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misinterpreted

to understand something wrongly (misconstrue, misread, misunderstood)

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alluded

to mention something indirectly ( hint at, suggest, imply, altered)

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amended

to change or improve a text, law, statement ( revised, corrected, altered, modify)

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conceded

to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true ( admitted, accepted, granted)

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prescribed

ordered or recommended as a rule or treatment ( directed, recommended, mandated, ordered)

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immutability

the state of being unchangeable ( permanence, constancy, stability, fixedness)

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exhaustiveness

the quality of being complete and thorough (thoroughness, entirely, comprehensiveness)

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overshadow

to make someone or something seem less important (dominate, eclipse, outshine)

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infer

to reach a conclusion based on evidence ( deduce, conclude, reason, derive)

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acquire

to get or to gain something (obtain, gain, procure, attain)

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insurmountable

too great to be overcome ( overwhelming, unbeatable, unconquerable)

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sequestered

keep apart, hidden, isolate (secluded, hidden, isolate)

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recur

to happen again

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dissipate

to disappear or waste away ( vanish, disperse )

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terminate

to bring something to an end ( end, halt, cease, conclude)

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decried, denounce

to criticize strongly in public (condemned, criticized, censured)

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evade

to avoid or escape from something ( dodged, eluded, avoided)

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fecundity

the ability to produce abundantly ( productivity, abundance, fruitfulness)

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supplant

to take the place of something or someone ( replace, usurp, displace, overthrow)

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thrive

to grow, develop, succeed well ( prosper, flourish, succeed, advance)

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brooded on

to think deeply and anxiously bout something (dwelled on, worried, contemplated, pondered)

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amplify

to make something stronger, louder, greater ( increase, intensify, magnify)

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assuage

to make an unpleasant feeling less intense ( alleviate, mitigate, ease, relieve)

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convey

to communicate or express something (communicate, express, impart, transmit)

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oversee

to watch over and manage ( supervise, manage, direct, monitor)

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magnify

to make something appear larger or more important ( enlarge, exaggerate, amplify, intensify)

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appraising

to evaluate (assessing, evaluate, judging, estimating)

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justification

a reason or explainations that proves something is reasonable (rationale, explainations, excuse, vindication)

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intercede in

to try to help settle a dispute between others ( mediate, intervene, plead, advocate)

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concur with

to agree with

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appeal to

to request earnestly, to attract ( plead, request, attract)

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amass in

to collect a large amount of something (accumulate, gather, collect)

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retroactively

with effect from a date in the past ( backdated)

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ceremoniously

in a formal or overly polite way (formally, collectively, stiffly, grandly)

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jointly

together with one or more people ( together, collectively, mutually in)

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peculiar

strange or unusual ( odd, eccentric)

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dispassionate

not influenced by emotions, impartial (neutral, unbiased, objective, impartitial)