contend
verbTo compete or struggle against difficulty or opposition.
Compete or struggle
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Clear all filtersTo compete or struggle against difficulty or opposition.
Compete or struggle
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Deceit through contradictory words or conduct.
Deceptive double-dealing
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Excellent enough to serve as a model for others.
A secret or deceptive scheme; also the interest such mystery arouses.
Secret scheme
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Fair treatment and action that respect what people are properly due.
Very high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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Relating to an idealized rural or shepherding life.
Representing the most characteristic or ideal example of a type.
Easy to guide, manage, teach, or deal with.
Disloyal or deceptive; also dangerously unreliable or difficult to navigate.
Disloyal or deceitful
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Insincerity shown by presenting different or conflicting attitudes to different people.
Conflicting insincere attitudes
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Showing imaginative insight about future possibilities, sometimes without enough practical detail.
Imaginative about the future
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