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Syndicate

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A group of individuals or organizations combined to promote some common interest

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Robust

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Strong and healthy; vigorous.

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Sovereignty

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Supreme power or authority

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Flux

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The action or process of flowing or flowing out

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Partisan

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A strong supporter of a person, party, or cause

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Interim

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The intervening time

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Pragmatic

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Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations

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Analytical

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Relating to or using analysis or logical reasoning

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Ruthless

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Having or showing no pity or compassion for others

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Fiscal

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Of or relations to government revenue, especially taxes

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Eccentric

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(Of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange

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Albeit

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Although

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Analogous

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Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared

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Pugnacious

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Eager or quick to argue, quarrel,or fight

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Canonical

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Conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure

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Rigid

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Unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.

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Taut

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Stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

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Goad

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A spiked stick used for driving cattle.

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Keen

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Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.

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Tenuous

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Very weak or slight.

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Bemused

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Adj. Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).

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Abet

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V. Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.

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Enigmatic

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Adj. difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

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Chafes

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V. (Of something restrictive or too tight) make (a part of the body) sore by rubbing against it.

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Alluring

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Noun. The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

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Egress

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Noun. The action of going out of or leaving a place.

Ex) direct means of access and egress for passengers

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Austerity

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Sternness or severity of manner or attitude.

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Virulent

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(Of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

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Rapprochement

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(especially in international relations) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations.

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Sect

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a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

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Cloy

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disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.

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Axiomatic

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self-evident (obvious) or unquestionable.

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Antithesis

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a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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Nefarious

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(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal.

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Halcyon

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denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.

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Solipsism

Sol ip sism

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The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

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Dissonance

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Lack of harmony among musical notes.

A tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements

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Fraught

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(Of a situation or course of action) filled with or destined to result in (something undesirable)

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Reticence

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Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily

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Omnibus (n or v)

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Comprising several items

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Ostensibly

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Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually

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Pejorative

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Expressing contempt or disapproval

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Fodder

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Food, especially dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock

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