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| to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
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| the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
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| a puzzle, mysery, or riddle |
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| difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable |
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| to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |
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| independence; self determination |
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| worldly; widely sophisticated |
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| something that comes from another source |
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| a clumsy social error; a faux pas |
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| characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
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| adhearing to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
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| one who has the power and position to rule over the others; monarch |
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| to draw a circle around; to restrict |
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| sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
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| capable of believed; plausible |
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| to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
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| devoted to or biased in support f a party, group, or cause |
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| equality as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity) |
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| moral uprightness; righteousness |
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| to support with proof or evidence; verify |
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| adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
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| unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
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| identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
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| courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
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| humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity |
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| no longer existing or functioning |
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| to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish |
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