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1
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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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16
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Corroborate

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To confirm
To make certain

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17
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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

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Clearly relevant

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26
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Variance

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Difference
Disagreement

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Engender

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To create
Foster
Cause or Give rise to

“ Roe v. Wade has engendered many controversies”

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Discrete

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Distinct
Separate
Detached

“ please keep your work and life discrete and not one encompassing the other”

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29
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Eccentric

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Unusual
Strange

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30
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Precursor

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A necessary predecessor

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31
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Defer

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To postpone
To submit to another

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32
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Digress

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To move away from

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33
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Tangential

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Hardly touching the matter
Peripheral
of little relevance

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34
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Plummet

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To fall suddenly

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35
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Circumlocution

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Excessive speaking
Wordiness

“Try to avoid circumlocution in your personal statement”

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36
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Tacit

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Unspoken yet understood

“A performance requires tacit cooperation from the audience”

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37
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Whimsy

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Caprice
A Play full thing
Fancy, freak, humor

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38
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Dubious

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Doubtful
Questionable

“Stop making dubious claims”

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39
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Platitude

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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

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To hesitate
Protest
Raise doubts or objections

I accepted his offer to pay for our dinner without demur

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41
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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation
Ambiguous
Wavering
Vacillating
Uncertain or questionable in nature
Fishy

“The experiment produced equivocal results”

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42
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Harangue (harang)

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Long complaining (aggressive) speech
Rant

“He delivered a long harangue about teens and pop culture”

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43
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Garrulous

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Extremely talkative
Chatty

“I become very garrulous after drinking couple of shots”

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44
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Laconic

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Using Very few words
Reticent

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45
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Chicanery (she cane ry)

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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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46
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Furtive

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 Secretive

Attempting to avoid notice or attention typically because of guilt or believe that discovery would lead to trouble

Sneaky

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47
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Extemporize

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To speak spontaneously

Improvise

One should be able to extemporize the discussion when it’s doesn’t go as planned

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48
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Espouse

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To take to oneself

To adopt a belief

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49
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Felicity

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Happiness
Pleasant Ness

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Guile (guy eel)

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Sly or cunning intelligence
Cunning
trickery

Car salesman relies on quick thinking and guile

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51
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Capitulate (capi chu late)

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Give in
surrender

Ukraine 🇺🇦 refused to capitulate

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52
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Obsequious (ob see qwee us)

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Sycophantic (siko fan tik)
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
Subservient
Submissive
Ass kisser

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53
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Placate

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To please
Pacify

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54
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Cynic

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One who has an attitude of contempt
Distrust
Skeptic
Like doubting Thomas

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55
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Resolute

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Determined
Faithful

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56
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Decorous

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In good taste
Very proper

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57
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Euphemism 

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Mild word or phrase substituted for an offensive one

“Downsizing” is euphemism for “cuts”

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58
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Pedantic

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Overly scholarly

59
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Bombast

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Pompous speech

60
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Misanthrope

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One who hates humanity

61
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Jeer

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Taunt
Deride

62
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Disingenuous

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Seeming the honest while not being so

63
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Propriety

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Appropriateness
social acceptability

64
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Heretic

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One who holds unorthodox or unapproved believes

65
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Gist

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The real point of an action
Essence

66
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Apposite

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Relevant
To the point

67
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Antithesis

A

 contrast or a position between two things

68
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Superfluous

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Excess
extra

69
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Dissent

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To disagree

70
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Nuance 

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Slight distinction

71
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Eclectic

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Having varying elements
Der ideas, styles or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

72
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Convoluted

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Intricate
coiled
twisted
Extremely complex and difficult to follow

73
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Inextricable ( in ex tree cable)

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Impossible to disentangle or separate
Impossible to escape from

74
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Multifarious

A

Diverse
Off great variety

75
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Pervasive

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Throughout
In every part

76
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Plethora

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Multiplicity
Excessive amount

77
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Fracas

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Riot
Fight

78
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Gratuitous (gray 2 it us)

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Uncalled for
Unwarranted
Lacking good reason

79
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Pandemonium

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Noisy chaos
Bedlam

80
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Sporadic

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Occasional
infrequent

81
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Incipient

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Beginning
budding

82
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Definitive

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Authoritative

83
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Conflate

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To blend together, especially a text

84
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Quorum 

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Number of members of a governing body necessary in order to proceed

85
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Troupe (troop)

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Group of performers

86
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Aberrant

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Deviating from our norm 

87
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Dichotomy
(Dissection of anatomy)

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Separation into two parts

88
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Anachronism

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A thing or person out of place in time

89
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Fledging

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Young
inexperienced

90
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Inopportune

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Not timely
inappropriate

91
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Alacrity

A

 brisk
Promptness
Eagerness

92
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Stasis

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Stagnation
Equilibrium

93
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Riveting

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Commanding full attention
Fascinating

94
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Renegade

A

An outlaw
One who is unconventional


95
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Supplant

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Supersede and replace

96
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Seminal 

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Original
Relating to seed or semen

97
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Nugatory

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Negligible 
Having no effect

98
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Unassailable

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Not questionable
Not doubtable

99
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Fallow 

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Barren
Not cultivated or sown

100
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Propensity

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Inclination

101
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Recalcitrant

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Stubborn
Defiant

102
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Bucolic

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Pastoral
Relating to country life

103
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Ubiquitous

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Everywhere
In all places

104
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Burgeon (ber jun)

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Begin to grow our increased rapidly
Flourish

105
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Contiguous 

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Sharing a common border
Touching
Next or together in sequence

106
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Tenuous

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Not solid
Weak 

107
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Nadir

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Lowest point
Point opposed to zenith

108
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Rudimentary

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Basic

109
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Buttress

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Supporting piece of structure
strengthen
support

110
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Façade

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False front

111
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Strata

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Layer

112
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Amorphous

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Without shape
Unclassifiable

113
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Tortuous

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Twisting
winding
tricky

114
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Obtuse

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Difficult to understand
Unable to understand
Stupid

115
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Striate (stree ate)

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To stripe

116
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Occlude

A

To obstruct
Block up

117
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Halcyon

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Happy
Prosperous
Peaceful

118
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Saunter

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To walk in an easy-going swagger

119
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Amble

A

Walk leisurely

120
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Egress

A

Exit

121
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Tepid

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Lukewarm
Room temperature

122
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Florid

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Flowery or reddish

123
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Iridescent

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Having shiny rainbow colors, shimmery

124
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Pied

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Multicolored and blotchy

125
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Stipple

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Speckle or flake especially with paint, effect of many small dots

126
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Transcendental

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Abstract, supernatural

127
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Impalpable

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Not physical, not able to be touched

128
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Carrion

A

Animal remains

129
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Indelibly

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In a way that cannot be removed or forgotten

9/11 is indelibly marked in everyone’s memory

130
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Eschew

A

Avoid
to get away
or keep away from something

131
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Juxtapose

A

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

132
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Amenable
(A-mean-able)

A

(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

133
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Dissent

A

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

134
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Condone

A

Except and allow (Behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue.

Overlook

 “the college cannot condone any behavior that involves illicit drugs”

135
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Supplant

A

Supersede and replace

Take place of

“Another discovery could supplant the original finding “

136
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Ostensible

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Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

“ The delay might have deeper cars than the ostensible reason”


137
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Ballyhoo

A

Extravagant publicity or fuss
“After all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop”

138
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Inimical
(Eni-Mical)

A

Unfriendly or hostile

139
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Flux

A

Constant change, continuous change

140
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Redress

A

Compensation for wrong doing, remedy, reparation, restitution

141
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Stultify

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Cause (someone) to appear foolish absurd, to hamper/impede/obstruct/suppress

142
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Averse

A

Oppose to something, strong dislike off

143
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Impel

A

Prepare (someone) to do some thing

144
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Cynical

A

Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

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