An expert in or student of physics.

physical/phantom/physicist

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Attempt to explain or justify (behaviour or an attitude) with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate.

ration/ratified/rationalised

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A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.

paraffin/paradox/parabellum

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Send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it.

colon/colonise/cologne

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State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.

asserted/assume/ascertain

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Having no parallel or equal; exceptional.

unparalleled/uncertain/uncanny

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(Of an idea, product, or person) not subjected to examination, experiment, or experience; unproven.

untried/unified/untested

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Not able to be endured or tolerated.

unbearable/underdeveloped/understood

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Move out of or away from something and become visible.

ecstatic/emerged/emended

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(Of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.

seeping/soiled/strained

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A small pig or other animal, especially the smallest in a litter.

rectify/runt/render

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Of little depth.

shallow/shanty/shimmer

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Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.

thrashed/thrush/thrice

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Very great in amount.

overturn/overrun/overwhelming

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The condition of having an abnormally (typically dangerously) low body temperature.

hypothermia/hyperactivity/homeostatic

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A stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features.

terminal/trench/terrain

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The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

colon/colonisation/claustrum

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Direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something.

aspire/aspirin/aspartame

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Bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind.

evolve/evert/evoke

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