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Conciliatory |
Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
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Credible |
Plausible; capable of being believed |
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Exonerate |
To free from blame; hint: starts with an "e" |
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Incontrovertible |
Beyond doubt or dispute |
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Indict |
To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
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Litigious |
Prone to engage in lawsuits |
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Partisan |
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
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Parity |
Equality, as in amount, status, or value |
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Disparity |
Not equal in amount of status or value |
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Rectitude |
Righteousness, moral uprightness |
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Remiss |
Lax in attending to duty; negligent |
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Repudiate |
To reject the validity or authority of |
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Sanctimonious |
Feigning pity or righteousness |
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Scrupulous |
Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting |
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Solicitous |
Concerned |
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Sophistry |
Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument |
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Substantiate |
To support with proof or evidence; verify |
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Veracity |
Adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
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Vindicate |
to free from blame |
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Cajole |
to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery |
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Chicanery |
Trickery |
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Obsequious |
Fawning and servile |
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Sycophant |
Insincere, fawning flatterer |
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Altruism |
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
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Eminent |
Distinguished; prominent |
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Empathetic |
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
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Extol |
To praise highly |
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Laudatory |
Full of praise |
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Magnanimous |
Courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
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Philanthropic |
Humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity |
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Reciprocate |
to respond in kind; to mutually give or take |
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Defunct |
no longer existing or functioning |
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Eradicate |
to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish |
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Expurgate |
To remove objectionable content before publication or release |
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Extirpate |
To destroy |
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Quell |
to put down forcibly; suppress |
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Raze |
to level to the ground; demolish |
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Squelch |
to crush as if by trampling; squash |
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Supplant |
To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics |
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Stymie |
to thwart or stump |
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Abase |
to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem |
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Deride |
to mock with scorn |
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Derogatory |
Insulting or intended to insult |
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Disparage |
to speak of negatively; to belittle |
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Effrontery |
brazen boldness; presumptuousness; extremely self-confident |
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Presumptuousness |
State of being arrogantly self-confident |
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Ignominy |
Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
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Impugn |
to attack as false or questionable |
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Mar |
To damage, especially in a disfiguring way |
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Pejorative |
Disparaging, belittling, insulting |
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Vex |
to anger; to perplex |
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Vindictive |
Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful |
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