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Ambivalence

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

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Brevity

Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

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Buttress

Increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce

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Dissension

Disagreement that leads to discord

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Concede

To admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resting it

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Auspicious

Conductive to success; favorable

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Dubious

Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon

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Galvanizing

Shock or excite (someone) into taking action

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Avant-garde

Favoring or introducing experimental or unusual ideas; innovative

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Divulge

Make known (private or sensitive information)

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Plaint

An accusation, charge, complaint, or lamentation

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Commiserate

Express or feel sympathy or pity

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Idiosyncratic

Unique to an individual

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Tenuous

Having little substance or strength; flimsy, weak

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Laudable

Deserving praise and commendation

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Sermon

A talk on a religious or moral subject

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Abound

Exist in large numbers or amounts

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Enunciate

Say or pronounce clearly

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Canvassing

To try to discover information

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Strewn

Untidily scattered

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Entourage

A group of people attending or surrounding an important person

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Fretted

To distress or be distressed; worry

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Poised

Ready or prepared to act or respond

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Ratcheted Up

To increase repeatedly and by small amounts

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Bullish

Aggressively confident and self-assertive

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Standard-Bearer

A leading figure in a cause or movement

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Staid

Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous; steady

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Impersonal

Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings

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Draconian

Excessively harsh and severe

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Subversive

Seeking to undermine the power of an established system

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Innocuous

Not harmful or offensive

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Deleterious

Causing harm or damage

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Dissenting

Expressing opinions that differ from those commonly held

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Dearth

A scarcity or lack of something

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Lethargic

Sluggish and apathetic

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Ravish

Fill with intense delight

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Sensuous

Attractive physically; relating to senses rather than intellect

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Interjected

Say abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption

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Benign

Having no significant effect; harmless

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Discernible

Able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind

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Repudiates

Refuse to accept or be associated with; deny the truth of

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Recants

Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief

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Interminable

Endless (often used hyperbolically)

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Tenuous

Very weak or slight; insubstantial

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Inexplicable

Unable to be explained or accounted for

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Oeuvre

The works of a painter, composer, or author regarded collectively

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Petulant

Childishly sulky or bad-tempered

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Consensus

General agreement

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Corroborate

To confirm or give support

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Deference

Humble submission and respect

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Denounce

Publicly declare to be wrong or evil

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Evoke

Bring or recall to the conscious mind

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Implicate

To connect or involve in something

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Invoke

Cite or appeal to (someone or something)

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Reconcile

To restore to friendship; to settle; to resign (oneself)

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Renounce

Formally declare one’s abandonment of

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Unobtrusive

Not conspicuous or attracting attention

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Epitomizing

Be a perfect example of

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Disparage

To belittle or speak of something in a derogatory manner

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Incessant

Continuing without interruption; constant

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Tacit

Understood or implied without being stated

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Surmised

Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it

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Contrived

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally; created in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic

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Disparate

Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison

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Paucity

The presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities; scarcity

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Profusion

A great quantity or amount; a wealth or abundance of gifts

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Verisimilitude

The appearance of being true or real

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