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Conjecture

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Inference; guesswork

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Candid

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Completely honest, straightforward

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Didactic

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Instructive

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Euphemism

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A mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term

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Extrapolate

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To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

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Incoherent

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Lacking cohesion or connection

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Insinuate

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To introduce or communicate steathily

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Lucid

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Easily understood; clear

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language effectively and persuasively

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Acumen

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Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight

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Adroit

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Dexterous; deft

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Ascertain

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To find out, as through investigation or experimentation

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Astute

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Shrewd; clever

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Circumspect

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Careful; prudent; discreet

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Disseminate

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To scatter widely, as in sowing seed

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Erudition

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Deep, extensive learning

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Husbandry

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The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding

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Pedantic

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Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

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Perspicacious

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Shrewd; clear-sighted

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Precocious

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Exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

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Prospectus

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Formal proposal

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Rudimentary

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Basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Callous

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Emotionally hardened; unfeeling

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Convoluted

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Intricate; complex

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Enigma

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A puzzle, mystery, or riddle

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable

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Reticent

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Inclined to keep silent; reserved

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Staid

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Unemotional; serious

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Arcane

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Known or understood by only a few

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Assimilate

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To absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar

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Autonomy

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Independence; self-determination

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Cosmopolitan

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Worldly; widely sophisticated

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Derivative

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Something that comes from another source

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Entourage

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A group of attendants or associates; a retinue

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Esoteric

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Intended for or understood by only a small group

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Gaffe

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A clumsy social error; a faux pas

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Idiosyncrasy

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Characteristic peculiar to an individual or group

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Insular

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Isolated; narrow or provincial

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Orthodox

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Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

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Potentate

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One who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch

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Castigate

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To scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

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Censure

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To issue official blame

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Denounce

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To condemn openly

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Reclusive

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Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation

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Relinquish

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To retire from; give up or abandon

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Renounce

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To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement

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Vituperative

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Marked by harshly abusive condemnation

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Circumscribe

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To draw a circle around; to restrict

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Contiguous

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Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

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Conciliatory

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Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

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Credible

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Capable of being believed; plausible

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Exonerate

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To free from blame

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable; not open to question

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Indict

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To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime

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Litigious

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Prone to engage in lawsuits

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Parity

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Equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity)

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Partisan

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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause

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Rectitude

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Moral uprightness; righteousness

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Remiss

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Lax in attending to duty; negligent

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity or authority of

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Sanctimonious

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Feigning piety or righteousness

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Scrupulous

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Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting

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Solicitous

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Concerned

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Sophistry

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Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument

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Substantiate

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To support with proof or evidence; verify

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Veracity

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Adherence to the truth; truthfulness

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Vindicate

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To free from blame

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Cajole

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To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Obsequious

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Fawning and servile

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Sycophant

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Insincere, obsequious flatter

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