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50 Terms
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Arrogate
Synonyms: expropriate, commandeer
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Carping
Synonyms: nit-picking, caviling
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Eschew
Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
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Germane
Synonyms: pertinent
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Invidious
Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
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Tenable
Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
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Accost
Synonyms: buttonhole, approach
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Myopic
Synonyms: shortsighted
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Overt
Synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patent
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Dissemble
Synonyms: dissimulate, mask, feign
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Evince
Synonyms: exhibit, manifest, occasion
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Nefarious
Synonyms: iniquitous, reprehensible
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Primordial
Synonyms: original, primal
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Verbiage
Synonyms: prolixity, diction, jargon
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Concord
N/A or None
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Exigency
Synonyms: requirement, crisis
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Glean
Synonyms: cull, pick up
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Incumbent
Synonyms: (adj) mandatory, necessary
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Stratagem
Synonyms: trick, ploy, subterfuge
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Acuity
Synonyms: acuteness
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Delineate
Synonyms: picture, render
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Esoteric
Synonyms: cryptic, arcane, recondite
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Hallow
Synonyms: venerate, bless
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Ignominy
Synonyms: humiliation, disrepute, odium
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Nuance
Synonyms: shade, nicety, refinement
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Penchant
Synonyms: proclivity, predilection
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Ubiquitous
Synonyms: pervasive, universal
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Abject
Synonyms: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
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Complicity
Synonyms: connivance, collusion
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Diatribe
Synonyms: harangue, tirade
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Moot
Synonyms: (adj) debatable, questionable; (v) broach
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Allay
Synonyms: reduce, alleviate, moderate
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Demur
Synonyms: (v) protest, object to
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Illusory
Synonyms: specious, spurious, imaginary
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Indigent
Synonyms: penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute
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Inordinate
Synonyms: exorbitant, extravagant
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Pertinacious
Synonyms: stubborn, determined
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Arrant
Synonyms: egregious, unmitigated
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Echelon
Synonyms: rank
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Litany
Synonyms: catalog, megillah
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Macabre
Synonyms: grim, ghoulish
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Paucity
Synonyms: lack
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Portend
Synonyms: bode, foretell, suggest
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Raze
Synonyms: pull down, demolish, shave off
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Recant
Synonyms: repudiate, disavow
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Calumniate
Synonyms: defame, libel
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Paltry
Synonyms: measly, meager, piddling, trivial
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Pedantry
Synonyms: nit-picking, pettifoggery
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Unremitting
Synonyms: incessant, unrelenting
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Vacillate
Synonyms: fluctuate, oscillate