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50 Terms

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Superfluous

Unnecessary

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Evince

To show clearly or make evident

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Vindicate

To prove right or innocent after being doubted

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Unnerve

To upset or frighten someone, making them lose confidence

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Placate

To calm someone down

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Amass

To collect or gather over time

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Exemplar

An ideal model or perfect example

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Harbinger

A sign or forerunner of what’s coming

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Repudiate

To reject or disown formally

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Acquire

To get or gain possession of

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Substantiate

To prove or support with evidence

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Substanial

Significant, large, or real

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Orthodox

Traditional or following established beliefs

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Equivocal

Ambiguous, open to multiple interpretations

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Miscontrue

To misunderstand or interpret incorrectly

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Refute

To prove false

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Alleviate

To relieve or reduce something bad

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Insurmountable

Impossible to overcome

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Decry

To publicly criticize

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Contentious

Controversial or likely to cause arguments

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Ameliorate

To make a bad situation better

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Tenuous

Weak or flimsy

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Belie

To give a false impression

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Trivial

Unimportant or minor

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Intercede

To step in on someone’s behalf

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Inconspicuous

Not noticeable

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Discretion

Good judgement, expecially about what ot say or do

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Ambiguous

Unclear or open to multiple meanings

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Mitigate

To lessen the severity of something bad

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Nominal

Existing in name only

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Recalcitrant

Stubbornly resistant to authority

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Nebulous

Vague or unclear

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Pervasive

Widespread or commonly found

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Abundant

Plentiful

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Conventional

Typical or traditional

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Conventional wisdom

Widely accepted belief that may not be true

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Sanguine

Optimistic or hopeful

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Notional

Theoretical

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Demaraction

A clear boundary or separation

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Profound

Deeply meaningful or far-reaching

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Desultory

Lacking a plan or enthusiasm

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Misanthropic

Hating or avoiding people

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Inexplicable

Impossible to explain or understand

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Facetious

Joking or sarcastic, often inappropriately

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Ubiquity/ubiquitous

Being everywhere at once

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Heterogeneity/heterogenous

Diverse or varied

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Fecundity/Fecund

Fertility

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Unfounded

Without evidence or basis

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Expound

To explain, usually a theory or idea in detail

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Eschew

To deliberately avoid, not use, abstain from.