Vocabulary Flashcards
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Inference
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(Logic) could be true
Deduction - Must be true
“ in inference the sky is blue because it looks blue”
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Most
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(Logic) Majority, (can include all)
>50%
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Either…..or
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(Logic) atleast one of two or possibly both
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Unwarranted
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Unjustified
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Not all
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Some are not
Atleast one is not
Possibly all are not
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Assumption
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Unstated premise
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Refute
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Undermine
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Unequivocal
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Clear
Certain
One meaning or interpretation
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Extant
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Existing or to still exist
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None but
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Only
(Sufficient)
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Consistent
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Could be (true)
Eg- all cars are blue
My best friend is tall
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Subjective
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(Philosophy) dependent on the mind or on an individual’s perception of its existence
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Paradox
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Seeming contradiction or an actual contradiction
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Anomalous
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Irregular
Unusual
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Ephemeral
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Fleeting
short life or duration
Ephemeral love affair
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Corroborate
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To confirm
To make certain
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Implicit
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Implied
Tacitly understood
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Lucid
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Clear
Understandable
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Prodigal
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Foolishly generous
Not thrifty
Wastefully extravagant
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Feign (fān)
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To pretend
( like fake)
He feigned his experience
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Specious (spee sus)
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Having the deceptive look of truth
Misleading appearance
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Intrepid
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Bold 
fearless
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Antagonism
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Hostility
Enimity
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Dogma
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Firmly held disbelief
: a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds
Roe v Wade dogma of the existential truth of feminist
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Pertinent
Clearly relevant
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Variance
Difference
Disagreement
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Engender
To create
Foster
Cause or Give rise to
“ Roe v. Wade has engendered many controversies”
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Discrete
Distinct
Separate
Detached
“ please keep your work and life discrete and not one encompassing the other”
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Eccentric
Unusual
Strange
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Precursor
A necessary predecessor
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Defer
To postpone
To submit to another
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Digress
To move away from
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Tangential
Hardly touching the matter
Peripheral
of little relevance
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Plummet
To fall suddenly
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Circumlocution
Excessive speaking
Wordiness
“Try to avoid circumlocution in your personal statement”
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Tacit
Unspoken yet understood
“A performance requires tacit cooperation from the audience”
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Whimsy
Caprice
A Play full thing
Fancy, freak, humor
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Dubious
Doubtful
Questionable
“Stop making dubious claims”
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Platitude
A remark or statement that is used too often to be interesting or thoughtful
A trite (overused) saying
Bromide
Politicians usually fill their speech with familiar platitudes about economy and progress
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Demur
To hesitate
Protest
Raise doubts or objections
I accepted his offer to pay for our dinner without demur
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Equivocal
Open to more than one interpretation
Ambiguous
Wavering
Vacillating
Uncertain or questionable in nature
Fishy
“The experiment produced equivocal results”
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Harangue (harang)
Long complaining (aggressive) speech
Rant
“He delivered a long harangue about teens and pop culture”
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Garrulous
Extremely talkative
Chatty
“I become very garrulous after drinking couple of shots”
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Laconic
Using Very few words
Reticent
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Chicanery (she cane ry)
Flim-flam
trickery
The use of trickery to achieve political financial or legal purpose
“The candidate only won the election through chicanery”
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Furtive
 Secretive
Attempting to avoid notice or attention typically because of guilt or believe that discovery would lead to trouble
Sneaky
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Extemporize
To speak spontaneously
Improvise
One should be able to extemporize the discussion when it’s doesn’t go as planned
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Espouse
To take to oneself
To adopt a belief
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Felicity
Happiness
Pleasant Ness
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Guile (guy eel)
Sly or cunning intelligence
Cunning
trickery
Car salesman relies on quick thinking and guile
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Capitulate (capi chu late)
Give in
surrender
Ukraine 🇺🇦 refused to capitulate
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Obsequious (ob see qwee us)
Sycophantic (siko fan tik)
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
Subservient
Submissive
Ass kisser
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Placate
To please
Pacify
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Cynic
One who has an attitude of contempt
Distrust
Skeptic
Like doubting Thomas
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Resolute
Determined
Faithful
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Decorous
In good taste
Very proper
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Euphemism 
Mild word or phrase substituted for an offensive one
“Downsizing” is euphemism for “cuts”
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Pedantic
Overly scholarly
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Bombast
Pompous speech
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Misanthrope
One who hates humanity
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Jeer
Taunt
Deride
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Disingenuous
Seeming the honest while not being so
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Propriety
Appropriateness
social acceptability
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Heretic
One who holds unorthodox or unapproved believes
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Gist
The real point of an action
Essence
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Apposite
Relevant
To the point
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Antithesis
 contrast or a position between two things
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Superfluous
Excess
extra
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Dissent
To disagree
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Nuance 
Slight distinction
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Eclectic
Having varying elements
Der ideas, styles or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
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Convoluted
Intricate
coiled
twisted
Extremely complex and difficult to follow
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Inextricable ( in ex tree cable)
Impossible to disentangle or separate
Impossible to escape from
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Multifarious
Diverse
Off great variety
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Pervasive
Throughout
In every part
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Plethora
Multiplicity
Excessive amount
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Fracas
Riot
Fight
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Gratuitous (gray 2 it us)
Uncalled for
Unwarranted
Lacking good reason
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Pandemonium
Noisy chaos
Bedlam
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Sporadic
Occasional
infrequent
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Incipient
Beginning
budding
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Definitive
Authoritative
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Conflate
To blend together, especially a text
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Quorum 
Number of members of a governing body necessary in order to proceed
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Troupe (troop)
Group of performers
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Aberrant
Deviating from our norm 
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Dichotomy
(Dissection of anatomy)
Separation into two parts
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Anachronism
A thing or person out of place in time
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Fledging
Young
inexperienced
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Inopportune
Not timely
inappropriate
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Alacrity
 brisk
Promptness
Eagerness
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Stasis
Stagnation
Equilibrium
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Riveting
Commanding full attention
Fascinating
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Renegade
An outlaw
One who is unconventional

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Supplant
Supersede and replace
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Seminal 
Original
Relating to seed or semen
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Nugatory
Negligible 
Having no effect
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Unassailable
Not questionable
Not doubtable
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Fallow 
Barren
Not cultivated or sown
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Propensity
Inclination
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Recalcitrant
Stubborn
Defiant
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Bucolic
Pastoral
Relating to country life
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Ubiquitous
Everywhere
In all places
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Burgeon (ber jun)
Begin to grow our increased rapidly
Flourish
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Contiguous 
Sharing a common border
Touching
Next or together in sequence
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Tenuous
Not solid
Weak 
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Nadir
Lowest point
Point opposed to zenith
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Rudimentary
Basic
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Buttress
Supporting piece of structure
strengthen
support
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Façade
False front
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Strata
Layer
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Amorphous
Without shape
Unclassifiable
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Tortuous
Twisting
winding
tricky
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Obtuse
Difficult to understand
Unable to understand
Stupid
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Striate (stree ate)
To stripe
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Occlude
To obstruct
Block up
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Halcyon
Happy
Prosperous
Peaceful
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Saunter
To walk in an easy-going swagger
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Amble
Walk leisurely
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Egress
Exit
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Tepid
Lukewarm
Room temperature
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Florid
Flowery or reddish
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Iridescent
Having shiny rainbow colors, shimmery
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Pied
Multicolored and blotchy
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Stipple
Speckle or flake especially with paint, effect of many small dots
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Transcendental
Abstract, supernatural
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Impalpable
Not physical, not able to be touched
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Carrion
Animal remains
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Indelibly
In a way that cannot be removed or forgotten
9/11 is indelibly marked in everyone’s memory
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Eschew
Avoid
to get away
or keep away from something
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Juxtapose
To place (different things) side-by-side (asked to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
Example: juxtapose unexpected combination of color, shapes and ideas, Language and Generic structure.
Mini proverbs in English include examples of juxtaposition as the contrast between concepts can provide a lesson
Example: what’s good for the goose is good for the gander Means what is good for man is equally good for women or what a man can have I do so can a woman have or two, If something is good for one person it is equally good for another person
someone who treats another in a certain way should not complain if The same is done to them
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Amenable
(A-mean-able)
(Off a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
(Off a thing) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to.
Similar: acquiescent - Ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants.
Opposite: resistant
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Dissent
Hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, are officially expressed.
Disagreement 
“ two members dissented from majority”
Who is your opponent?
He does not exists
Why does he not exists?
Because He is merely a dissenting voice of truth I speak
Who is judge?
The judge is God
Why is he God?
Because he decides who wins or loses not my opponent
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Condone
Except and allow (Behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue.
Overlook
 “the college cannot condone any behavior that involves illicit drugs”
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Supplant
Supersede and replace
Take place of
“Another discovery could supplant the original finding “
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Ostensible
Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
“ The delay might have deeper cars than the ostensible reason”

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Ballyhoo
Extravagant publicity or fuss
“After all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop”
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Inimical
(Eni-Mical)
Unfriendly or hostile
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Flux
Constant change, continuous change
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Redress
Compensation for wrong doing, remedy, reparation, restitution
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Stultify
Cause (someone) to appear foolish absurd, to hamper/impede/obstruct/suppress
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Averse
Oppose to something, strong dislike off
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Impel
Prepare (someone) to do some thing
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Cynical
Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
