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Cogent

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Convincing or reasonable

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Coherent

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Logically connected

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Cohesive

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The condition of sticking together

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Didactic

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Intended to instruct

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Discourse

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Verbal expression or exchange; conversation

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Eloquence

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The ability to speak vividly or persuasive

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Fluid

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Easily flowing

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Implication

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The act of suggesting or hinting

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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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Arbiter

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A judge who decides a disputed issue

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Biased

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Prejudiced

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Exculpate

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To free from guilt or blame

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Impartial

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Not in favor in one side or the other; unbiased

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Incontrovertible

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Not able to be denied or disputed

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Integrity

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Trustworthiness; completeness

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Objectivity

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Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudice

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Plausible

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Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible

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Substantiated

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Supported with proof or evidence; verified

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Vindicated

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Freed from blame

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Condescending

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Treating people as weak or inferior

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Contemptuous

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Feeling hatred; scornful

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Despotic

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Exercising absolute power; tyrannical

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Dictatorial

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Domineering; oppressively overbearing

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Disdain

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N. Contempt; scorn

V. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on

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Haughty

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Vainly proud; arrogant

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Imperious

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Arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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Patronizing

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Treat in condescending manner

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Convoluted

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Intricate; complex

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Cryptic

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Difficult to comprehend

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Futile

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Having no useful purpose; pointless

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Assertion

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A declaration or statement

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Impede

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To slow the progress of

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Obscure

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Adj. relatively unknown

V. To conceal or make indistinct

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Quandary

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A state of uncertainty or perplexity

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Insipid

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Uninteresting or unchallenging

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Lament

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Express grief for; mourn

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Listless

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Lacking energy

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Melancholy

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Sadness; depression

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Torpor

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Laziness; inactivity; dullness

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Alliance

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A union of two or more groups

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Impinge

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Hinder; interfere with

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Sanction

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An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Disparity

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Inequality in age, rank or degree; difference

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Servile

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Submissive; like a servant

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Suppressed

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Subdued; kept from being circulated

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Embellish

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To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate

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Florid

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Describing flowery or elaborate speech

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Opulent

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Exhibiting a display of great wealth

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Ornate

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Elaborately decorated

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Ostentatious

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Describing a showy or pretentious display

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Poignant

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Profoundly moving or touching

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Ebullience

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Intense enthusiasm

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Effusive

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Emotionally unrestrained; gushy

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Egregious

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Conspicuously bad or offensive

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Flagrant

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Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

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Frenetic

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Wildly excited or active

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Gratuitous

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Given freely; unearned; unwarranted

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Superfluous

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Extra; unnecessary

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Alleviate

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To ease pain or burden

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Asylum

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A place of retreat or security

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Auspicious

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Favorable; promising

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Benevolent

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Well-meaning; generous

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Benign

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Kind and gentle

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Mollify

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To calm or soothe

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Reclamation

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The act of making something useful again

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Sanction

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To give official authorization or approval

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Dubious

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Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

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Fabricated

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Made; concocted to deceive

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Hypocrisy

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The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity

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Slander

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False charges and malicious oral statements about someone

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Spurious

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Not genuine

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Astute

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Shrewd; clever

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Clandestine

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Secretive

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Coup

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A brilliantly executed plan

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Disingenuous

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Not straightforward; crafty

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Ruse

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A crafty trick

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Stratagem

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A clever trick used to deceive or outwit

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Surreptitiously

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Done by secretive means

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Wary

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On guard

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Wily

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Cunning

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Ambiguous

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Open to more than one interpretation

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Ambivalent

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Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

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Apathetic

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Feeling or showing little emotion

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Arbitrary

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Determined by impulse rather than reason

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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Equivocate

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To avoid making a definite statement

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Indifferent

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Not caring one way or the other

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Spontaneous

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Unplanned; naturally occurring

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Whimsical

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Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant

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Superficial

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Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow

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Tenuous

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Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak

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Trivial

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Of little importance or significance

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Assiduous

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Hard-working

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Compelling

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Forceful; urgently demanding attention

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Diligent

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Marked by painstaking effort; hardworking

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Dogged

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Stubbornly persevering

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Endure

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To put up with; to survive a hardship

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Intrepid

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Courageous; fearless

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Maverick

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One who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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Obdurate

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Stubborn; inflexible

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Obstinate

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Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action

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Proliferate

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To grow or increase rapidity

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Tenacity

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Persistence

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Vitality

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Energy; power to survive

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Assimilation

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To absorb; make similar

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Consensus

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General agreement

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Context

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Circumstances of situation; environment

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Derived

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Copied or adapted from a source

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Incumbent

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Imposed as a duty; obligatory

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Inevitable

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Certain to happen, unavoidable

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Malleable

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Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced

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Subdue

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To restrain; to hold back

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Acquired

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developed or learned; not naturally occurring

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Conception

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The ability to form or understand an idea

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Conviction

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A fixed or strong belief

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs

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Enlightening

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Informative; contributing to ones awareness

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Impression

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A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience

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Intuition

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The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight

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Misconception

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An incorrect understanding or interpretation

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Perception

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Awareness; insight

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Perspective

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Point of view

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Profound

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Having great depth or seriousness

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Inherent

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Inborn; built-in

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Innate

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Possessed from birth; inborn

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Inveterate

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Long established; deep-rooted; habitual

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Omnipotent

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All-powerful

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Proximity

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Closeness

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Elusive

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Difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting

133
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Emigrate

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To leave one country or region and settle in another

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Transient

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Passing away with time; passing from one place to another

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Transitory

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Short lived or temporary

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