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abridge

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abbreviated communication

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compendium

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abbreviated communication

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cursory

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abbreviated communication

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curtail

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abbreviated communication

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syllabus

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abbreviated communication

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terse

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abbreviated communication

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apace

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act quickly

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headlong

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act quickly

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impetuous

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act quickly

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precipitate

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act quickly

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abet

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assist

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advocate

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assist

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ancillary

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assist

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bolster

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assist

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corroborate

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assist

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countenance

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assist

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espouse

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assist

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mainstay

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assist

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munificent

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assist

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proponent

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assist

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stalwart

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assist

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sustenance

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assist

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bilious

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bad mood

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dudgeon

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bad mood

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irascible

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bad mood

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pettish

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bad mood

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petulant

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bad mood

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pique

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bad mood

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querulous

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bad mood

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umbrage

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bad mood

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waspish

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bad mood

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dilettante

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beginner / amateur

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fledgling

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beginner / amateur

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novitiate

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beginner / amateur

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proselyte

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beginner / amateur

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burgeoning

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beginning / young

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callow

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beginner / amateur

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engender

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beginner / amateur

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inchoate

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beginner / amateur

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incipient

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beginner / amateur

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nascent

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beginner / amateur

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acerbic

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bitter / cruel say

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acidulous

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bitter / cruel say

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acrimonious

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bitter / cruel say

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asperity

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bitter / cruel say

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caustic

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bitter / cruel say

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mordacious

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bitter / cruel say

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mordant

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bitter / cruel say

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trenchant

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bitter / cruel say

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audacious

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bold

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dauntless

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bold

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banal

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boring

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fatuous

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boring

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hackneyed

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boring / cliche

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insipid

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boring

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mundane

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boring

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pedestrian

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boring

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platitude

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boring

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prosaic

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boring

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quotidian

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boring

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trite

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boring

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carousal

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drinking party

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bacchanalian

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drinking party

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debauchery

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drinking party

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depraved

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like to party/ immoral

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dissipated

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like to party/ immoral

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iniquity

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immoral

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libertine

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like to party/ immoral

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libidinous

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driven by sex drive/ libido

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licentious

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sexually unrestrained

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reprobate

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immoral

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ribald

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vulgar

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salacious

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dirty / lustful

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sordid

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immorally dirty

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turpitude

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immoral

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capricious

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Changing quickly

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mercurial

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Changing quickly

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volatile

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Changing quickly

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counterpart

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copy

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emulate

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copy

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facsimile

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copy

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factitious

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copy / fake

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paradigm

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copy

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precursor

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copy

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quintessence

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copy

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simulated

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copy

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vicarious

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copy

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aspersion

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criticize

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belittle

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criticize

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berate

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criticize

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calumny

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criticize

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castigate

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criticize

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decry

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criticize

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defamation

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criticize

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denounce

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criticize

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deride / derisive

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criticize

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diatribe

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criticize

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disparage

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criticize

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excoriate

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criticize

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gainsay

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criticize

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harangue

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criticize / rant

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impugn

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criticize

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inveigh

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criticize

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lambaste

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criticize

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objurgate

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criticize

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obloquy

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criticize

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opprobrium

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criticize

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pillory

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criticize

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rebuke

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criticize

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remonstrate

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criticize

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reprehend

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criticize

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reprove

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criticize

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revile

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criticize

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tirade

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criticize

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vituperate

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criticize

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bereave

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death / mourn

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defunct

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death / mourn

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demise

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death / mourn

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dolorous

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death / mourn

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elegy

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death / mourn

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knell

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death / mourn

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lament

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death / mourn

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macabre

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death / mourn

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moribund

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death / mourn

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obsequies

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death / mourn

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sepulchral

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death / mourn

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wraith

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death / mourn

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abnegate

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denying of self

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abstain

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denying of self

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ascetic

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denying of self

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spartan

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denying of self

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temperate

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denying of self

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authoritarian

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dictatorial

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despotic

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dictatorial

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dogmatic

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dictatorial

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hegemonic

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dictatorial

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imperious

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dictatorial

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peremptory

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dictatorial

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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ambiguous

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hard to understand

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arcane

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hard to understand

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bemusing

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hard to understand / confusing

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cryptic

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hard to understand

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enigmatic

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hard to understand

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esoteric

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hard to understand

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inscrutable

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hard to understand

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obscure

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hard to understand

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opaque

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hard to understand

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paradoxical

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hard to understand / contradict

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recondite

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hard to understand

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turbid

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hard to understand

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defile

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disgusting / offensive

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fetid

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disgusting / offensive

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invidious

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disgusting / offensive

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noisome

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disgusting / offensive

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odious

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disgusting / offensive

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putrid

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disgusting / offensive

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articulate

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clear / easy to understand

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cogent

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clear / easy to understand

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eloquent

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clear / easy to understand

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limpid

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clear / easy to understand

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pellucid

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clear / easy to understand

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eccentric

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weird / different

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aberrant

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weird / different

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anachronism

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weird / different

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anomalous

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weird / different

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discrete

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separated / different

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eclectic

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versatile / diverse

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esoteric

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understood by a certain group

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abash

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embarrass

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chagrin

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embarrass

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compunction

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embarrass

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contrition

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embarrass

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diffidence

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embarrass / low self confidence

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expiate

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embarrass

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foible

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embarrass

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gaucherie

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embarrass

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rue

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embarrass

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iconoclast

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weird / different

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equity / equitable

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equal

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tantamount

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equal

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apocryphal

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false

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canard

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false

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chicanery

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false

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dissemble

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false

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duplicity

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false

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equivocate

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false

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erroneous

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false

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ersatz

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false

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feigned

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false

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guile

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false

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mendacious / mendacity

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false

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perfidy

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false

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prevaricate

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false

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specious

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false

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spurious

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false

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conjugal

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family

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consanguine

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family

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distaff

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family

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endogamous

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family

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filial

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family

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fratricide

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family murder

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progenitor

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family

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scion

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family

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impartial

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fair / not biased

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ardor / ardent

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favor

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doctrinaire

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favor

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fervid

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favor

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partisan

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favor

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tendentious

A

favor

212
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zealot

A

favor

213
Q

absolve

A

forgive

214
Q

acquit

A

forgive

215
Q

exculpate

A

forgive

216
Q

exonerate

A

forgive

217
Q

expiate

A

forgive

218
Q

palliate

A

forgive

219
Q

redress

A

forgive

220
Q

vindicate

A

forgive

221
Q

chortle

A

funny

222
Q

droll

A

funny (ie: troll)

223
Q

facetious

A

funny

224
Q

flippant

A

funny / disrespectful

225
Q

gibe

A

funny

226
Q

jocular

A

funny

227
Q

levity

A

funny

228
Q

ludicrous

A

funny

229
Q

raillery

A

funny

230
Q

riposte

A

funny

231
Q

simper

A

funny / smirk

232
Q

abatement

A

gap / opening (*apartment)

233
Q

aperture

A

gap / opening

234
Q

fissure

A

gap / opening

235
Q

hiatus

A

gap / opening

236
Q

interregnum

A

gap / opening

237
Q

interstice

A

gap / opening

238
Q

lull

A

gap / opening (*lol)

239
Q

orifice

A

gap / opening

240
Q

rent

A

gap / opening

241
Q

respite

A

gap / opening

242
Q

rift

A

gap / opening

243
Q

beneficent

A

kind

244
Q

clement

A

kind

245
Q

largess

A

kind

246
Q

magnanimous

A

kind (*magnetic)

247
Q

munificent

A

kind

248
Q

philanthropic

A

kind

249
Q

unstinting

A

kind

250
Q

avaricious

A

greedy

251
Q

covetous

A

greedy

252
Q

mercenary

A

greedy

253
Q

miserly

A

greedy

254
Q

penurious

A

greedy

255
Q

rapacious

A

greedy

256
Q

venal

A

greedy

257
Q

asperity

A

hard-hearted

258
Q

baleful

A

hard-hearted / harmful

259
Q

dour

A

hard-hearted

260
Q

fell

A

hard-hearted / cause to fall or inflict pain

261
Q

malevolent

A

hard-hearted / hostile

262
Q

mordant

A

hard-hearted / grim

263
Q

sardonic

A

hard-hearted

264
Q

scathing

A

hard-hearted

265
Q

truculent

A

hard-hearted

266
Q

vitriolic

A

hard-hearted

267
Q

vituperation

A

hard-hearted

268
Q

baneful

A

harmful

269
Q

deleterious

A

harmful

270
Q

inimical

A

harmful

271
Q

injurious

A

harmful

272
Q

insidious

A

harmful

273
Q

minatory

A

harmful

274
Q

perfidious

A

harmful

275
Q

pernicious

A

harmful

276
Q

din

A

harsh-sounding

277
Q

dissonant

A

harsh-sounding

278
Q

raucous

A

harsh-sounding

279
Q

strident

A

harsh-sounding

280
Q

abhorrence

A

hatred

281
Q

anathema

A

hatred

282
Q

antagonism

A

hatred

283
Q

detestation

A

hatred

284
Q

enmity

A

hatred

285
Q

loathing

A

hatred / disgust

286
Q

malice

A

hatred

287
Q

odium

A

hatred

288
Q

rancor

A

hatred

289
Q

beneficial

A

healthy

290
Q

salubrious

A

healthy

291
Q

salutary

A

healthy

292
Q

dither

A

hesitate

293
Q

oscillate

A

hesitate

294
Q

teeter

A

hesitate

295
Q

vacillate

A

hesitate

296
Q

waver

A

hesitate

297
Q

antithetic

A

hostile

298
Q

churlish

A

hostile

299
Q

curmudgeon

A

hostile

300
Q

irascible

A

hostile

301
Q

misanthropic

A

hostile

302
Q

truculent

A

hostile

303
Q

vindictive

A

hostile

304
Q

credulous

A

innocent / inexperienced

305
Q

gullible

A

innocent / inexperienced

306
Q

ingenuous

A

innocent / inexperienced

307
Q

novitiate

A

innocent / inexperienced

308
Q

tyro

A

amateur / inexperienced

309
Q

disingenuous

A

insincere

310
Q

dissemble

A

insincere

311
Q

fulsome

A

insincere

312
Q

ostensible

A

insincere

313
Q

unctuous

A

insincere

314
Q

appraise

A

investigate

315
Q

ascertain

A

investigate

316
Q

assay

A

investigate

317
Q

descry

A

investigate

318
Q

peruse

A

investigate

319
Q

sluggish

A

slow / lazy

320
Q

indolent

A

lazy (*doll)

321
Q

inert

A

lazy

322
Q

lackadaisical

A

lazy

323
Q

languid

A

lazy

324
Q

lassitude

A

lazy

325
Q

lethargic

A

lazy

326
Q

phlegmatic

A

lazy

327
Q

quiescent

A

lazy

328
Q

slothful

A

lazy

329
Q

torpid

A

lazy

330
Q

adventitious

A

luck

331
Q

amulet

A

luck

332
Q

auspicious

A

luck

333
Q

fortuitous

A

luck

334
Q

kismet

A

luck

335
Q

optimum

A

luck

336
Q

portentous

A

luck

337
Q

propitiate

A

luck

338
Q

propitious

A

luck

339
Q

providential

A

luck

340
Q

talisman

A

luck

341
Q

admonish

A

nag

342
Q

belabor

A

nag

343
Q

cavil

A

nag

344
Q

enjoin

A

nag

345
Q

exhort

A

nag

346
Q

harangue

A

nag / rant

347
Q

hector

A

nag

348
Q

martinet

A

nag

349
Q

remonstrate

A

nag

350
Q

reproof

A

nag

351
Q

noxious

A

harmful / toxic

352
Q

fetid

A

gross

353
Q

noisome

A

gross

354
Q

askance

A

not a straight line / indirect

355
Q

awry

A

not a straight line

356
Q

careen

A

not a straight line

357
Q

carom

A

not a straight line

358
Q

circuitous

A

not a straight line

359
Q

circumvent

A

not a straight line / avoid

360
Q

gyrate

A

not a straight line

361
Q

labyrinth

A

not a straight line

362
Q

meander

A

not a straight line

363
Q

oblique

A

not a straight line

364
Q

serrated

A

not a straight line

365
Q

sidle

A

not a straight line

366
Q

sinuous

A

not a straight line / curvy

367
Q

undulating

A

not a straight line

368
Q

vortex

A

not a straight line / round

369
Q

bombastic

A

overblown / wordy

370
Q

circumlocution

A

overblown / wordy

371
Q

garrulous

A

overblown / wordy

372
Q

grandiloquent

A

overblown / wordy

373
Q

loquacious

A

overblown / wordy

374
Q

periphrastic

A

overblown / wordy

375
Q

prolix

A

overblown / wordy

376
Q

rhetoric

A

overblown / wordy

377
Q

turgid

A

overblown / wordy

378
Q

verbose

A

overblown / wordy

379
Q

pacify

A

calm

380
Q

ameliorate

A

calm / satisfy

381
Q

appease

A

calm / satisfy

382
Q

assuage

A

calm / satisfy

383
Q

defer

A

calm / satisfy

384
Q

mitigate

A

calm / reduce

385
Q

mollify

A

calm / satisfy

386
Q

placate

A

calm / satisfy

387
Q

propitiate

A

calm / satisfy

388
Q

satiate

A

calm / satisfy

389
Q

slake

A

calm / satisfy

390
Q

euphonious

A

pleasant sound

391
Q

harmonious

A

pleasant sound

392
Q

melodious

A

pleasant sound

393
Q

sonorous

A

pleasant sound

394
Q

destitute

A

poor

395
Q

esurient

A

poor

396
Q

impecunious

A

poor

397
Q

indigent

A

poor

398
Q

acclaim

A

praise

399
Q

accolade

A

praise

400
Q

aggrandize

A

praise

401
Q

encomium

A

praise

402
Q

eulogize

A

praise

403
Q

extol

A

praise

404
Q

fawn

A

praise

405
Q

venerate / veneration

A

praise

406
Q

augur

A

predict (*shrek)

407
Q

auspice

A

predict (*spice)

408
Q

fey

A

predict

409
Q

harbinger

A

predict

410
Q

portentous

A

predict

411
Q

presage

A

predict

412
Q

prescient

A

predict

413
Q

prognosticate

A

predict

414
Q

obstruct

A

block

415
Q

discomfort

A

prevent / block

416
Q

encumber

A

prevent / limit

417
Q

fetter

A

prevent / block

418
Q

forfend

A

prevent / block

419
Q

hinder

A

prevent / block

420
Q

impede

A

prevent / block

421
Q

inhibit

A

prevent / block / weaken

422
Q

occlude

A

prevent / block

423
Q

astute

A

smart / learned

424
Q

canny

A

smart / learned

425
Q

erudite

A

smart / learned

426
Q

perspicacious

A

smart / learned

427
Q

disconsolate

A

sad

428
Q

doleful

A

sad

429
Q

dolor

A

sad

430
Q

elegiac

A

sad

431
Q

forlorn

A

sad

432
Q

lament

A

sad

433
Q

lugubrious

A

sad

434
Q

morose

A

sad

435
Q

plaintive

A

sad

436
Q

threnody

A

sad

437
Q

implacable

A

stubborn

438
Q

inexorable

A

stubborn

439
Q

intractable

A

stubborn

440
Q

intransigent

A

stubborn

441
Q

obdurate

A

stubborn

442
Q

obstinate

A

stubborn

443
Q

recalcitrant

A

stubborn

444
Q

refractory

A

stubborn

445
Q

renitent

A

stubborn

446
Q

untoward

A

stubborn

447
Q

vexing

A

stubborn

448
Q

terse

A

brief and to the point

449
Q

compendious

A

brief and to the point

450
Q

curt

A

brief and to the point

451
Q

laconic

A

brief and to the point

452
Q

pithy

A

brief and to the point

453
Q

succinct

A

brief and to the point

454
Q

taciturn

A

quiet / reserved

455
Q

anachronism

A

time / order

456
Q

antecede

A

time / order

457
Q

antedate

A

time / order

458
Q

anterior

A

time / order

459
Q

archaic

A

time / order

460
Q

diurnal

A

time / order

461
Q

eon

A

time / order

462
Q

ephemeral

A

time / order

463
Q

epoch

A

time / order

464
Q

fortnight

A

time / order

465
Q

millennium

A

time / order

466
Q

penultimate

A

time / order

467
Q

synchronous

A

time / order

468
Q

temporal

A

time / order

469
Q

craven

A

timid

470
Q

diffident

A

timid / low confidence

471
Q

pusillanimous

A

timid

472
Q

recreant

A

timid

473
Q

timorous

A

timid

474
Q

trepidation

A

fear

475
Q

candor

A

truth

476
Q

fealty

A

truth

477
Q

frankness

A

truth

478
Q

indisputable

A

truth

479
Q

indubitable

A

truth

480
Q

legitimate

A

truth

481
Q

probity

A

truth

482
Q

sincere

A

truth

483
Q

veracious

A

truth

484
Q

verity

A

truth

485
Q

idiosyncrasy

A

unusual

486
Q

ambulatory

A

walking

487
Q

itinerant

A

walking / wandering

488
Q

peripatetic

A

walking / wandering

489
Q

wandering

A

traveling about with no clear destination

490
Q

discursive

A

wandering

491
Q

expatiate

A

wandering

492
Q

forage

A

wandering

493
Q

itinerant

A

wandering

494
Q

peregrination

A

wandering

495
Q

sojourn

A

wandering

496
Q

adulterate

A

weaken

497
Q

enervate

A

weaken

498
Q

exacerbate

A

weaken / make worst

499
Q

inhibit

A

weaken

500
Q

obviate

A

weaken

501
Q

stultify

A

weaken

502
Q

vitiate

A

weaken

503
Q

adage

A

wisdom

504
Q

aphorism

A

wisdom / statement of general truth

505
Q

apothegm

A

wisdom

506
Q

axiom

A

wisdom / statement of general truth

507
Q

bromide

A

wisdom

508
Q

dictum

A

wisdom

509
Q

epigram

A

wisdom

510
Q

platitude

A

wisdom

511
Q

sententious

A

wisdom

512
Q

truism

A

wisdom / obvious truth

513
Q

abeyance

A

withdrawal / retreat

514
Q

abjure

A

withdrawal / retreat

515
Q

abnegation

A

withdrawal / retreat

516
Q

abortive

A

withdrawal / retreat

517
Q

abrogate

A

withdrawal / retreat

518
Q

decamp

A

withdrawal / retreat

519
Q

demur

A

withdrawal / retreat

520
Q

recant

A

withdrawal / retreat

521
Q

recidivism

A

withdrawal / retreat

522
Q

remission

A

withdrawal / retreat

523
Q

renege

A

withdrawal / retreat

524
Q

rescind

A

withdrawal / retreat

525
Q

retrograde

A

withdrawal / retreat

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