absolve to free someone from blame, guilt, or responsibility
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alleviate to make pain, difficulty, or a problem less severe
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ambivalent having mixed or conflicting feelings about something
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animosity strong dislike or hostility
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antagonize to cause someone to become hostile or unfriendly
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arbitrate to settle a disagreement by acting as a neutral judge
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assimilate to absorb and understand information or become part of a group
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astute clever and quick to understand situations
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audacious bold and willing to take risks, sometimes shockingly so
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avert to prevent something bad from happening
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credible believable and worthy of trust
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cursory quick and not detailed or thorough
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dearth a lack or shortage of something
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deficient not having enough of something essential
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detract to reduce the value, importance, or quality of something
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digress to move away from the main subject while speaking or writing
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distort to twist or change the truth, meaning, or appearance of something
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elicit to draw out a response, answer, or reaction
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exacerbate to make a problem, condition, or situation worse
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explicit stated clearly and directly, leaving no doubt
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fallacy a mistaken belief or faulty idea, especially in reasoning
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fastidious very careful about details and difficult to please
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feasible possible and practical to do successfully
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foreboding a feeling that something bad is going to happen
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formulate to develop or create something carefully, such as a plan or idea
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fortify to strengthen or protect something
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grapple to struggle with or work hard to understand a difficult problem
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hindrance something that makes progress difficult
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hypothetical based on an imagined situation rather than a real one
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imperative extremely important or necessary
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