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Attest

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Declare to be correct;
True or genuine;
To bear witness to;

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Copious

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Large in quantity or number

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Fallacious

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Logically unsound (illogical)

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Stoic

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Philosophic
Aloof
Detached

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Recrimination

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The act of countercharging

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Affinity

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Liking or inclination tword something

Affection

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Volatile

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Evaporating rapidly;
Unstable or unsettled

Unstable

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Squalid

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Foul and repulsive

Synonyms:
Muddy
Grimy

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Expedite

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To speed up the process

Synonyms:
Quicken
Accelerate

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Abject

A

Utterly hopeless;
Miserable and humiliating

Synonyms:
Miserable
Low

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Acquiesce

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Submit or comply silently or without protest

Synonyms:
Agree
Consent

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Pontificate

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To perform the office or duties of a pontiff

Synonyms:
Address
Lecture

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Deleterious

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Injurious to health

Synonyms:
Harmful
Bad

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings about something or someone

Synonyms:
Debatable
Contradictory

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Pensive

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Dreamy or wistfully thoughtful

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Impromptu

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Made or done without previous preparation

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Conjecture

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The formation or expression of an opinion or theory without proof

Synonyms:
Hypothesis
Guess

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Surreptitious

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Obtained, done or made by stealth

Synonyms:
Sly
Private

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Impeccable

A

Faultless or flawless

Synonyms:
Accurate
Perfect

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Prolific

A

Producing in large quantities

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Mundane

A

Unimaginative

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Myriad

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A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

Synonyms:
Countless
Heaping

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Dissident

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Disagreeing with ones opinion

Synonyms:
Disagree

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Laudable

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Deserving of praise

Synonyms:
Deserving
Creditable

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Inimitable

A

Incomparable
Matchless
Unequalled

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Jaded

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Dulled or worn out

Synonyms:
Tired
exhausted

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Myopic

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Unstable or unwilling to act

Synonyms:
Shortsighted
Self centered
Closed

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Demonstrable

A

Capable of being demonstrated or proved

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Callow

A

A recently hatched worker

Synonyms:
Young
Naive
Noob

30
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Panacea

A

A solution or remedy to all sickness

Synonyms
Elixir
Cure

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

Synonyms
Short
Temporary

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Onerous

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An obligation, troublesome burden

Synonyms
Burden

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Laity

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People outside of a particular profession

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Pungent

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Sharply affecting the organs of smell

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Prosaic

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Common place or dull; unimaginative

Synonyms
Mundane

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Charlatan

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Someone who pretends to have more knowledge than they actually do

Synonyms
Fraud
Imposter

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Perfunctory

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Performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial

Synonyms
Thoughtless

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Morass

A

Troubleness or a problem

39
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Sophistry

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A subtle, tricky, superficially plausible but generally fallacious (illogical) method of reasoning

Synonyms
Trickery
Inconsistent
Fallacious