Related Words for critical

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dire
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Adjective
censorious
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Adjective, Adjective
dangerous
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Adjective, Adjective
desperate
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severe
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important
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Adjective, Adjective
serious
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Adjective, Adjective
grievous
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Adjective, Adjective
crucial
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Adjective, Adjective
appraising
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Adjective, Noun
vital
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Noun, Adjective
decisive
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Adjective, Adjective
discriminative
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Adjective, Adjective
acute
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Adjective, Adjective
indispensable
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Adjective, Adjective
scathing
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Adjective, Adjective
judicial
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Adjective, Adjective
evaluative
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Adjective, Adjective
grave
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Adjective, Adjective
supercritical
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Adjective, Adjective
uncritical
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Adjective, Adjective
essential
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Adjective
pivotal
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Adjective
fundamental
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Adjective
imperative
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Noun
strategic
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Noun
valuable
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Adjective
relevant
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Adjective
salient
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Adjective
significant
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Adjective
specific
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Adjective
foundational
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Adjective
problematic
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Adjective
sensitive
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Adjective
necessary
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Adjective
paramount
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Name
major
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Adjective
challenging
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Adjective
troubling
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Adjective
problematical
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Adjective
pertinent
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Adjective
invaluable
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Adjective
technical
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Name
particular
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Adjective
substantive
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Adjective
integral
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Noun
optimal
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Adjective
influential
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Adjective
importance
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Noun
characteristic
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Noun
certain
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Adjective
analytical
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Noun
substantial
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Adjective
precise
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Adjective
optimum
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Noun
beneficial
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Adjective
detrimental
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Adjective
operational
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Adjective
perceptive
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Adjective
central
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Noun
objective
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Noun
noteworthy
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Adjective
meaningful
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Adjective
immediate
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Adjective
prioritizing
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Noun
practical
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Adjective
marginal
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Adjective
potential
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Noun
useful
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Adjective
appropriate
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Adjective
concern
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Noun
good
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Adjective
general
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Noun
proper
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Adjective
vexing
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Adjective
theoretical
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Adjective
difficult
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Adjective
especially
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Adverb
favorable
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Adjective
primary
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Adjective
basic
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Adjective
adequate
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Adjective
ongoing
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Adjective
controversial
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Adjective
scientific
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Noun
timely
/x
Adjective
damaging
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Adjective
careful
/x
Adjective
common
/x
Adjective
compromising
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Verb
positive
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Adjective
relevance
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Noun
worthwhile
//
Adjective
determining
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Verb
tricky
/x
Adjective
initial
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Adjective
legitimate
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Adjective
understanding
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Noun
analytic
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Adjective
remarkable
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Adjective
tangential
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Adjective
notable
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Adjective
resentful
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Adjective
cutting
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Noun
flawed
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Adjective
culpable
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Adjective
faulty
/x
Adjective
cynical
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Adjective
abusive
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Adjective
contentious
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Adjective
jaundiced
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Adjective
cantankerous
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Adjective
mistrustful
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Adjective
prejudiced
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Adjective
incorrect
xx/
Adjective
churlish
/x
Adjective
scornful
/x
Adjective
condemned
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Verb
errant
/x
Noun
fractious
/x
Adjective
discriminatory
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Adjective
cynic
/x
Noun
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
invidious
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Adjective
pejorative
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Adjective
cranky
/x
Adjective
unfaithful
x/x
Adjective
pathetic
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Adjective
fretful
/x
Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective
inexact
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Adjective
deprecating
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Noun
suspect
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Noun
derogatory
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Adjective
pointed
/x
Verb
maligned
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Adjective
crusty
/x
Adjective
embittered
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Adjective
iniquitous
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Adjective
short
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Adjective
cruel
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Adjective
debriefing
x/x
Verb
juncture
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Noun
time
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Verb
scholarly
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Adverb
pedagogy
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Noun
openly
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Adverb
acclaim
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Noun
slowing
/x
Verb
appraisal
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Noun
criminology
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Noun
reappraisal
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Noun
damping
/x
Noun
exponents
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Noun
acumen
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Noun
ethnography
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Noun
infrastructures
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Noun
essays
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Noun
thinking
/x
Noun
realists
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Noun
rationalism
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Noun
commentary
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Noun
upgraded
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Verb
scrutiny
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Noun
literacy
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Noun
reception
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Noun
reflection
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Noun
absolutely
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Adverb
accurate
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Adjective
analyze
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Verb
bad
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
barbed
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Adjective
bibliography
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Noun
big
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bioethical
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Adjective
capital
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Noun, Adjective
cardinal
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Noun, Adjective
cash
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
citations
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Noun
compelling
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Adjective, Noun
compilations
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Noun
complaint
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Noun
conclusive
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Adjective
condition
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Noun, Verb
considerable
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Adjective, Noun
considered
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Adjective
core
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
crisis
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Noun
critic
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Noun, Verb
criticise
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Verb
criticised
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Verb
criticism
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Noun
criticize
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Verb
critique
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Noun, Verb
cultural
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Adjective
cursory
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Adjective
damning
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Adjective, Noun
daunting
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Adjective, Noun
deciding
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Noun, Adjective
defining
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Adjective
definitive
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Adjective, Noun
delicate
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Adjective, Noun
determinant
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Noun, Adjective
determinative
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Adjective, Noun
discerning
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Adjective, Noun
dispassionate
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Adjective
dramatic
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Adjective
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
editing
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Noun
editorial
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Noun, Adjective
embarrassing
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Adjective, Noun
emergency
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Noun
epidemiologic
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Adjective
exigency
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Noun
extreme
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fatal
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Adjective, Noun
father
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Noun, Verb
form
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Noun, Verb
formidable
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Adjective
fragile
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Adjective, Noun
great
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
grim
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
gross
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Adjective, Name, Verb
harsh
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
hazardous
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Adjective
heavy
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hinge
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Noun, Verb
historical
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Adjective, Noun
hospital
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Noun, Adjective
hot
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
inconclusive
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Adjective
industrial
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Adjective, Name
injury
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Noun, Verb
insightful
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Adjective
instrumental
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Adjective, Noun
intensive
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Adjective, Noun
interpretation
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Noun
judge
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Noun, Verb
judgmental
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Adjective
jurisprudential
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Adjective
key
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
knock
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Verb, Noun
landmark
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Noun, Verb
large
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
leading
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Adjective, Noun
legal
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Adjective, Noun
literary
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Adjective
main
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
marx
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Name
material
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
mean
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
medical
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Adjective, Name
minimum
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Noun, Adjective
momentous
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Adjective
monetary
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Adjective
needed
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Adjective
notes
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Noun
notices
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Noun
overarching
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Adjective, Noun
overriding
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Adjective, Noun
panic
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
parents
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Adjective
perilous
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Adjective
philosophical
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Adjective
picky
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Adjective, Noun
political
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Adjective, Noun
precarious
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Adjective
predicate
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
prerequisite
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Noun, Adjective
pressing
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Adjective, Noun
prime
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
primordial
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Adjective, Noun
principal
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Adjective, Noun
prominent
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Adjective, Noun
prudent
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Adjective
required
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Adjective
resolute
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Adjective, Noun
review
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Noun, Verb
reviewer
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Noun
rigorous
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Adjective
root
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Noun, Verb
rude
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Adjective
sceptical
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Adjective
seminal
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Adjective, Noun
seriously
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Adverb
sharp
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective