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Exegesis(noun)

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Critical examination, explication

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Expiate(verb)

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To atone or make amends for

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Extripate (verb)

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To destroy, to make amends for

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Fatuous(adj)

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Silly, inanely foolish

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Fractious(adj)

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Quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, refraction, irritable

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Gainsay(verb)

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To deny, to dispute, to dispute, to contradict to oppose

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Heterodox(adj)

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Unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic

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Imbroglio(noun)

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Difficult or embarrassing situation

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Indefatigable (adj)

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Not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged

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Ineluctable (adj)

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Certain, inevitable

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Inimitable (adj)

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One of a kind, peerless

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Insouciant(adj)

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Unconcerned, carefree, heedless

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Inveterate(adj)

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Deep rooted ingrained, habitual

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Jejune (adj)

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Vapid, uninteresting , nugatory; childish, immature, puerile

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Lubricious(ad)

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Lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery

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