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paucity

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presence of something in small and insufficient quantities

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vindicate, absolve, exonerate, acquit

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clear someone of blame or suspicion

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armamentarium

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the medicines, equipment, and techniques available to a medical practitioner

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empirical

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based on, concerned with, or verifiable by what is seen and observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

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imperative

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crucial, of vital importance

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circumvent

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find a way around an ossicle in a clever way

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unassailable

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unable to be atacked, questioned or defeated

  • invincible
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invalunerable and invaluable

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the β€œin” means not in latin

  • impossibe to harm o damage
  • extremley useful
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spurious

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false or fake - not being what it purports to be

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inexorable

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impossible to stop or prevent

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gregarious

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he was a popular and gregarious man

seeking social interactions, fond of company, sociable

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epistomology

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theory of knowledge

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duplicitous

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deceitful

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pompous

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affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important

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omnipotent

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having unlimited power ( god is omnipotent)

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