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Exorbitant
Extreme and Excessive
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Mitigate
To make a problem less severe
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Engender
To cause or give rise to
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Scrutiny
Critical examination
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Lucrative
Very profitable
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Outsized
Disproportionately large
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Antithetical
Characterized by extreme contrast
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Affinity
Strong attraction or liking
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Pervasive
Widespread
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Surmise
Assume; draw a conclusion without strong evidence
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Proponent
A person who supports a theory, proposal, or project
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Advantageous
Creating favorable circumstance
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Tenuous
Very weak, slight
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Conjecture
Hypothesis
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Corroborate
To confirm or support a statement or claim
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Calamitous
Extremely disastrous