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cavilling(noun, adjective)
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deception(noun, mistake, error, falsehood, deviation)
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fencing
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hairsplitting(noun, nitpicking)
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prevarication
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punning(adjective, absurdity)
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querulous
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shuffling
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subterfuge(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
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absurd(adjective, absurdity)
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ambiguity(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
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artifice(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
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captiousness
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cavil(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
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chicane
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criticism
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egregious(adjective, absurdity)
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equivocating
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extravagant(adjective, absurdity)
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faultfinding(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic)
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