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conciliatory |
appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
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credible |
capable of being believed; plausible |
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exonerate |
to free from blame |
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incontrovertible |
indisputable; not open to question |
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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 (adj.) |
devoted to or biased in support of party group, or cause |
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parity |
equality, as in amount status or value |
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rectitude |
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 piety 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 |
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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, obsequious 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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empathy |
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 mutually take or give; to respond in kind |
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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 its 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 contemptuously |
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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 |
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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 (adj.) |
disparaging, belittling, insulting |
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vex |
to annoy or bother; to perplex |
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vindictive |
disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful |
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