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discernible

perceivable

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repudiate

reject/deny/revoke

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recant

reject/deny/revoke

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disconcerting

unsettling

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imperceptible

unnoticeable

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strenuously

with lots of force

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innocuous

unharmful

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delegate

pass responsibility or task to another

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elusive

difficult to find/achieve

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imminent

happening soon

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to waive

to stop enforcing

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to concede

to admit something is true after thinking otherwise

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refute

disprove

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latent

dormant

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tenuous

lacking support

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nuance

slight distinction

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posit

put forward as fact

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conjecture

conclusion based on insufficient info (assumption)

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ornamental

for decoration

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obscure

unknown, not understood

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grapple with

try hard to solve a problem

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to surmise

to conclude with little evidence / assume

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contrive

devise / scheme

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disparate

dissimilar

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paucity of

lack of

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profusion of

lots of

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verisimilitude

appearance of truth / reality

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Subsequently

Afterwards

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to conceptualize

to form an idea of

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infallible

accurate

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lucrative

profitable

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tedious

boring

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proponent of

supporting of

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supplement to

addition to

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buttress

support / defend

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to disengage

to withdraw

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antecedent

previous

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impending

approaching

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perpetual

endless

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to sanction

to officially approve / enact

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to postulate

to suggest a theory

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to substantiate

to provide evidence in support of

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That being said

*contrast*

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tenuous

vulnerable / uncertain

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enduring

lasting

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contentious

causing disagreement

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conspicuous

obvious

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prudent

wise, with good judgement

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cordial

friendly

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inadvertently

unintentionally

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to exacberate

to worsen

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to redress

to compensate for

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to epitomize

to exemplify

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to preclude

to prevent

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to thwart

to prevent

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tentative

unproven

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