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Conjecture

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Inference; guesswork

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Candid

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Completely honest, straightforward

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Didactic

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Instructive

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Euphemism

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A mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term

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Extrapolate

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To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

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Incoherent

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Lacking cohesion or connection

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Insinuate

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To introduce or communicate steathily

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Lucid

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Easily understood; clear

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language effectively and persuasively

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Acumen

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Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight

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Adroit

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Dexterous; deft

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Ascertain

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To find out, as through investigation or experimentation

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Astute

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Shrewd; clever

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Circumspect

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Careful; prudent; discreet

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Disseminate

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To scatter widely, as in sowing seed

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Erudition

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Deep, extensive learning

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Husbandry

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The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding

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Pedantic

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Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

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Perspicacious

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Shrewd; clear-sighted

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Precocious

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Exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

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Prospectus

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Formal proposal

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Rudimentary

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Basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Callous
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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Convoluted
Intricate; complex
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Enigma
A puzzle, mystery, or riddle
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Inscrutable
Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
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Reticent
Inclined to keep silent; reserved
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Staid
Unemotional; serious
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Arcane
Known or understood by only a few
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Assimilate
To absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar
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Autonomy
Independence; self-determination
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Cosmopolitan
Worldly; widely sophisticated
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Derivative
Something that comes from another source
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Entourage
A group of attendants or associates; a retinue
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Esoteric
Intended for or understood by only a small group
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Gaffe
A clumsy social error; a faux pas
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Idiosyncrasy
Characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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Insular
Isolated; narrow or provincial
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Orthodox
Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
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Potentate
One who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
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Castigate
To scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
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Censure
To issue official blame
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Denounce
To condemn openly
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Reclusive
Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
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Relinquish
To retire from; give up or abandon
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Renounce
To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement
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Vituperative
Marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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Circumscribe
To draw a circle around; to restrict
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Contiguous
Sharing an edge or boundary; touching
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Conciliatory
Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
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Credible
Capable of being believed; plausible
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Exonerate
To free from blame
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Incontrovertible
Indisputable; not open to question
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Indict
To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime
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Litigious
Prone to engage in lawsuits
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Parity
Equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity)
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Partisan
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
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Rectitude
Moral uprightness; righteousness
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Remiss
Lax in attending to duty; negligent
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Repudiate
To reject the validity or authority of
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Sanctimonious
Feigning piety or righteousness
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Scrupulous
Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
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Solicitous
Concerned
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Sophistry
Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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Substantiate
To support with proof or evidence; verify
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Veracity
Adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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Vindicate
To free from blame
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Cajole
To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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Chicanery
Trickery
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Obsequious
Fawning and servile
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Sycophant
Insincere, obsequious flatter

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