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  1. acceptation
    acceptance as true or valid
  2. acknowledgement
    the state or quality of recognizing something or someone
  3. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  4. antithesis
    the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas for balance
  5. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  6. authentic
    not counterfeit or copied
  7. averse
    strongly opposed
  8. benchmark
    a standard by which something can be measured or judged
  9. bolster
    support and strengthen
  10. comprehensive
    including all or everything
  11. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  12. critique
    a serious examination and judgment of something
  13. default
    an option that is selected automatically
  14. descriptive
    detailing the structure of a language
  15. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  16. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  17. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  18. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  19. dovetail
    fit together tightly or easily
  20. embellish
    add details to
  21. endeavor
    a purposeful or industrious undertaking
  22. esteem
    regard highly; think much of
  23. exaggeration
    making to seem more important than it really is
  24. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand
  25. flaw
    an imperfection in an object or machine
  26. grievance
    a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
  27. hinge
    a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend
  28. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
  29. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
    Can also mean to censure, rebuke.
  30. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  31. instrumental
    serving or acting as a means or aid
    Can also mean 'serving a very important function'.
  32. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  33. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
  34. merit
    the quality of being deserving
  35. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  36. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  37. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  38. passive
    lacking in energy or will
  39. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  40. phase
    any distinct time period in a sequence of events
  41. practical
    guided by experience and observation rather than theory
  42. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  43. relative
    not absolute or complete
  44. scheme
    a preliminary plan
  45. subordinate
    subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
  46. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  47. superficial
    of little substance or significance
  48. synthesis
    the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  49. syllogism
    reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  50. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  51. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  52. testimony
    an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
  53. underscore
    give extra weight to
  54. variable
    something that is likely to change
Created on Tue May 05 15:14:05 EDT 2020 (updated Tue May 05 15:18:14 EDT 2020)

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