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Confounded

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Confused

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Perplexed

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Bewildered; puzzled

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Nonplussed

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Puzzled

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Bewildered

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Confused

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Bemused

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Confused

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Acme

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Highest point

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Summit

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Highest point

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Apex

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Tip

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Zenith

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Highest point

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Pinnacle

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A lofty peak

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Culmination

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Act of reaching highest point

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Platitude

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Flat, dull

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Trite

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Lacking in freshness

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Prosaic

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Unimaginative; dull

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Hackneyed

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Overuse; overdone

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Banal

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Lacking freshness or originality

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Axiom

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Accepted truth

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Maxim

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General truth

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Aphorism

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Observation that contains general truth

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Dictum

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A saying

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Credo

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Statement of beliefs

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Tenet

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Any opinion

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Circumlocution

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Indirect way of speaking

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Prolix

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long and wordy

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Garrulous

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excessively talkative

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Glib

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readily fluent

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Voluble

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Fluent; talkative

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Prescience

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knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.

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Prognosticate

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to forecast or predict

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Prophecy

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Prediction

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Portent

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Sign or warning

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Harbinger

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anything that foreshadows a future event

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Premonition

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a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event

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Proximity

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nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation

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Contiguous

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Touching; near

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Juxtaposition

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an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

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Archetype

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a very typical example of a certain person or thing.

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Paragon

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Model of excellence

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Paradigm

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a typical example or pattern of something; a model.

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prototype

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the original or model on which something is based or formed

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Epitome

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embodiment

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Amalgamation

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Act of mixing

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Eclectic

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made up of what is selected from different sources

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Heterogeneous

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Different in kind

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Variegated

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Varied; diverse

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Multifarious

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numerous and varied

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Polyglot

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able to speak or write several languages

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Taciturn

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Not talkative

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Terse

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Brief; short

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Laconic

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using few words

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Reticent

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Reserved; shy

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Curt

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brief; concise

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Succinct

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Concise

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Cursory

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Not thorough or detailed

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