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Appendix A Word Groups Flashcards

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Abash

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Embarrass

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Abatement

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Abridge

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Abbreviated Communication

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Aberrant

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Eccentric/Dissimilar

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Aberration

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Unusual

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Abet

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Assist

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Abeyance

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Withdrawal/Reject

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Abhorrence

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Abjure

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Withdrawal/Reject

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Abnegate

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Denying of Self

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Abnegation

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Withdrawal/Reject

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Abortive

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Withdrawal/Reject

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Abrogate

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Withdrawal/Reject

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Abrupt

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Act Quickly

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Absolve

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Forgive/Make Amends

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Abstain

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Denying of Self

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Abstruse

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Difficult to Understand

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Acclaim

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Praise

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Acerbic

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Biting (wit or temperament)/Sharp

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Acidulous

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Biting (wit or temperament)/Sharp

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Accolade

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Praise

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Acquit

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Forgive/Make Amends

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Acrimonious

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Biting (wit or temperament)/Sharp

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Adage

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Wisdom

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Admonish

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Nag

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Adulterate

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Weaken

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Advocate

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Assist

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Aggrandize

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Praise

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Altruistic

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Generous/Kind

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Ambigious

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Difficult to Understand

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Ambulatory

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Walking About

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Ameliorate

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Pacify/Satisfy

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Amulet

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Luck

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Anachronism

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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Anathema

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Hatred

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Ancillary

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Assist

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Anomalous

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Eccentric/Dissimilar

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Antagonism

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Hatred

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Antecede

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Before

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Antedate

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Before

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Anterior

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Antipathy

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Hatred

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Antithetic

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Hostile

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Apace

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Act Quickly

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Aperature

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Aphorism

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Wisdom

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Apocryphal

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Falsehood

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Apothegm

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Wisdom

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Appease

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Pacify/Satisfy

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Appraise

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Investigate

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Arcane

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Difficult to Understand

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Archaic

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Old

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Arden/Ardor

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Favoring/Not Impartial

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Ascertain

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Investigate

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Ascetic

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Denying of Self

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Askance

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Not in a straight line

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Asperity

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Hard-Hearted/Heartless
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Aspersion

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Criticize/Criticism

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Assay

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Investigate

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Assuage

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Pacify/Satisfy

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Astute

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Smart/Learned

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Audacious

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Bold

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Augur

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Predict

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Auspice

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Predict

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Auspicious

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Luck

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Authoritarian

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Dictatorial

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Avaricious

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Greedy

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Awry

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Not in a straight line

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Axiom

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Wisdom

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Bacchanalian

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Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

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Baleful

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Hard-Hearted/Heartless
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Harmful

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Banal

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Boring

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Baneful

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Harmful

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Belabor

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Nag

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Belittle

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Criticize/Criticism

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Bemusing

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Difficult to Understand

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Beneficent

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Generous/Kind

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Berate

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Criticize/Criticism

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Bereave

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Death/Mourning

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Billious

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Bad Mood

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Bolster

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Assist

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Bombastic

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Overblown/Wordy

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Bromide

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Wisdom

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Burgeoning

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Beginning/Young/Coming into self/something

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Cacophony

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Harsh Sounding

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Cadaver

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Death/Mourning

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Callow

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Beginning/Young/Coming into self/something

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Calumny

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Criticize/Criticism

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Canard

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Falsehood

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Candor/Candid

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Truth

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Canny

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Smart/Learned

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Capricious

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Changing Quickly/Unpredictable

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Careen

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Not in a straight line

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Carom

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Not in a straight line

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Castigate

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Criticize/Criticism

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Caustic

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Biting (wit or temperament)/Sharp

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Cavil

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Nag

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Chagrin

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Embarrass

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Chicanery

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Falsehood

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Chortle

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Funny

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Churlish

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Hostile

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Circuitous

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Not in a straight line

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Circumlocution

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Overblown/Wordy

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Circumvent

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Clement

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Generous/Kind

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Cogent

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Easy to Understand

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Compendious

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Terse

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Compendium

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Abbreviated Communication

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Compunction

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Embarrass

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Conjugal

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Family

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Consanguine

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Family

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Contrition

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Embarrass

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Corroborate

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Assist

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Countenance

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Assist

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Counterpart

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Copy

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Covetous

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Greedy

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Craven

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Timid

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Credulous

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Innocent/Inexperienced

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Curmudgeon

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Hostile

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Cursory

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Abbreviated Communication

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Curt

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Terse

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Curtail

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Abbreviated Communication

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Debauchery

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Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

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Dauntless

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Bold

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Decamp

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Withdrawal/Reject

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Decry

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Criticize/Criticism

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Defame

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Criticize/Criticism

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Defer

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Defile

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Disgusting/Offensive

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Defunt

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Death/Mourning

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Demise

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Death/Mourning

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Demur

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Withdrawal/Reject

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Denounce

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Criticize/Criticism

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Depraved

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Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

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Deride/Derisive

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Criticize/Criticism

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Descry

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Investigate

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Despotic

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Dictatorial

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Destitute

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Poor

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Detestation

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Hatred

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Diatribe

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Criticize/Criticism

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Dictum

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Wisdom

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Diffidence

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Embarrass

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Diffident

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Timid

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Dilettante

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Beginner/Amateur

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Din

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Harsh Sounding

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Discomfit

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Prevent/Obstruct

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Disconsolate

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Sorrow

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Discrete

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Eccentric/Dissimilar

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Discursive

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Wandering

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Disparage

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Criticize/Criticism

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Dissemble

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Falsehood

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Dissemble

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Insincere

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Dissipated

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Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

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Dissonant

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Harsh Sounding

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Distaff

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Family

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Dither

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Hesitate

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Diurnal

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During day or daily

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Doctrinate

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Favoring/Not Impartial

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Dogmatic

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Dictatorial

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Dolefule

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Sorrow

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Dolor

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Sorrow

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Dolorous

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Death/Mourning

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Dour

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Hard-Hearted/Heartless

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Droll

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Funny

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Dudgeon

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Bad Mood

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Duplicity

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Falsehood

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Elegiac

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Sorrow

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Elegy

A

Death/Mourning

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Emulate

A

Copy

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Encomium

A

Praise

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Encumber

A

Predict

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Endogamous

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Family

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Enervate

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Weaken

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Engender

A

Beginning/Young/Coming into self/something

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Enigmatic

A

Difficult to Understand

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Enjoin

A

Nag

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Enmity

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Hatred

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Eon

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Very long time

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Ephemeral

A

Lasting short time

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Epigram

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Wisdom

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Epoch

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Time/Order/Duration - begins a new period

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Equitable

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Equal

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Equity

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Equal

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Equivocate

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Falsehood

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Ersatz

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Falsehood

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Erroneous

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Falsehood

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Erudite

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Smart/Learned

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Espouse

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Assist

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Estoteric

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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Difficult to Understand
Basically Obscure

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Esurient

A

Poor

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Eulogize

A

Praise

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Euphonious

A

Pleasant Sounding

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Evident

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Easy to Understand

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Exacerbate

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Weaken

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Exculpate

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Forgive/Make Amends

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Exhort

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Nag

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Exonerate

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Forgive/Make Amends

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Exorciate

A

Criticize/Criticism

200
Q

Expatiate

A

Wandering
OR
Expound like go on about

201
Q

Expiate

A

Forgive/Make Amends
OR
Embarrass

202
Q

Extol

203
Q

Facetious

204
Q

Facsimile

A

Exact Copy

205
Q

Factitious

206
Q

Fallacious

207
Q

Fawn

208
Q

Fealty

209
Q

Feigned

210
Q

Fell

A

Hard-Hearted/Heartless

211
Q

Fervid

A

Favoring/Not Impartial

212
Q

Fetid

A

Disgusting/Offensive
OR
Nasty

213
Q

Fetter

214
Q

Fey

215
Q

Filial

216
Q

Fissure

A

Gaps/Opening

217
Q

Fledging

A

Beginner/Amateur

218
Q

Flippant

219
Q

Foible

220
Q

Forage

221
Q

Forfend

222
Q

Forlorn

223
Q

Fortitude

224
Q

Fortuitous

225
Q

Frankness

226
Q

Fratricide

227
Q

Fulsome

228
Q

Gainsay

A

Criticize/Criticism

229
Q

Garrulous

A

Overblown/Wordy

230
Q

Gaucherie

231
Q

Gibe

232
Q

Grandiloquent

A

Overblown/Wordy

233
Q

Guile

234
Q

Gulliable

A

Innocent/Inexperienced

235
Q

Gyrate

A

Not in a straight line

236
Q

Hackneyed

237
Q

Harangue

A

Criticize/Criticism
OR
Nag
OR
Tirade

238
Q

Harbinger

239
Q

Harmonious

A

Pleasant Sounding

240
Q

Headlong

A

Act Quickly

241
Q

Hector

242
Q

Hegemonic/Hegemony

A

Dictatorial

243
Q

Iconclast

A

Eccentric/Dissimilar
OR
Unusual

244
Q

Idiosyncrasy

245
Q

Impecunious

246
Q

Imperious

A

Dictatorial

247
Q

Impetuous

A

Act Quickly

248
Q

Implacable

249
Q

Impugn

A

Criticize/Criticism

250
Q

Inchoate

A

Beginning/Young/Coming into self/something

251
Q

Incipient

A

Beginning/Young/Coming into self/something

252
Q

Indigent

253
Q

Indolent

A

Lazy/Sluggish

254
Q

Indubitable

255
Q

Inert

A

Lazy/Sluggish

256
Q

Inexorable

257
Q

Ingenuous

A

Innocent/Inexperienced

258
Q

Inimical

259
Q

Iniquity

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

260
Q

Injurious

261
Q

Inscrutable

A

Difficult to Understand

262
Q

Insidious

263
Q

Insipid

264
Q

Interregnum

A

Gaps/Opening

265
Q

Interstice

A

Gaps/Opening

266
Q

Intractable

267
Q

Intransigent

268
Q

Inveigh

A

Criticize/Criticism

269
Q

Invidious

A

Disgusting/Offensive

270
Q

Irascible

A

Bad Mood
OR
Hostile

271
Q

Itinerant

A

Walking About
OR
Wandering

272
Q

Jocular

273
Q

Kismet

274
Q

Knell

A

Death/Mourning

275
Q

Labyrinth

A

Not in a straight line

276
Q

Laconic

277
Q

Lambaste

A

Criticize/Criticism

278
Q

Lament

A

Death/Mourning
OR
Sorrow

279
Q

Languid

A

Lazy/Sluggish

280
Q

Largess

A

Generous/Kind

281
Q

Lassitude

A

Lazy/Sluggish

282
Q

Laud/Laudatory

283
Q

Levity

284
Q

Libertine

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

285
Q

Libidinous

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

286
Q

Licentious

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

287
Q

Limpid

A

Easy to Understand

288
Q

Loathing

289
Q

Loquacious

A

Overblown/Wordy

290
Q

Lucid

A

Easy to Understand

291
Q

Ludicrous

292
Q

Lugubrious

293
Q

Lull

A

Gaps/Opening

294
Q

Macabre

A

Death/Mourning

295
Q

Magnanimous

A

Generous/Kind

296
Q

Mainstay

297
Q

Malevolent

A

Hard-Hearted/Heartless
OR
Hostile

298
Q

Malice

299
Q

Martinet

300
Q

Meander

A

Not in a straight line

301
Q

Melodious

A

Pleasant Sounding

302
Q

Mendacious

303
Q

Mendacity

304
Q

Mercenary

305
Q

Mercurial

A

Changing Quickly/Unpredictable

306
Q

Minatory

307
Q

Misanthropic

308
Q

Miserly

309
Q

Mitigate

A

Pacify/Satisfy

310
Q

Mollify

A

Pacify/Satisfy

311
Q

Mordacious

A

Biting (wit or temperament)/Sharp

312
Q

Mordant

A

Biting (wit or temperament)/Sharp
OR
Hard-Hearted/Heartless

313
Q

Moribound

A

Death/Mourning

314
Q

Morose

315
Q

Munificent

A

Assist
OR
Generous/Kind

316
Q

Naive

A

Innocent/Inexperienced

317
Q

Nascent

A

Beginning/Young/Coming into self/something

318
Q

Neophyte

A

Beginner/Amateur

319
Q

Noisome

A

Disgusting/Offensive
OR
Nasty

320
Q

Novitiate

A

Beginner/Amateur
OR
Innocent/Inexperienced

321
Q

Noxious

322
Q

Obdurate

323
Q

Objurgate

A

Criticize/Criticism

324
Q

Oblique

A

Not in a straight line

325
Q

Obloquy

A

Criticize/Criticism

326
Q

Obscure

A

Difficult to Understand

327
Q

Obsequies

A

Death/Mourning

328
Q

Obstinate

329
Q

Obviate

330
Q

Occlude

331
Q

Odious

A

Disgusting/Offensive

332
Q

Odium

333
Q

Opaque

A

Difficult to Understand

334
Q

Opprobrium

A

Criticize/Criticism

335
Q

Optimum

336
Q

Orifice

A

Gaps/Opening

337
Q

Oscillate

338
Q

Ostensible

339
Q

Palliate

A

Forgive/Make Amends

340
Q

Paradigm

341
Q

Paradoxical

A

Difficult to Understand

342
Q

Partisan

A

Favoring/Not Impartial

343
Q

Pedestrian

344
Q

Pellucid

A

Easy to Understand

345
Q

Penultimate

A

Next to last

346
Q

Penurious

347
Q

Peregrination

348
Q

Peremptory

A

Dictatorial

349
Q

Perfidious

350
Q

Perfidy

351
Q

Peripatetic

A

Walking About
OR
Wandering

352
Q

Periphrastic

A

Overblown/Wordy

353
Q

Pernicious

354
Q

Perplexing

A

Difficult to Understand

355
Q

Perspicacious

A

Smart/Learned

356
Q

Peruse

A

Investigate

357
Q

Pettish

358
Q

Petulant

359
Q

Phlegmatic

A

Lazy/Sluggish

360
Q

Pillory

A

Criticize/Criticism

361
Q

Pique

362
Q

Pithy

363
Q

Placate

A

Pacify/Satisfy

364
Q

Plaintive

365
Q

Platitude

A

Cliche basically, wisdom, boring

366
Q

Portentous

A

Predict
OR
Luck

367
Q

Precipitate

A

Act Quickly

368
Q

Precursor

A

Predict
OR
Copy

369
Q

Presage

370
Q

Prescient

371
Q

Prevaricate

372
Q

Probity

373
Q

Progenitor

374
Q

Prognosticate

375
Q

Prolix

A

Overblown/Wordy

376
Q

Propitiate

A

Pacify/Satisfy
OR
Luck

377
Q

Propitiate

378
Q

Proponent

379
Q

Prosaic

380
Q

Proselyte

A

Beginner/Amateur

381
Q

Providential

382
Q

Pusillanimous

383
Q

Putrid

A

Disgusting/Offensive

384
Q

Querulous

385
Q

Quiescent

A

Lazy/Sluggish

386
Q

Quotidian

387
Q

Raillery

388
Q

Rancor

389
Q

Rapacious

390
Q

Raucous

A

Harsh Sounding

391
Q

Rebarbative

A

Disgusting/Offensive

392
Q

Rebuke

A

Criticize/Criticism

393
Q

Recalcitrant

394
Q

Recant

A

Withdrawal/Reject

395
Q

Recidivism

A

Withdrawal/Reject

396
Q

Recondite

A

Difficult to Understand

397
Q

Recreant

398
Q

Redress

A

Forgive/Make Amends

399
Q

Refractory

400
Q

Remission

A

Withdrawal/Reject

401
Q

Remonstrate

A

Criticize/Criticism
OR
Nag

402
Q

Renege

A

Withdrawal/Reject

403
Q

Renitent

404
Q

Rent

A

Gaps/Opening

405
Q

Reprehend

A

Criticize/Criticism

406
Q

Reprobate

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

407
Q

Reproof

408
Q

Reprove

A

Criticize/Criticism

409
Q

Rescind

A

Withdrawal/Reject

410
Q

Respite

A

Gaps/Opening

411
Q

Retrograde

A

Backwards usually

412
Q

Revile

A

Criticize/Criticism

413
Q

Rhetoric

A

Overblown/Wordy

414
Q

Ribald

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

415
Q

Rift

A

Gaps/Opening

416
Q

Riposte

417
Q

Rue

418
Q

Salacious

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

419
Q

Salubrious

A

Healthy/Beneficial

420
Q

Salutary

A

Healthy/Beneficial

421
Q

Sardonic

A

Hard-Hearted/Heartless

422
Q

Satiate

A

Pacify/Satisfy

423
Q

Scathing

A

Hard-Hearted/Heartless

424
Q

Scion

425
Q

Sententious

426
Q

Sepulchral

A

Death/Mourning

427
Q

Serendipity

428
Q

Serrated

A

Not in a straight line

429
Q

Sidle

A

Not in a straight line

430
Q

Simper

431
Q

Simulate

432
Q

Sinuous

A

Not in a straight line

433
Q

Slake

A

Pacify/Satisfy

434
Q

Slothful

A

Lazy/Sluggish

435
Q

Sojourn

436
Q

Sonorous

A

Pleasant Sounding

437
Q

Soothe

A

Pacify/Satisfy

438
Q

Sordid

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

439
Q

Spartan

A

Denying of Self

440
Q

Specious

441
Q

Spurious

442
Q

Stalwart

443
Q

Stiltify

444
Q

Stoic

A

Denying of Self

445
Q

Strident

A

Harsh Sounding

446
Q

Succinct

447
Q

Sustenance

448
Q

Syllabus

A

Abbreviated Communication

449
Q

Synopsis

A

Abbreviated Communication

450
Q

Taciturn

451
Q

Talisman

452
Q

Tantamount

453
Q

Teeter

454
Q

Temperate

A

Denying of Self

455
Q

Temporal

A

Time/Order/Duration

456
Q

Tendentious

A

Favoring/Not Impartial

457
Q

Terse

A

Abbreviated Communication

458
Q

Threnody

459
Q

Timorous

460
Q

Tirade

A

Criticize/Criticism

461
Q

Torpid

A

Lazy/Sluggish

462
Q

Trenchant

A

Biting (wit or temperament)/Sharp

463
Q

Trepidation

464
Q

Trite

465
Q

Truculent

466
Q

Truculent

A

Hard-Hearted/Heartless

467
Q

Truism

468
Q

Turbid

A

Difficult to Understand

469
Q

Turgid

A

Overblown/Wordy

470
Q

Turpitude

A

Carousal (Wild/Noisy Celebration)

471
Q

Tyrannical

A

Dictatorial

472
Q

Tyro

A

Beginner/Amateur
OR
Innocent/Inexperienced

473
Q

Umbrage

474
Q

Unctuous

475
Q

Undulating

A

Not in a straight line

476
Q

Unstinting

A

Generous/Kind

477
Q

Untoward

478
Q

Vacillate

479
Q

Venal

480
Q

Venerate/Veneration

481
Q

Veracious

482
Q

Verbose

A

Overblown/Wordy

483
Q

Verity

484
Q

Vexing

485
Q

Vicarious

486
Q

Vindicate

A

Forgive/Make Amends

487
Q

Vindictive

488
Q

Vitiate

489
Q

Vitriolic

A

Hard-Hearted/Heartless

490
Q

Vituperate

A

Criticize/Criticism

491
Q

Vituperation

A

Hard-Hearted/Heartless

492
Q

Volatile

A

Changing Quickly/Unpredictable

493
Q

Vortex

A

Not in a straight line

494
Q

Waspish

495
Q

Waver

496
Q

Wraith

A

Death/Mourning

497
Q

Zealot

A

Favoring/Not Impartial

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