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supplant

supersede and replace

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scrupulous

in a very careful and thorough way.
with great effortto avoid doing wrong.

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pragmatist

a person who is guided more by practical considerations than by ideals

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polemicist

a person who engages in controversial debate

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partisan

A person who strongly supports a party

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Jubilation

a feeling of great happiness and triumph.

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precocious

(of a child) having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an earlier age than is usual or expected.
Basically being a prodigy kinda

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cogitations

the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation.

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nonplussed

(of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react.

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infallible

unable to be wrong

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ineffable

indescribable, sublime, beyond words

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ingenuous

naive

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innate

natural

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intristic`

inborn/ natural born

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unqualified

absolutely, without reservations or conditions.

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corollary

a statement or condition that logically results from a proven argument

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intristic

inborn

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eclectic

deriving ideas, style, or taste from a diverse range of sources.

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disparate

essentially dissimilar or different in kind

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dearth

small amount

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paucity

small amount

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profusion

large amount

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proffer

make a claimb

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bolster

support a claim

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ruminate about

think about

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ambivalence

question a claim

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orinthology

study of birds

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entomology

study of insects

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anthropology

study of human behaviour and social organization.

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reverential

treat someone or something with a lot of respec

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Ambivalence

to have mixed or contradictory feelings about

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Analogous

Comparable in certain respects, usually to clear up a definition

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Arbitrary

based on random choice or whims

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brevity

concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

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buttress

to increase stregnth or justification

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deference

humble submission and respect

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denounce

declare evil

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impede

to delay or prevent

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implicit

implied but not explicitly stated

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obscure

not discovered

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pervasive

spreading wildly throughout an area or group of people

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renounce

formally declare abandonment

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repression

repress or restrain a feeling or emotion

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tenuous

very weak or slight (adj)

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unobtrusive

not conspicuous or drawning attention

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verisimilitude

the appearance of being true or real

ex: despite being fiction the movies characters were so developed, critics praised it for it’s versimilitude

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supplant

supersede or surpass

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adroitly

in a clever or skillful way

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ascendency

occupation of a position of dominant power or influence

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colligate

be or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation.