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