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cosmopolitan

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(adj) belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments

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countenance

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(n, v) facial expression or face (noun); approve or tolerate (verb)

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counterintuitive

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(adj) against what one would intuitively expect

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counterpoint

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(n) contrasting item, opposite; a complement; the use of contrast or interplay in a work of art

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counterproductive

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(adj) defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal

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covert

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(adj) secret, veiled, undercover

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crafty

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(adj) cunning, skillful in deception or underhanded schemes

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craven

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(adj) very cowardly, lacking courage

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credibility

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(n) believability, trustworthiness

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credulous

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(adj) gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence

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cescendo

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(n) steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of a musical passage; a climactic moment or peak

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culminate

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(v) reach the highest point or final stage

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cynical

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(adj) thinking the worst of others’ motivations; bitterly pessimistic

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daunt

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(v) discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of

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debase

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(v) degrade; lower in quality, value, rank, etc.; lower in moral quality

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debunk

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(v) expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims

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decorous

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(adj) behaving with propriety and good taste; polite

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deem

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(v) judge; consider

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deface

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(v) vandalize, mar the appearance of

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defamatory (adj.)

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slanderous, injurious to someone’s reputation

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default

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(n, v) failure to act, neglect (noun); fail to fulfill an obligation, esp. a financial one (verb)

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deference

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(n) respectful submission; yielding to the authority or opinion of another

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deflect

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(v) cause to curve; turn aside, esp. from a straight course; avoid

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deleterious

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(adj) harmful, unhealthy

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delineate

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(v) mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail

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denigrate

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(v) belittle, attack the reputation of

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denote

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(v) be a name or symbol for

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deride

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(v) mock, scoff at, laugh at contemptuously

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derivative

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(adj) derived from something else; not original

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desiccate

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(v) thoroughly dried up, dehydrated

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detached

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(adj) impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof

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deterrent

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(n) something that restrains or discourages

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diatribe

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(n) bitter, abusive attack or criticism; rant

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didactic

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(adj) intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson

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digress

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(v) go off-topic when speaking or writing

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din

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(n) loud, confused noise, esp. for a long period of time

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disabuse

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(v) free someone from a mistake in thinking

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discerning

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(adj) having good judgment or insight; able to distinguish mentally

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discredit

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(v) injure the reputation of, destroy credibility of or confidence in

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discrepancy

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(n) difference or inconsistency

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discriminating

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(adj) judicious, discerning, having good judgment or insight

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disingenuous

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(adj) insincere, not genuine

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disinterested

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(adj) unbiased, impartial; not interested

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disjointed

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(adj) disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated

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dismiss

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(v) allow to disperse or leave; fire from a job; put aside or reject, esp. after only a brief consideration

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dispassionate

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(adj) unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion

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dispatch

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(n, v) speed, promptness; send off or deal with in a speedy way

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disperse

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(v) scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish

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disposition

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(n) a person’s general or natural mood; tendency

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disquieting

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(adj) disturbing, causing anxiety

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disseminate

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(v) scatter, spread about, broadcast

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dissent

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(v, n) disagree or take an opposing view, esp. in relation to a formal body such as a government, political party, or church; such a view

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dissonance

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(n) harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement

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distill

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(v) purify; extract the essential elements of

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diverge

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(v) differ, deviate; branch off or turn aside, as from a path

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Divest

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(v) deprive or strip of rank, title, etc., or of clothing or gear; to sell off holdings (opposite of invest)

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Divine

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(v) discover through divination or supernatural means; perceive by insight

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Document

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(v) support with evidence, cite sources in a detailed way, create documentary evidence of

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Dogma

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(n) a system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief

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Dormant

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(adj) asleep, inactive, on a break

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Dubious

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(adj) doubtful, questionable, suspect

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e.g.

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(abbre.) for example, such as

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eccentric

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(adj) peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm esp. in a whimsical way

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Eclectic

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(adj) selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources

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Eclipse

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(n, v) the obscuring of one thing by another, such as the sun by the moon or a person by a more famous or talented person (noun); to obscure, darken, make less important (verb)

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Efficacy

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(n) the quality of being able to produce the intended effect

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Egalitarian

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(adj) related to the belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social spheres

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Egregious

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(adj) extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring

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Elated

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(adj) very happy, in high spirits

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Elevate

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(v) raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane

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Elicit

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(v) call forth, bring out, evoke

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Eloquent

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(adj) marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving

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Embellish

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(v) decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details

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Eminent

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(adj) prominent, distinguished, of high rank

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Empirical

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(adj) coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory

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Emulate

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(v) copy in an attempt to equal or be better than

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Enervate

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(v) weaken, tire

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Enhance

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(v) raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.

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Enigma

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(n) puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person

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Entitlement

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(n) having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges

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Enumerate

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(v) count or list; specify one-by-one

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Ephemeral

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(adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting

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Equitable

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(adj) fair, equal, just

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Erratic

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(adj) inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

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Erroneous

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(adj) mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect

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Erudite

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(adj) scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing a deep, often systematic, knowledge

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Eschew

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(v) shun, avoid, abstain from

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Esoteric

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(adj) understood by or intended for only a few; secret

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Estimable

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(adj) worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated

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Eulogy

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(n) speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at a funeral

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Exacerbate

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(v) make worse (more violent, severe, etc.), inflame; irritate or embitter (a person)

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Exacting

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(adj) very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention

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Exculpate

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(v) clear from guilt or blame

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Exhaustive

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(adj) comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust

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Explicit

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(adj) direct, clear, fully revealed; clearly depicting sex or nudity

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Exponent

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(n) person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative

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Extraneous

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(adj) irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging

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Extrapolate

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(v) conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience

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Facetious

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(adj) joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things

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Facilitate

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(v) make easier, help the progress of

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