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  • Belligerent

To be hostile or aggressive, or a nation or person who is engaged in a war or conflict as recognized by international law

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Censure

To express sever disapproval especial in a formal statement

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Conciliatory

Intended or likely to placate or pacify

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Deductive Reasoning

A logical approach to progressing from generals to specific conclusions

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Dubious

Hesitating or doubting, not to be relied upon or suspect, or a questionable value

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Equivocal

Ambiguos, open to more than one interpretation

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Euphony

The quality of being pleasing to the ear especially through harmony

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Feign

To pretend to be affected by something

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Hypophora

A figure of speech in which the speaker asks a question and then answers it themselves,

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Inherent

Eexisiting in something as a permanent characteristic attribute

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Paucity

The scarcity of something

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Polysyndeten

Conjunctions in short succession in order to slow prose

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Pragmatic

Dealing with things sensibly and logically

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Pretentious

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

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Prosaic

having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.

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Pro tuberant

protruding; bulging.

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Reproached

address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.

"critics reproached him for his failure to tackle the deficiency"

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Supercilious

coolly and patronizingly haughty

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Vindictive

having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.

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Wrought

molded, shaped, or manufactured

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