm

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Something that’s a model, perfect form. Pattern

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Didactic

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something designed to teach Someone something (kahn)

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Ubiquitous

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Something that’s everywhere, almost universal

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Albeit

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Even though

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Crepuscular

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Active at twilight

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Diurnal

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Active in the day. Daylight

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Holistic

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Looking at a whole system rather than the parts

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Insidious

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Sneaky, evil. Treacherous

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Comaradery

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Fellowship, friendship

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Conundrum

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Puzzle. Riddle

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Pragmatic

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Something practical

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Esoteric

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Something hidden. Secret knowledge

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Effigie

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Representation of something

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Triage

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In an er decide which case is most urgent

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Oust

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Rove

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Raconteur

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Someone who tells stories

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Coup d’etat

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Violent overthrowing of a government

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Eclectic

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Borrowing from many different styles or time periods

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Aphasia

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the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.

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Gambol

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To run around in a playful way. Frolicking

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Discreet

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Careful in what you do. Able to keep a secret

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Supine

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Laying down

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Dissent

Descent

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To disagree

To go down

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Martial

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Wars, military

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Gild

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To cover with gold

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Augur

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Fortune teller, seer

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Elephantine

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Big, lumbering, elephant like,

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Unfettered

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Not tied down, loose

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Diminutive

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Tiny

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Judicious

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Judge like, thoughtful

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Gratuitous

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Given for free, not asked for, unnecessary

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Prosaic

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Ordinary, boring

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Obsequious

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Insincere, sucking up, dutiful for a negative purpose

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Recalcitrant

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Stubborn

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Ambivalent

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Mixed feelings

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Misanthropic

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Don’t like people

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Anthropology

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Study of human beings

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Sanguine

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Happy, cheerful, optimistic

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Gambits

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Doing something to gain an advantage

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Clemency

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Mercy

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Ruses

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Deceptive tricks

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Foibles

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Weaknesses

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Artifice

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Trick

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Bellicosity

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War like, angry, picks fights

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Culpability

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Responsibility

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Sycophancy

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To do something to gain an advantage by using false flattery

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Pretentious

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Show off

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Homogenous

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Everything being the same

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Vindictive

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Revengeful

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Colloquial

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Conversational

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Boorish

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Bad mannered

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Pensive

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Thoughtful

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amalgamate

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to blend

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hackneyed

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made common

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winnow

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to separate

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juxtaposition

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close together for contrast/comparison

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mitigate

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to lessen in force

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venerable

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commanding respect bc of age or dignity

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fickle

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likely to change

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expeditious

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quick, prompt

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circumscribe

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to mark, define, enclose

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extant

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in existence

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estrange

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to make unfriendly, alienate

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erudition

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knowledge from research, learning

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husbandry

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raising crops

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deficit

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shortage of

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finesse

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extreme delicacy in action

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feckless

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weak, ineffective

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bailiwick

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special domain, area of expertise

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onus

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burden

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troglodyte

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cave dweller, reclusive person

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paean

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song of praise

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redoubtable

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formidable

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modicum

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small portion

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somnambulist

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sleep walker

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restive

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fidgety

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waffle

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to flip-flop in opinion

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conjecture

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guess

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equivocal

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open to interpretations

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corroborate

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support with evidence

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expound

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to carefully state

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indubitable

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certainly

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bona fide

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genuine

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nebulous

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vague

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apocryphal

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of doubtful authenticity

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