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CRITICIZE/CRITICISM

A

aspersion

belittle

berate

calumny

castigate

decry

defamation

denounce

deride/derisive

diatribe

disparage

excoriate

gainsay

harangue

impugn

inveigh

lambaste

objurgate

obloquy

opprobrium

pillory

rebuke

remonstrate

reprehend

reprove

revile

tirade

vituperate

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FASLEHOOD

A

apocryphal

canard

chicanery

dissemble

duplicity

equivocate

erroneous

ersatz

fallacious

feigned

guile

mendacious/mendacity

perfidy

prevaricate

specious

spurious

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ABBREVIATED COMMUNICATION

A

abridge

compendium

cursory

curtail

syllabus

synopsis

terse

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ACT QUICKLY

A

abrupt

apace

headlong

impetuous

precipitate

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ASSIST

A

abet

advocate

ancillary

bolster

corroborate

countenance

espouse

mainstay

munificent

proponent

stalwart

sustenance

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BAD MOOD

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bilious

dudgeon

irascible

pettish

petulant

pique

querulous

umbrage

waspish

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BEGINNER/AMATEUR

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dilettante

fledgling

neophyte

novitiate

proselyte

tyro

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BEGINNING/YOUNG

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burgeoning

callow

engender

inchoate

incipient

nascent

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BITING (as in wit or temperament)

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acerbic

acidulous

acrimonious

asperity

caustic

mordacious

mordant

trenchant

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BOLD

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audacious

courageous

dauntless

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BORING

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banal

fatuous

hackneyed

insipid

mundane

pedestrian

platitude

prosaic

quotidian

trite

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CAROUSAL

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baccanalian

debauchery

depraved

dissipated

iniquity

libertine

libidinous

licentious

reprobate

ribald

salacious

sordid

turpitude

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CHANGING QUICKLY

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capricious

mercurial

volatile

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COPY

A

counterpart

emulate

facsimile

factitious

paradigm

precursor

quintessence

simulated

vicarious

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DEATH / MOURNING

A

bereave

cadaver

defunct

demise

dolorous

elegy

knell

lament

macabre

moribund

obsequies

sepulchral

wraith

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DENYING OF SELF

A

abnegate

abstain

ascetic

spartan

stoic

temperate

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DICTATORIAL

A

authoritarian

despotic

dogmatic

hegemonic

(hegemony)

imperious

peremptory

tyrannical

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DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND

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abstruse

ambiguous

arcane

bemusing

cryptic

enigmatic

esoteric

inscrutable

obscure

opaque

paradoxical

perplexing

recondite

turbid

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DISGUSTING / OFFENSIVE

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defile

fetid

invidious

noisome

odious

putrid

rebarbative

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EASY TO UNDERSTAND

A

articulate

cogent

eloquent

evident

limpid

lucid

pellucid

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ECCENTRIC / DISSIMILAR

A

aberrant

anachronism

anomalous

discrete

eclectic

esteric

iconoclast

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EMBARRASS

A

abash

chagrin

compunction

contrition

diffidence

expiate

foible

gaucherie

rue

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EQUAL

A

equitable

equity

tantamount

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FAMILY

A

conjugal

consanguine

distaff

endogamous

filial

fratricide

progenitor

scion

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FAVORING / NOT IMPARTIAL
ardor / ardent doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot
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FORGIVE
absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate
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FUNNY
chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper
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GAPS / OPENINGS
abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift
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GENEROUS / KIND
altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting
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GREEDY
avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal
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HARD-HEARTED
asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation
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HARMFUL
baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious
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HARSH-SOUNDING
cacophony din dissonant raucous strident
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HATRED
abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor
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HEALTHY
beneficial salubrious salutary hesitate dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver
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HOSTILE
antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive
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INNOCENT / INEXPERIENCED
credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro
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INSINCERE
disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous
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INVESTIGATE
appraise ascertain assay descry peruse
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LAZY / SLUGGISH
indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid
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LUCK
adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential talisman
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NAG
admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof
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NASTY
fetid noisome noxious
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NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex
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OVERBLOWN / WORDY
bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose
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PACIFY / SATISFY
ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe
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PLEASANT-SOUNDING
euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous
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POOR
destitute esurient impecunious indigent
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PRAISE
acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud / laudatory venerate / veneration
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PREDICT
augur auspice fey harbinger portentous presage prescient prognosticate
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PREVENT / OBSTRUCT
discomfort encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude
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SMART / LEARNED
astute canny erudite perspicacious
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SORROW
disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody
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STUBBORN
implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing
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TERSE
compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn
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TIME / ORDER / DURATION
anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal
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TIMID / TIMIDITY
craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation
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TRUTH
candor / candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity
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UNUSUAL
aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy
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WALKING ABOUT
ambulatory itinerant peripatetic
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WANDERING
discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn
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WEAKEN
adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate
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WISDOM
adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism
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WITHDRAWAL / RETREAT
abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde

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