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Authority When someone has enough power to instruct other what to do.
Capacity The maximum amount that something can contain.
Compensation The act of compensating, the state of being compensated, correction of an organic defect or loss by hypertrophy.
Conformity Compliance with standards, rules, or laws.
Consistent When something is repeatedly it doesn't really change.
Corresponding To be conformity or agreement, to compare closely, to equivalent or parallel, to communicate with a person by exchange.
Distinction A difference or contrast between similar things or people.
Dynamic (a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.
Enhanced Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, or extent of.
Ethic Of or relating to a population subgroup with a common national or cultural tradition.
Evaluation The making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something, assessment.
Explicit Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
Inferred Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
Integrity The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
Intensity The quality of being intense.
Intervention The action or process of intervening.
Motivation The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
Persistent Continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
Primary Occurring in first in time or sequence.
Principle Ideas or standards that can be helpful and important.
Professional Of, relating to, or connected to a profession.
Radical Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature or something; far-reaching or thorough.
Rational Based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
Specified Being those properties of something that allow it to be referred to a particular category.
Complied To act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions.
Reluctant Unwilling; disinclined.
Encountered To come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly.
Adjacent Next to or adjoining something else.
Odd Different from what is usual or expected; strange.
Invoked Cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.
Assessment The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.
Income Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.
Interpretation The action of explaining the meaning of something.
Complex Consisting of many different and connected parts.
Detained Keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in politically sensitive situation.
Pride A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from ones own achievements.
Circumstances A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action.
Maximum As great, high, or intense as possible or permitted.
Validity The quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or logency.
Concentration The action or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort.
Obvious Easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent.
Promote Further the progress (something, especially a cause,venture,or aim); support or actively encourage.
Adequate Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
Domestic Of or relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
Parameters A numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation.
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