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Credible

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Believable

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Conciliatory

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Soothing

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Exonerate

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To free from blame

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Incontrovertible

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Not open to question

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Indict

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To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime

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Litigious

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Always ready to deal with disagreements by suing rather than discussion
เกี่ยวกับการฟ้องร้อง

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Partisan

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Devoted to
Biased in support of a party, group or cause
แบ่งพรรคแบ่งพวก

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Parity

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Equality

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Rectitude

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Righteousness

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Remiss

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Negligent

Careless

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity or authority of

ไม่ยอมรับ

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Sanctimonious

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แสร้งทำเป็นศักสิทธิ์

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Scrupulous

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Having a strong sense of right and wrong

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Soliticious

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Concerned

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Sophistry

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Plausible but misleading

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Substantiate

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To support with proof and evidence

Verify

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Veracity

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Truthfulness

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Vindicate

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To free from blame

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Cajole

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To persuade someone to do something by encouraging them gently or being nice to them

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Obsequious

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ช่างประจบ

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Sycophant

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คนประจบประแจง

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Altruism

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Selflessness

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Eminent

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Prominent

มีชื่อเสียง

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Empathy

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The ability to understand how someone feels

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Laudatory

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Full of praise

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Magnanimous

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Generously noble in mind and heart

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Philanthropic

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Benevolent

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Reciprocate

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To respond in kind

ตอบแทน

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Defunct

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No longer functioning

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Eradicate

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To get rid of something completely esp. bad things

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Expurgate

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To remove objectionable content before publication

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Extirpate

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To destroy

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Quell

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To put down forcibly

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Raze

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Demolish

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Squelch

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Squash

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Supplant

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To replace something or someone often as a result of being more powerful

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Stymie

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To stop some process from continuing

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Abase

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To lower in rank

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Deride

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To criticize someone or something by suggesting that they are stupid, unimportant or useless

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Derogatory

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Showing that you have a bad opinion about someone or something

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Effrontery

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Rude behaviour that show lack of respect

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Ignominy

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อับอาย

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Impugn

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กล่าวหาว่าเชื่อไม่ได้

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Mar

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To damage

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Pejorative

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Belittle

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Vex

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Annoy

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Vindictive

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