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Outsize

(Adj) much larger than normal

Conflate

(V) to wrongly treat two different things as the same

Timeworn

(Adj) old and overused; no longer fresh

Municipal

(Adj) relating to a city or town government

Indulgently

(Adv) in a way that allows too much; too tolerantly

Obviate

(V) to make something unnecessary

Ineluctable

(Adj) impossible to avoid or escape

Component

(N) one of the separate parts that make up a whole

Attest

(V) to state or prove that something is true

Provoke

(V) to cause a strong reaction; to stir up anger

Invoke

(V) to call on a rule, right, or power for support

Begrudge

(V) to feel bitter that someone else has something

Unfailingly

(Adv) always; without ever failing

Epitome

(N) the thing that best shows a quality

Quintessential

(Adj) showing the type in its purest form

Circumspection

(N) careful caution; unwillingness to take risks

Index

(N) a sign or measure that points to something

Imperceptible

(Adj) too slight to be noticed

Manifest

1. (Adj) clear and obvious 2. (V) to show clearly

Proclivity

(N) a natural tendency toward a particular behavior

Credulous

(Adj) too ready to believe things; easily fooled

Impending

(Adj) about to happen, usually something bad

Underscore

(V) to emphasize; to show how important something is

Ambivalent

(Adj) having mixed feelings; unable to decide

Infer

(V) to work out a meaning from evidence

Plausible

(Adj) seeming reasonable or likely to be true

Reconcile

(V) 1. to make peace again 2. to make two different things fit together

Resilient

(Adj) able to recover quickly from difficulty

Speculate

(V) to guess about something without full evidence

Forsake

(V) to abandon or give up completely

Implicate

(V) to suggest that someone is involved in something wrong

Prescient

(Adj) knowing what will happen before it does

Caricature

(N) a picture or description that exaggerates features for effect

Sagacity

(N) deep wisdom that comes from age and experience

Salvage

(V) to save something from loss or destruction

Subtle

(Adj) not obvious; small but important

Amalgam

(N) a mixture of different things blended together

Annihilate

(V) to destroy completely

Halting

(Adj) stopping and starting; not smooth or confident

Retrospect

(N) looking back at the past; hindsight

Multifarious

(Adj) having many different kinds or parts

Unequivocal

(Adj) leaving no doubt; completely clear

Haughty

(Adj) acting superior and looking down on others

Pertinent

(Adj) directly related to the subject; relevant

Amenable

(Adj) willing to agree or be persuaded

Untenable

(Adj) impossible to defend or keep going

Multifaceted

(Adj) having many sides or aspects to consider

Occlude

(V) to block or close off

Counterfactual

(Adj) describing what did not actually happen

Modesty

(N) not boasting about your own abilities

Entangle

(V) to twist together or trap

Incredulity

(N) refusal or inability to believe something

Foreground

(V) to give something special attention; opposite of background

Palpable

(Adj) so clear you can almost touch it; obvious

Encompass

(V) to include or surround completely

Supersede

(V) to take the place of something older or weaker

Contrived

(Adj) forced and unnatural; obviously planned

Amend

(V) to change a text or law in order to improve it

Archetypal

(Adj) being the original model that later ones copy

Replica

(N) an exact copy of something

Entitled

(Adj) 1. having a right to something 2. believing you deserve special treatment

Idiosyncratic

(Adj) unusual in a way that belongs to one person only

Supplementary

(Adj) added to something to make it more complete

Habituate

(V) to make someone get used to something

Regale

(V) to entertain someone with stories or a feast

Impertinent

(Adj) 1. too bold toward someone who deserves respect 2. not relevant

Upend

(V) to turn upside down; to disrupt completely

Vulnerability

(N) a weakness that makes someone open to harm

Considerable

(Adj) large enough to be noticed or to matter

Indication

(N) a sign or piece of evidence that something exists or is true

Empirical

(Adj) based on observation and experiment, not theory

Salient

(Adj) most noticeable or most important

Tenet

(N) a core belief held by a group

Ascertain

(V) to find out for certain

Glean

(V) to gather bits of information little by little

Tenuous

(Adj) weak; not well supported

Reticent

(Adj) unwilling to say much

Implicit

(Adj) suggested by the words without being said

Ostensible

(Adj) appearing to be true, but possibly not the real reason

Latent

(Adj) present but hidden and not yet active

Conducive

(Adj) helping to make something happen

Impervious

(Adj) not affected by something; letting nothing through

Affinity

(N) a natural liking for something; a close similarity

Tangential

(Adj) only slightly related to the main topic

Credence

(N) belief that something is true

Substantive

(Adj) dealing with the real, important content

Tangible

(Adj) real and able to be touched or measured

Tacit

(Adj) agreed without anyone saying it aloud

Nascent

(Adj) just born and not yet grown

Ramification

(N) a further problem that follows from a decision

Paradigm

(N) a model or typical pattern of how something works

Catalyst

(N) something that causes a change to happen faster

Coherent

(Adj) clear and logically connected

Corollary

(N) a result that follows naturally from something else

Antithesis

(N) the exact opposite of something

Germane

(Adj) closely related to the topic being discussed

Permeate

(V) to spread into and through all of something

Allude

(V) to refer to something indirectly

Hegemony

(N) dominance of one group or nation over others

Egalitarian

(Adj) believing that all people should be equal