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Allude
(v.) to refer to casually or indirectly; suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate
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Clairvoyant
(adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer; (adj.) insightful, discerning, uncanny; (n.) visionary
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Conclusive
(adj.) serving to settle an issue; final; decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive
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Disreputable
(adj.) not respectable, not esteemed; disgraceful, discreditable, shady
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Endemic
(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field; indigenous, restricted to
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Exemplary
(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model; praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative
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Fathom
(v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n.) a measure of depth in water; grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb
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Guile
(n.) treacherous, cunning, deceit; trickery, duplicity, chicanery
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Integrity
(n.) honesty; high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness; rectitude, probity
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Itinerary
(n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook; schedule, program
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Misconstrue
(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of; misjudge, misinterpret
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Obnoxious
(adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike; disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious
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Placate
(v.) to appease, soothe, pacify; satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate
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Placid
(adj.) calm, peaceful; undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene
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Plagiarism
(n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person; piracy, theft
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Potent
(adj.) powerful; highly effective; mighty, formidable, forceful
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Pretext
(n.) a false reason, deceptive excuse; pretense, cover story, retionale, evasion
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Protrude
(v.) to stick out, thrust forth; project, jut out, bulge
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Stark
(adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; (adv.) utterly; (adj.) sheer, downright, grim, bleak; (adv.) absolutely
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Superficial
(adj.) on or near a surfacel concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow; skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash
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