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1-100 Flashcards

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Quandry

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Uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma

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Dogma

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A system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief

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Detached

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Impartial, disinterested, unconcerned, distant, aloof

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Net

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Remaining after expenses or other factors have been deducted; ultimate (adj); to bring in as profit, or to catch as in a net (verb)

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Facetious

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Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things

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Pith

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Core, essence; significance or weight

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Presumptive

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Based on inference or assumption; providing reasonable grounds for belief

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Tacit

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Understood without being said; implied, not stated directly

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Peripheral

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Relating to or making up an outer boundary or region; not of primary importance, fringe

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Laconic

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Using few words, concise

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Speculate

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Contemplate; make a guess or educated guess about; engage in a risky business transaction, gamble

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Judicious

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Using good judgement; wise, sensible

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Probity

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Honesty, integrity

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Stingy

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Not generous with money, reluctant to spend or give

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Confer

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Consult, compare views; bestow or give

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Obsolete

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Out of date, no longer in use

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Innocuous

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Harmless, inoffensive

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Potentate

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Ruler, person of great power

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Intractable

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Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure

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Intelligible

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Able to be understood, clear

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Dissonance

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Harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement

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Hedonist

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Person devoted to pleasure

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Concur

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Approve, agree

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Slack

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Loose, negligent, lazy, weak (adj); neglect to do one’s duties; loosen up, relax (verb); period of little work (noun)

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Philanthropy

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Efforts to improve the well-being of humankind, generally through giving money

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Delineate

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Mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail

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Remedial

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Providing a remedy, curative; correcting a deficient skill

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Zenith

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High point, culmination

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Coalesce

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Come together, unite, fuse together

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Convoluted

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Twisted; very complicated

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Paradox

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Contradiction, or seeming contradiction that is actually true

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Sycophant

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a person who praises powerful or important people in order to get their approval

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Restive

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Restless; impatient or uneasy under the control of another

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Austere

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Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious

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Preamble

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Introductory statement, preface

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Dispassionate

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Unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion

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Simultaneous

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At the same time

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Temperance

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Moderation, self control, esp. regarding alcohol or other desires or pleasured; total abstinence from alcohol

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Moreover

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Besides; in addition to what was stated

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Craven

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Very cowardly, lacking courage

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Orthodox

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Adhering to traditional, established faith, or to anything customary or commonly accepted

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Keen

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Sharp, piercing; very perceptive of mentally sharp; intense (of a feeling); having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm

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Diverge

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Differ, deviate; branch off or turn aside, as from a path

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Impair

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Make worse, weaken

45
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Exponent

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Person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative

46
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Clamor

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Noisy uproar or protest, as from a crowd; a loud, continuous noise

47
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Concede

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Give in, admit, yield; acknowledge reluctantly; grant or give up (such as giving up land after losing a war)

48
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Kudos

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Praise, honor, congratulations

49
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Arbitrary

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Based entirely on one’s discretion; capricious, unreasonable, or having no basis

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Appease

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Pacify, satisfy, relieve; concede to belligerent demands, sometimes at the expense of principles

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Deterrent

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Sometime that restrains or discourages

52
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Enervate

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Tire out, weaken

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Opaque

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Not translucent; not allowing light, heat, etc. to pass through; dark, dull, unclear, or stupid

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Fallacious

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Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary, dull, commonplace

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Unequivocal

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Unambiguous, clear, absolute; having only one possible meaning

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Stolid

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Unemotional, show little emotion, not easily moved

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Advocate

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Speak or argue in favor of (verb); a person who pleads for a cause or on behalf of another person (noun)

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Impartial

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Unbiased, fair

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Disseminate

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Scatter, spread about, broadcast

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Abdicate

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Formally give up the throne (or some other power or responsibility)

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Proscribe

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Prohibit, outlaw; denounce; exile or banish

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Denote

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Stand as a name or symbol for; indicate

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Static

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Fixed, not moving or changing, lacking vitality

65
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Anoint

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Rub or sprinkle oil on; make sacred, such as by a ceremony that includes applying oil to someone

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Construe

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Interpret or translate

67
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Entitlement

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Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges

68
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Stymie/Stymy

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Block, hinder, thwart (verb); an obstacle (noun)

69
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Enigma

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Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person

70
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Whimsical

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Marked or motivated by whims (odd fanciful ideas); erratic, unpredictable

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Jocular

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Joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful

72
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Repudiate

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Reject, cast off, deny that something has authority

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Indeterminate

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Not fixed or determined, indefinite; vauge

74
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Patronizing

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Condescending, having superior manner, treating as an inferior

75
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Balk

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Refuse to proceed or to do something

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Stoic/Stoical

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Indifferent to please or pain, enduring without complaint; person indifferent to pleasure or pain

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Desiccate

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Throughly dried up, dehydrated

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Aggregate

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Gather together, amount to (verb); constituting a whole made of constituent parts (adj)

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Unearth

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Dig up, uncover, expose

80
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Cynical

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Thinking the worst of others’ motivations; bitterly pessimistic

81
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Perfidious

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Disloyal, treacherous, violating one’s trust

82
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Preempt

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Prevent; take the place of, supplant; take before someone else can

83
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Trifling/Trifle

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Trivial, not very important; so small as to be unimportant; frivolous, shallow

84
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Table

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Lay aside to discuss later, often as a way to postpone discussion indefinitely

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Taciturn

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Not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation

86
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Solicitous

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Concerned or anxious (about another person), expressing care; eager or desirous; very careful

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Render

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Give, submit, surrender; translate; declare formally; cause to become

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Obsequious

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Servile, very compliant, fawning

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Soporific

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Causing sleep; sleepy drowsy (adj); something that causes sleep (noun)

90
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Buffer

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Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions

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Veracity

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Truthfulness, accuracy; habitual adherence to the truth

92
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Ascetic

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Abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons (noun)

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Gregarious

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Sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd

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Benign

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Harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle or beneficial; not cancerous

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant, unimportant; illogical

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Peccadillo

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Small sin or fault

97
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Digress

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Go off-topic when speaking or writing

98
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Venerate

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Revere, regard with deep respect and awe

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Canonical

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Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of accepted rules, standards, or artistic works

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Estimable

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Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated

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