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dictum an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion
persipacious having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
superlative of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing
superimpose to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else
supersede to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by anothe person or thingr
tentative of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental
contend to struggle in opposition
contention a struggling together in opposition; strife
distend to expand by stretching
tenuous thin or slender in form
attenuate to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value
portent an indication or omen of something about to happen
tendentious having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose
intransigent refusing to agree or compromise
conjugal of, pertaining to, or characteristic of marriage
congeal to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles

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Creator rfoss16
Created June 21, 2007
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  1. superlativeof the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing - 1 miss
  2. superimposeto impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else - 1 miss
  3. tentativeof the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental - 1 miss
  4. distendto expand by stretching - 1 miss
  5. tendentioushaving or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose - 1 miss
  6. intransigentrefusing to agree or compromise - 1 miss