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To account for smth

To form the total of something, to explain the reason for smth

Albeit

Although

Ambiguous

Having or expressing more than one possible meeaning, sometimes intentionally

Artificial

Made by people, as a copy of something natural

To breed contempt/ignorance, etc.

Contempt - knowing someone, a place, or a situation too well to lose respect or feel disdain

Ignorance - lack of proper education, being unaware, narrow minded

To defy

To refuse to obey a person/decision/law

entity

Something existing apart from other things, having its own independent existence

esoteric

Very unusual and understood or liked bx only a small number of people

imminent

Coming or likely to happen very soon

Integrity

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change

Longevity

Living for a long time, remaining popular or useful for a long time

Myriad

A very large number of smth

Overlap

To cover smth partly by going over its edge, cover part of the same space

qualitative

Relating to how good or bad something is

quantitative

Relating to numbers or amounts

Robust

(person or animal) strong and healthy

(Object or system) Strong and unlikely to break or fail

Within limits

To some extent, but not allowing everything

To abate

To become less strong

antithesis

Exact opposite

Incontrovertible

Impossible to doubt because of being obviously true

To deviate

To do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving

To incite

To encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent

To oscillate

To move repeatedly from one position to another

To perpetuate

To cause something to continue

Pertinent

Relating directly to the subject being considered; relevant