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1
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abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse

A

abbreviated communication

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abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate

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act quickly

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abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance

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assist

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bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish

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bad mood

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dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro

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beginner/amateur

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burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent

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beginning/young

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acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant

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biting (as in wit or temperament)

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audacious
courageous
dauntless

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bold

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banal
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite

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boring

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bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude

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carousal - revelry in drinking, bender, booze-up

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capricious
mercurial
volatile

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changing quickly

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counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
simulate
vicarious

A

copy

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13
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aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny
castigate
decry
defame/defamation
denounce
deride/derisive
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate

A

criticize/criticism

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14
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bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith

A

death/mourning

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abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate

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denying of self

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authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic/hegemony
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical

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dictatorial

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abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid

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difficult to understand

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defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative

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disgusting/offensive

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articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid

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easy to understand

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aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast

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eccentric/dissimilar

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21
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abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue

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embarrass

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22
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equitable
equity
tantamount

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equal

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23
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apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious

A

falsehood

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24
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conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fraternal
fratricide
progenitor
scion
sorority

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family

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25
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ardent/ardor
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot

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favoring/not impartial

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26
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absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate

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forgive/make amends

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27
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chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper

A

funny

28
Q

abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift

A

gaps/openings

29
Q

altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting

A

generous/kind

30
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avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal

A

greedy

31
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asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation

A

hard-hearted

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baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious

A

harmful

33
Q

cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident

A

harsh-sounding

34
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abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor

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hatred

35
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beneficial
salubrious
salutary

A

healthy

36
Q

dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver

A

hesistate

37
Q

antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive

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hostile

38
Q

credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro

A

innocent/inexperienced

39
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disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous

A

insincere

40
Q

appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse

A

investigate

41
Q

indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid

A

lazy/sluggish

42
Q

amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
serendipity
talisman

A

luck

43
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admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof

A

nag

44
Q

fetid
noisome
noxious

A

nasty

45
Q

askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortex

A

not a straight line

46
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bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose

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overblown/wordy

47
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ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe

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pacify/satisfy

48
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euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous

A

pleasant-sounding

49
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destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent

A

poor

50
Q

acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud/laudatory
venerate/veneration

A

praise

51
Q

augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
precursor
presage
prescient
prognosticate

A

predict

52
Q

discomfit
encumber
fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude

A

prevent/obstruct

53
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astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious

A

smart/learned

54
Q

disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac
forlorn
lament
lugubrious
melancholy
morose
plaintive
threnody

A

sorrow

55
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implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory
renitent
untoward
vexing

A

stubborn

56
Q

compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succint
taciturn

A

terse

57
Q

anachronism
antecede
antedate
anterior
archaic
diurnal
eon
ephemeral
epoch
fortnight
millennium
penultimate
synchronous
temporal

A

time/order/duration

58
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craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation

A

timid/timidity

59
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candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable
indubitable
legitimate
probity
sincere
veracious
verity

A

truth

59
Q

aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy

A

unusual

60
Q

ambulatory
itinerant
meander
peripatetic

A

walking about

61
Q

discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant
peregrination
peripatetic
sojourn

A

wandering

62
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adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit
obviate
stultify
undermine
vitiate

A

weaken

63
Q

adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism

A

wisdom

64
Q

abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde

A

withdrawal/retreat

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