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adulterate to make impure or inferior
bane a cause of death, destruction, or ruin
boon something benficial that is bestowed; blessing
exorcise to expel
inimical injurious or harmful in effect
vitiate to impair the value or quality of
toxic poisonous
salutary designed to effect an improvement
pernicious tending to cause death or injury
panacea a remedy for all diseases or evils; cure-all
inconceivable incapable of being imagined
implausible not valid, likely, or acceptable
feasible capable of being accomplished
eventuality a possible event or outcome
contingent dependent upon conditions or events
perchance perhaps; possibly
preposterous contrary to nature or reason
presumably by reasonable assumption
proclivity a natural inclination or tendency
prone tending; inclined
metamorphosis a marked change in appearance
malleable capable of being altered or influenced
inveterate long-standing; deep-rooted
immutable not subject or susceptible to change
evolve to develop or achieve gradually
modulate to regulate, adjust, ot adapt; temper
protean readily taking on a different shape or form
sporadic occurring at irregular intervals
transmute to change from one form to another
volatile changeable; inconstant
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Creator katrina
Created May 20, 2008
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katrina : Changed presumably → be reasonable assumption to presumably → by reasonable assumption
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  1. preposterouscontrary to nature or reason - 6 misses
  2. salutarydesigned to effect an improvement - 4 misses
  3. eventualitya possible event or outcome - 4 misses
  4. contingentdependent upon conditions or events - 4 misses
  5. immutablenot subject or susceptible to change - 4 misses
  6. evolveto develop or achieve gradually - 4 misses
  7. modulateto regulate, adjust, ot adapt; temper - 4 misses