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11353541098propagateto breed, spread, and promote widely (ideas, specimens, offspring, etc.):0
11353541099beguileto charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way.1
11353541100circumventto find a way around an obstacle, problem, difficulty (typically in a clever and surreptitious way).2
11353541101propagandainformation, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.3
11353541102expedienta means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but considered improper or immoral.4
11353541103meticulousshowing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.5
11353541104euphemisma mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.6
11353541105schisma split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.7
11353541106puritanicalpracticing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior.8
11353541107nefariouswicked or criminal (typically referring to an action or activity).9
11353541108penitentfeeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong.10
11353541109dogmaticexpressing opinions forcefully, as if they were fact:11
11353541110hypocrisypretending to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel:12
11353541111orthodoxbeliefs that conform to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; not independent-minded:13
11353541112vindicateto clear someone of blame or suspicion:14

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