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Ambivalent

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Having mixed or opposing feelings at the same time

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ROOTS: Ambi
WORDS: ambidextrous, ambiguous

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Ambi - both
Ambidextrous- able to use both hands with = ease, skillful, versatile
Ambiguous- having two or more possible meanings, doubtful, dubious, EQUIVOCAL

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Anomaly; anomalous

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Deviation from the norm or what is expected; atypical

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Snide

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SARDONIC

Sarcastic, mocking, derisive,taunting, stinging

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Paucity

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DEARTH

A scarcity or shortage of something

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Prattle

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To speak in a foolish manner; to babble incessantly

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Wry, droll

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Dry; humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony.

JOCULAR is a different kind of humorous, more like a funny bone kind of joke.

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Unconventional, unorthodox

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Not ordinary or typical; characterized by avoiding customary conventions and behaviors

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Fastidious

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METICULOUS, PAINSTAKINGLY

Extremely careful; very exacting

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Audacious

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Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold

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Nonchalant

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Indifferent, apathetic, marked by a lack of interest or concern

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Diffident, self-effacing

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Hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence; unassertive; shy; retiring

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Pragmatic

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Practical; sensible; NOT idealistic or romantic

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Evocation

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An imaginative re-creation of something; a calling forth

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LATIN ROOT: Voc, vok

WORDS: vocation, evocation, evoke, revoke, invoke, provoke, convocation, vociferous, equivocate, irrevocable

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call
vocation: your calling, your profession
Evocation: a second calling, hobby
Evoke: to call forth, esp from the past
Revoke: to call back, to rescind, to repeal
Invoke: to call upon
Provoke: to call forth
Convocation: a calling together, gathering
Vociferous: making an outcry, clamorous
Equivocate: to use ambiguous expressions, to mislead
Irrevocable: incapable of being recalled or altered

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Presumptuous

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Taking liberties; brashly overstepping one’s place; impertinently bold; displaying effrontery

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Recalcitrant, obstinate, obdurate, refractory

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Stubbornly resistant and defiant; disobedient

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Boon/bane

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A timely benefit, blessing/a source o f harm and ruin

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Clandestine, surreptitious

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Secret, covert, not open, not ABOVEBOARD

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Affable, amiable, genial, gregarious

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Agreeable, marked by a pleasing personality, warm and friendly

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LATIN ROOT: AMI

WORDS: amicable, amity

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Friend

Amity: friendship, harmony
Amicable: peaceable, harmonious

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Austere/austerity

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Having no adornment or ornamentation, bare, not ORNATE/ great self denial, economy, discipline; lack of adornment

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Altruism

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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Ambiguity/ambiguous

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The quality or state of having more than one possible meaning; doubtful; EQUIVOCAL/unclear; uncertain; open to more than one interpretation; not definitive; DUBIOUS

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upbraid, reproach, castigate

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To express disapproval, to scold, to rebuke, to CENSURE

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Nostalgia

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A WISTFUL sentimental longing for a place or time in the past

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Conjecture

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An inference based upon guesswork; a SUPPOSITION

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Obsolete, archaic, antiquated

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No longer in use; outmoded in design or style

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Auspicious, propitious

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Very favorable

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Gaffe

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A blunder; a faux pas; a clumsy social or diplomatic error

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Impasse

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A deadlock; stalemate; failure to reach an agreement

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Anachronism

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The false assignment of an event, person, scene, or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist

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ROOT: Chrono
WORDS: Chronology, chronic, synchronic, synchronicity, synchronize, chronicle, chronicler

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Time

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34
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Belie

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To contradict, to prove false, used of appearances that are misrepresentative

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Mitigate, mollify, assuage

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Alleviate, to relieve, to lessen, to ease

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Covet/Covetous

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To strongly desire; to crave/grasping, greedy, eager to obtain something; AVARICIOUS

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Antithesis/antithetical

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The direct or exact opposite; extreme contrast; ANTIPODE/exactly opposite; ANTIPODAL

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Prototype

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An original model; an initial design

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Aloof

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Detached, distant physically or emotionally, reserved, standing near but apart

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Trite, banal, platitudinous, insipid

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Unoriginal, commonplace, overused, CLICHED

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Antecedent

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A preceding event, a forerunner, a precursor

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ROOT: ante

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Before

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Plausible/implausible

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Believable, credible/unbelievable, incredible

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Prudent

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Careful, cautious, sensible

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Aesthetic

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Beautiful stuff

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses a truth

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Enigmatic, inscrutable

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Mysterious, puzzling, unfathomable, baffling

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Acquiesce

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To comply, to agree, to give in

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Autonomy/autonomous

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Independence,self-governance/acting independently, or having the freedom to do so; not controlled by others

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Futile

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Completely useless, doomed to failure, in vain

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Endemic

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Indigenous

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Dem, demo

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The people

53
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Ubiquitous

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Prevalent, characterized by being everywhere, omnipresent, widespread, PERVASIVE

54
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Fortitude

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Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage

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