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tenuous
having little substance or strength
demarcate
set the boundaries or limits of
frivolous
lacking in seriousness or importance
scrupulous
exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
supplant
to replace
salvage
to save
pragmatist
practical person; one who is concerned with usefulness
polemicist
a person who engages in controversial debate
cogitation
thoughtful consideration
countenance
a person's face or facial expression
entomoloy
study of insects
ornithology
study of birds
paleontology
the study of fossils
predisposed
likely
posit, proffer
to make a claim
surmise
to draw a conclusion
paucity
a small amount
disparate
different
eclectic
diverse
salient
noticeable, striking, prominent
innocuous
harmless
contingent
dependent upon
confer
give, grant
corollary
a proposition that follows from one already proven; a natural consequence or result; resultant or consequent
austerity
financial policy to reduce excess spending on luxury or non-essential items
embroider
to falsify, make up stories
ineffable
indescribable
infallible
unable to be proven wrong
ingenuous
innocent and naive
prelude
to serve as an introduction to something
supposition
something that is assumed
japanned
covered with a hard black varnish
propitious
favorable
seminal
containing important new ideas and having a great influence on later work
labyrinthine
complicated; highly convoluted
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