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1. paradox
 2. lore
3. paradoxical
4. fool
5. sinful
6. fooling
7. contrarian
8. rather
9. dissent
10. heresy
 11. heretical
12. heterodox
13. out
14. experience
15. knowledge
16. outwit
17. changing
18. revenge
19. against
20. anti
 21. back
22. clash
23. conflict
24. converse
25. conversing
26. cross
27. differ
28. disagree
29. negative
30. opposite
 31. other
32. pace
33. reversal
34. reverse
35. sin
36. turn
37. variance
38. score
39. torah
40. bible

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