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Zeal

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Great favor or enthusiasm for a cause or a person

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Ardent

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Very passionate

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Fanatical

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Excessively devoted

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Fervid

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Passionate, deeply enthusiastic

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Fervent

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Passionate and deeply enthusiastic

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Perfervid

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Passionate and deeply enthusiastic

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Ambiguous

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Hard to understand, open to several interpretations

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Equivocal

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Allowing for several different meanings
Undecided
Having mixed feeling

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Opaque

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Dull or stupid
Not allowing light to pass through
Hard to understand

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Analogous

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Comparable

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Tantamount

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Equivalent

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Anoint

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Sprinkle oil

Make something sacred

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Keen

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Sharp or piercing
Very perceptive or mentally sharp
Intense ( of a feeling)
Wailing or moaning

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Acumen

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Keen Quick

Accurate insight or judgment

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Shrewd

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Having or showing sharp power of judgement

Malicious

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Astute

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Shrewd

Very perceptive

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Percipicaty

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Acuteness of perception

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Innocuous

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Harmless

Inoffensive

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Benign

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Harmless

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Intractable

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Difficult to control, manage or manipulate

Hard to cure or stubborn

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Intransigent

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Stubborn

Hard to control

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

Hard to control

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Obstreperous

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Noisy

Difficult to control

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Tractable

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Compliant

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Intrinsic

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Belonging to the essential nature of a thing

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Inherent

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Existing as permanent
Essential
Intrinsic

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Innate

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Inborn - born with it

Natural

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Virtual

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Existing only in the mind or by the means of a computer network but not officially

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Nominal

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In name only

Opposite of virtual

30
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Vintage

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Related to items of high quality from a previous era
Old fashioned
Antique
The wine of a particular year

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Veracity

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Truthfulness

Accuracy

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Probity

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Honesty

Integrity

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Verisimilitude

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Having the appearance of truth

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Verity

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The quality of being true

35
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Voracious

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Wanting a great quantity of food
Or
Engaging in an activity with great eagerness

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Chauvinism

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Fanatical patriotism

Undue or biased devotion to a group

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Bigot

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Obstinately prejudiced person

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Xenophobia

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Fear of foreigners

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Jingoism

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Extreme chauvinism plus the warlike foreign policy

40
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Castigate

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Criticize severely

Punish in order to correct

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Excoriate

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Berate severally

Wear the skin off

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Caustic

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Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin

Very critical or sarcastic

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Acerbic

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Harsh or severe ( way of speaking
Sour taste (food)
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Acrid

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Unpleasantly bitter

Pungent

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Astringent

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Causing
Biting severe
A sling cleaning fluid that clears pores

46
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Wary

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Watchful
Motivated by caution
Guard against danger

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Vigilant

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Keenly watchful

Alert in order to guard against danger

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Chary

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Synonymy of wary

- to guard against danger

49
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Leery

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Suspicious or wary

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Whimsical

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Marked or motivated by whims (odd or fanciful ideas )
Unpredictable
Erratic

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Capricious

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Given to a sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviors
Unpredictable (synonym of whimsical)

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Arbitrary

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Captions
Having no basis
Unreasonable

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Lark

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A quest for amusement or adventure

54
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Mercurial

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Fickle 
Erratic 
Changing mood 
Animated 
Lively
55
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Volatile

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Varying
Inconstant
Tending to violence
Explosive

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Inconstancy

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Fickleness
Unreliability
The state of changing without a good reason

57
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Erratic

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Inconsistent
Wandering
Having no fixed cottage

58
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Jocular

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Joking or giving to joke all the time
Jolly
Playful

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Droll

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Funny in an odd way

60
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Wagging

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Humorous in a playful or mischievous manner

61
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Risible

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Provoking laugher though being ludicrous

62
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Ludicrous

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Foolish
Unreasonable
Out of place as to be amusing

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