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Words 101-200 Flashcards

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Condone

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Overlook, disregard, excuse, pardon, forgive

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Conformity

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Compliance, obedience, accord; common behavior, conventionality, orthodoxy

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Confound

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Confuse, puzzle, mystify

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Conjecture

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Guess, speculate, surmise

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Consensus

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Agreement, concord, unanimity

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Consistency

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Absence of contradictions, harmony; steadiness, reliability; density, texture, thickness

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Constraint

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Limitation, restriction, embarrassment

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Contend

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assert, maintain; compete, vie

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Contention

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Dispute, strife, conflict; claim, thesis, assertion; rivalry

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Contract

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Compress, shrink; incur, be affected by (disease)

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Converge

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Congregate, approach, unite

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Conviction

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Sentence guilty, condemnation; opinion, persuasion; assurance, certainty

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Corroborate

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Confirm, substantiate, back up

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Credulity

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Gullibility; naïveté

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Criterion

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Standard; benchmark; measure

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Cryptic

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Have secret meaning, Mysterious. Hidden, obscure

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Culpable

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Blameworthy, reprehensible

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Cursory

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Hastily done, Perfunctory, casual, superficial

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Debilitate

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Weaken, enfeeble, enervate

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Debunk

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Discredit, disprove, refute

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Decry

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Criticize, condemn

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Deference

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Consideration; honor, esteem

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Definition

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Meaning, denotation; clearness, sharpness; delimiting, boundaries, distinctness

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Definitive

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Authoritative, conclusive, exhaustive

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Deleterious

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Harmful, detrimental, pernicious

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Delineate

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Describe, portray, depict

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Denounce

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Condemn, criticize, accuse

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Depict

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Portray, represent, describe

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Deprecate

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Disapprove, protest, belittle

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Deride

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Ridicule, mock, scoff

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derivative

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Copied, imitative, unoriginal

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Detachment

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Disengagement, distance, aloofness, objectivity; group sent away, contingent; separation

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Determination

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Firmness, decision, resolution, resolve; calculation; ascertainment; verdict, conclusion

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Deterrent

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Curb, discourager, disincentive, restraint, check

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Detrimental

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Harmful, damaging

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Devious

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Roundabout, cunning

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Devise

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Invent, think up

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38
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Didactic

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Instructional, preachy, moralizing, edifying

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diffuse

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Rambling, verbose; dispersed, scattered

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Digression

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, detour, aside, divergence

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Dilemma

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Predicament,p roblem

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Diligence

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Effort, industry, assiduousness

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Diminuition

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Decrease, lessening

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Discerning

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Sharp, insightful, astute, perceptive

45
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Disclose

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Make known, reveal, divulge

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Discordant

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Dissonant, unmelodic, jarring; conflicting, disagreeing, inharmonious

47
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Discount

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Ignore, disregard; mark down in price, deduct

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Discourse

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Converse, debate, talk

49
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Discredit

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Hurt the reputation of, defame, detract from, disgrace, disbelieve

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Discrepancy

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Inconsistency between claims, difference, divergence

51
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Discriminating

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Inequitable, biased; discerning, able to see small differences, perceptive, astute

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Disdain

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Scorn, despise, disparage

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Disinclination

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Unwillingness, reluctance

54
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Dismiss

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Fire, discharge, sack; reject, discard, refuse to consider

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Disparage

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Belittle, ridicule, mock

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Disparity

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Inequality, difference, dissimilarity, discrepancy

57
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Disperse

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Scatter, dissolve, dissipate

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Disposition

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Distribution, settlement; character, personality, temperament

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Disputatious

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Argumentative, pugnacious, contentious

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Disseminate

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Distribute, spread, broadcast, circulate

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Dissent

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Disagree

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Distinction

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Excellence, merit; differentiation, contrast

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Divergent

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Differing, deviating, contrary

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Doctrine

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Teaching, belief, dogma, tenet; policy

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Document

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Record, detail; authenticate

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Dogmatic

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Opinionated, arbitrary, dictatorial, doctrinaire

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Dormant

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Inactive, quiescent, latent

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Dubious

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Uncertain, suspicious; questionable, suspect

69
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Duplicity

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Deceit, deception, dishonesty, hypocrisy

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Eclectic

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Assorted, diverse, heterogeneous

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Economy

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Financial syste; frugality, thrift, prudent with resources; concise use of words, brevity, succinctness

72
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Edify

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Enlighten, inform, uplift

73
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Egotism

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Self-centerednes, egocentricity

74
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Elaborate

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Develop, enlarge, amplify, expand

75
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Elated

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Overjoyed, ecstatic, thrilled, jubilant

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Elicit

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Extract, evoke, obtain, draw out

77
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Eloquence

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Expressiveness, articúlatenes, fluency in speech

78
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elucidate

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Explain, clarify

79
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Elusive

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Evasive, baffling

80
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Embellish

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Beautify, adorn, ornament, decorate; embroider, exaggerate (a story)

81
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Eminent

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Famous, prominent, renowned, conspicuous

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Emulate

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Imitate, copy, rival, outdo

83
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Endorse

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Approve, back, champion, sponsor, support

84
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Engage

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Pledge, promise, betroth, affiance; employ, retain; absorb, occupy; attract, involve; participate; set upon, battle, attack, encounter

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Enhance

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Increase, improve, intensify, magnify

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Enigma

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Puzzle, mystery, riddle, closed book

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Enmity

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Hatred, hostility, antagonism

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Enumerate

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Count, name, detail, spell out, itemize

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived, fleeting, transient

90
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Epitome

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Example, embodiment, personification, quintessence, exemplar

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Equitable

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Fair, just, impartial, evenhanded, unbiased

92
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Equivocal

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Ambiguous, unclear, evasive, shifty, misleading

93
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Erudite

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Knowledgeable, learned, scholarly, well-educated

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Erroneous

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Wrong, incorrect, mistaken, invalid

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Exacerbate

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Worsen, intensify, embitter, aggravate

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Excerpt

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Extract, selected passage, selection

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Execute

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Implement; perform, accomplish; dispatch, kill

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Exemplary

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Model, commendable, estimable, worthy

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Exemplify

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embody, illustrate, demonstrate, represent

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Exempt

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Excused, excepted

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