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knowingness

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quality of knowing something

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circumstellar

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around a star

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spherule

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tiny sphere or globule

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abate

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reduce or diminish

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acquisitiveness

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desire to acquire more

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advent

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arrival

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agency

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the ability to use power or influence

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Altogether (NOT all together)

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Completely, overall

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Antithetical to

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totally opposed to

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ascribe to

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to give credit

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assert

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affirm, claim, that something is true

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backfire

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to produce an unexpected and unwanted result

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befall

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happen to (used with something bad)

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belie

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contradict or misrepresent

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blight

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disease that killa plants rapidly, or any cause of decay or destruction

ruin or cause to wither

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blunt

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make less effective

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blur

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to make blurry, unclear, indistinct

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bogus

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fake, fraudulent

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bolster

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strengthen or support

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brook

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suffer or tolerate

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bygone

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past, former

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chancy

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risky

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channel

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to direct or guide along a particular course

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checked

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restrained, held back

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cloak
to cover or conceal
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coalesce
come together, unite
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cogent
very convincing
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condone
overlook, tolerate, regard as harmless
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confer
consult give
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contend
make an argument in favor of struggle controversial
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conversely
in an opposite way, on the other hand
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convoluted
twisted very complicated
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copious
plentiful
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countenance
approve or tolerate
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curtail
cut short or reduce
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debunk
expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims
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decry
condemn openly
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deem
judge, consider
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deflect
cause to curve turn aside, avoid
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deride
mock
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deterrent
something that restrains or discourages
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dichotomy
division into two parts or into two contradictory group
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Discrepancy
Difference or inconsistency
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Discrete ( NOT discreet)
Separate, distinct, detached
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Dispatch
Speed, promptness
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Dismiss
Put aside or reject Allow to disperse or leave Fire from a job
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Dovetail
Join or fit together
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Dubious
Doubtful, questionable, suspect
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Eclectic
Selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources
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Effectively
In as uccessful manner In effect, but not officially
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Egregious
Extraordinarily bad
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Equivocal
Use unclear language to deceive or avoir committing to a position
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Erratic
Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course
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Erstwhile
Former, previous
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Exacerbate
Male worse, inflame
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Expedient
Suitable, proper Effective
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Extraneous
Irrelevant Foreign, not belonging
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Fathom
Understand deeply
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Fishy
Suspicious, unlikely, questionnable
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Fledgling
New or inexpected
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Fleeting
Passing quickly, transitory
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Foreshadow
Indicate or suggest beforehand
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Forestall
Delay, hinder, prevent by taking action beforehand
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Graft
Join together plant parts or skin so that two living things grow together
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Grandstanding
Perform showily i. An attempt to impress onlookers
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Guesswork
A set of guessesor estomates, work based on guesses or estimates
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Guile
Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness
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Hallmark
A mark of indication of quality, purity, genuiness Any distinguishi g characteristic
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Handpick
To pick by hand, to personally select
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Hardy
Bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold
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Hearken
Listen, pay attention to
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Host
A large amount
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Iconoclast
Attacker of cherished beliefs or institution
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Impair
Make worse, weaken
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Impede
Hold back, obstruct the progress of
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Impinge on
Trespass on, violate
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Inadvertenly
Accidently, carelessly, as a side effect
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Inasmuch
Since, because
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Inextricably
In a way such thst one cannot untangle or escape something
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Inform
Inspire, animate, give substance, essence, or context to Be the characteristic quality of
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Intractable
Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate Hard to cure
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Involved
Complicated, intricate, confused or tangled
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Jettison
Discard, cast off Throw items overboard in order to lighten a ship in an emergency
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Lackluster
Not shiny, dull, mediocre
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Laypeople
Regular people, non-specialists
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Log
Keep record of, write down Travel for or at a certain distance or speed
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Makeshift
Improvised, relating to a temporary substitute
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Mercurial
Quickly and unpredictably changing moods
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Nontrivial
Important or big enough to matter
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Offhand
Casual, informal Done without preparation Brusque
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Outstrip
Surpass, exceed Larger Leave behind
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Paragon
Model of excellence
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Peddle
Travel around while selling sell illegaly Give out or disseminate
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Penumbra
Outer part of a shadow from a eclipse Periphery
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Piggyback
Riding on something bigger or more important
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Pristine
In an original, pure state Uncorrupted
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Qualified
Modified, limited, conditional on something else Unqualified can mean not limited or not restrained, if your boss gives unqualified approval for your plan, you can do whatever you want. Of course,m everyone knows qualified in the sense of qualified for the job
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Reconvene
Gather, come together again, such as for a meeting
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Rehash
Discuss or bring up again without adding anything new
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Rife
Happening frequently, abundant, currently beinf reported
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Scant
Not enough
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Scarcely
Hard,y, barely, by a small margin
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Skirt
Border, lie along the edge of
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Smelt
Fuse or melt ore in order to separate out metal
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Spate
Sudden outpouring Flood
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Spearhead
Be the leader of
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Staggered
Starting or ending at different times, especially also occurring in overlapping intervals
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Tardy
Late, not on time
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Thenceforth
From that time forward
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Thorny
Controversial, full of difficulties
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Tide
En français: marré
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Transient
Moving around, not settled, temporary
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Undergird
Antonym of undermine
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Underpin
Strengthen, corroborate, support bellow
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Underscore
Underline
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Unfettered
Free
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Wanting
Lacking, insufficient, or not good enough
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Warranted
Authorized
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Whereas
Considering that
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Winnow
Sift, analyze critically
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For all Versus Given
For all means despite. Links 2 sentences Given means considering or sinc
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Much less Versus nontheless
Much less' structure: something doesn't do something,MUCH LESS something even more extreme Nonetheless means however

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