abstraction
dealing with ideas rather than events.
unredeemable
to not be able to make oneself better
perpetual
everlasting
speculation
to form a theory without facts or evidence
deception
to decieve
Appeasing
to pacify
inveterate
ingrained habit
dealing with ideas rather than events.
to not be able to make oneself better
everlasting
to form a theory without facts or evidence
to decieve
to pacify
ingrained habit
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