| Meaning | Words |
| Abbreviated Communication | abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse |
| Act Quickly | abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate |
| Assist | abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance |
| Bad Mood | bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish |
| Beginner/Amateur | dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro |
| Beginning/Young | burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent |
| Biting (as in wit or temperament) | acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant |
| Bold | audacious
courageous
dauntless |
| Boring | banal
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite |
| Carousal (drunken merrymaking/drinking party) | bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sorid
turpitude |
| Changing Quickly | capricious
mercurial
volatile |
| Copy | counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulated
vicarious |
| Criticize/Criticism | aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny
castigate
decry
denounce
defamation
deride/derisive
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove |
| Death/Mourning | bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith |
| Denying of Self | abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate |
| Dictatorial | authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic (hegemony)
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical |
| Difficult to Understand | abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid |
| Disgusting/Offensive | defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative |
| Easy to Understand | articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid |
| Eccentric/Dissimilar | aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast |
| Embarrass | abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue |
| Equal | equitable
equity
tantamount |
| Falsehood | apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious |
| Family | conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion |
| Favoring/Not Impartial | ardor/ardent
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot |
| Forgive | absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate |
| Funny | chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper |
| Gaps/Openings | abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift |
| Generous/Kind | altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting |
| Greedy | avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal |
| Hard-hearted | asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation |
| Harmful | baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious |
| Harsh Sounding | cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident |
| Hatred | abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor |
| Healthy | beneficial
salubrious
salutary |
| Hesitate | dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver |
| Hostile | antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive |
| Innocent/Inexperienced | credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro |
| Insincere | disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous |
| Investigate | appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse |
| Lazy/Sluggish | indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torid |
| Luck | adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
talisman |
| Nag | admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof |
| Nasty | fetid
noisome
noxious |
| Not a Straight Line | askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortex |
| Overblown/Wordy | bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose |
| Pacify/Satisfy | ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe |
| Pleasant Sounding | euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous |
| Poor | destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent |
| Praise | acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud/laudatory
venerate/veneration |
| Predict | augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
presage
prescient
prognosticate |
| Prevent/Obstruct | discomfort
encumber
fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude |
| Smart/Learning | astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious |
| Sorrow | disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac
forlorn
lament
lugubrious
melancholy
morose
plaintive
threnody |
| Stubborn | implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory
renitent
untoward
vexing |
| Terse (concise) | compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn |
| Time/Order/Duration | anachronism
antecede
antedate
anterior
archaic
diurnal
eon
ephemeral
epoch
fortnight
millennium
penultimate
synchronous
temporal |
| Timid/Timidity | craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation |
| Truth | candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable
indubitable
legitimate
probity
sincere
veracious
verity |
| Unusual | aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy |
| Walking About | ambulatory
itinerant
peripatetic |
| Wandering | discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant
peregrination
peripatetic
sojourn |
| Weaken | adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit
obviate
stultify
undermine
vitiate |
| Wisdom | adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism |
| Withdrawl/Retreat | abeyance
adjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde |
