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  1. accentuate
    stress or single out as important
  2. agency
    the state of being in action or exerting power
  3. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  4. alignment
    the spatial property possessed by things in a straight line
  5. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  6. anticlimax
    a disappointing decline after a previous rise
  7. axial
    situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
  8. case study
    a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view
  9. cathartic
    emotionally purging
  10. causality
    the relation between reasons and effects
  11. cohort
    a band of warriors
  12. commission
    charge with a task
  13. complement
    something added to embellish or make perfect
  14. corollary
    an inference following from the proof of another proposition
  15. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  16. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  17. deduction
    reasoning from the general to the particular
  18. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  19. proof
    any evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
  20. eminent
    standing above others in character or attainment
  21. err
    make a mistake
  22. evaluative
    exercising or involving careful appraisals
  23. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  24. fundamental
    serving as an essential component
  25. heterodox
    characterized by departure from accepted standards
  26. induction
    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
  27. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  28. linear
    involving a single dimension
  29. lofty
    of high moral or intellectual value
  30. maintain
    state categorically
  31. methodology
    the techniques followed in a particular discipline
  32. normative
    relating to or dealing with typical standards or patterns
  33. inexplicable
    incapable of being explained or accounted for
  34. imperative
    some duty that is essential and urgent
  35. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  36. omit
    leave undone or leave out
  37. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  38. peer review
    evaluate professionally a colleague's work
  39. quintessential
    representing the perfect example of a class or quality
  40. rigor
    the quality of being strictly valid
  41. semantics
    the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
  42. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
  43. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  44. successive
    following in order without gaps
  45. trivial
    (informal) small and of little importance
  46. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
  47. viable
    capable of life or normal growth and development
  48. transpose
    change the order or arrangement of
  49. amplify
    increase in size, volume or significance
  50. hamper
    prevent the progress or free movement of
Created on Tue May 05 15:25:55 EDT 2020 (updated Tue May 05 15:32:34 EDT 2020)

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