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1
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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

A

bilious

dudgeon

irascible

pettish

petulant

pique

querulous

umbrage

waspish

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BEGINNER/AMATEUR

A

dilettante

fledgling

neophyte

novitiate

proselyte

tyro

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BEGINNING/YOUNG

A

burgeoning

callow

engender

inchoate

incipient

nascent

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BITING (as in wit or temperament)

A

acerbic

acidulous

acrimonious

asperity

caustic

mordacious

mordant

trenchant

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BOLD

A

audacious

courageous

dauntless

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BORING

A

banal

fatuous

hackneyed

insipid

mundane

pedestrian

platitude

prosaic

quotidian

trite

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CAROUSAL

A

baccanalian

debauchery

depraved

dissipated

iniquity

libertine

libidinous

licentious

reprobate

ribald

salacious

sordid

turpitude

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CHANGING QUICKLY

A

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

A

abstruse

ambiguous

arcane

bemusing

cryptic

enigmatic

esoteric

inscrutable

obscure

opaque

paradoxical

perplexing

recondite

turbid

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DISGUSTING / OFFENSIVE

A

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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Q

FAVORING / NOT IMPARTIAL

A

ardor / ardent

doctrinaire

fervid

partisan

tendentious

zealot

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Q

FORGIVE

A

absolve

acquit

exculpate

exonerate

expiate

palliate

redress

vindicate

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Q

FUNNY

A

chortle

droll

facetious

flippant

gibe

jocular

levity

ludicrous

raillery

riposte

simper

28
Q

GAPS / OPENINGS

A

abatement

aperture

fissure

hiatus

interregnum

interstice

lull

orifice

rent

respite

rift

29
Q

GENEROUS / KIND

A

altruistic

beneficent

clement

largess

magnanimous

munificent

philanthropic

unstinting

30
Q

GREEDY

A

avaricious

covetous

mercenary

miserly

penurious

rapacious

venal

31
Q

HARD-HEARTED

A

asperity

baleful

dour

fell

malevolent

mordant

sardonic

scathing

truculent

vitriolic

vituperation

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Q

HARMFUL

A

baleful

baneful

deleterious

inimical

injurious

insidious

minatory

perfidious

pernicious

33
Q

HARSH-SOUNDING

A

cacophony

din

dissonant

raucous

strident

34
Q

HATRED

A

abhorrence

anathema

antagonism

antipathy

detestation

enmity

loathing

malice

odium

rancor

35
Q

HEALTHY

A

beneficial

salubrious

salutary

hesitate

dither

oscillate

teeter

vacillate

waver

36
Q

HOSTILE

A

antithetic

churlish

curmudgeon

irascible

malevolent

misanthropic

truculent

vindictive

37
Q

INNOCENT / INEXPERIENCED

A

credulous

gullible

ingenuous

naive

novitiate

tyro

38
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INSINCERE

A

disingenuous

dissemble

fulsome

ostensible

unctuous

39
Q

INVESTIGATE

A

appraise

ascertain

assay

descry

peruse

40
Q

LAZY / SLUGGISH

A

indolent

inert

lackadaisical

languid

lassitude

lethargic

phlegmatic

quiescent

slothful

torpid

41
Q

LUCK

A

adventitious

amulet

auspicious

fortuitous

kismet

optimum

portentous

propitiate

propitious

providential

talisman

42
Q

NAG

A

admonish

belabor

cavil

enjoin

exhort

harangue

hector

martinet

remonstrate

reproof

43
Q

NASTY

A

fetid

noisome

noxious

44
Q

NOT A STRAIGHT LINE

A

askance

awry

careen

carom

circuitous

circumvent

gyrate

labyrinth

meander

oblique

serrated

sidle

sinuous

undulating

vortex

45
Q

OVERBLOWN / WORDY

A

bombastic

circumlocution

garrulous

grandiloquent

loquacious

periphrastic

prolix

rhetoric

turgid

verbose

46
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PACIFY / SATISFY

A

ameliorate

appease

assuage

defer

mitigate

mollify

placate

propitiate

satiate

slake

soothe

47
Q

PLEASANT-SOUNDING

A

euphonious

harmonious

melodious

sonorous

48
Q

POOR

A

destitute

esurient

impecunious

indigent

49
Q

PRAISE

A

acclaim

accolade

aggrandize

encomium

eulogize

extol

fawn

laud / laudatory

venerate / veneration

50
Q

PREDICT

A

augur

auspice

fey

harbinger

portentous

presage

prescient

prognosticate

51
Q

PREVENT / OBSTRUCT

A

discomfort

encumber

fetter

forfend

hinder

impede

inhibit

occlude

52
Q

SMART / LEARNED

A

astute

canny

erudite

perspicacious

53
Q

SORROW

A

disconsolate

doleful

dolor

elegiac

forlorn

lament

lugubrious

melancholy

morose

plaintive

threnody

54
Q

STUBBORN

A

implacable

inexorable

intractable

intransigent

obdurate

obstinate

recalcitrant

refractory

renitent

untoward

vexing

55
Q

TERSE

A

compendious

curt

laconic

pithy

succinct

taciturn

56
Q

TIME / ORDER / DURATION

A

anachronism

antecede

antedate

anterior

archaic

diurnal

eon

ephemeral

epoch

fortnight

millennium

penultimate

synchronous

temporal

57
Q

TIMID / TIMIDITY

A

craven

diffident

pusillanimous

recreant

timorous

trepidation

58
Q

TRUTH

A

candor / candid

fealty

frankness

indisputable

indubitable

legitimate

probity

sincere

veracious

verity

59
Q

UNUSUAL

A

aberration

anomaly

iconoclast

idiosyncrasy

60
Q

WALKING ABOUT

A

ambulatory

itinerant

peripatetic

61
Q

WANDERING

A

discursive

expatiate

forage

itinerant

peregrination

peripatetic

sojourn

62
Q

WEAKEN

A

adulterate

enervate

exacerbate

inhibit

obviate

stultify

undermine

vitiate

63
Q

WISDOM

A

adage

aphorism

apothegm

axiom

bromide

dictum

epigram

platitude

sententious

truism

64
Q

WITHDRAWAL / RETREAT

A

abeyance

abjure

abnegation

abortive

abrogate

decamp

demur

recant

recidivism

remission

renege

rescind

retrograde

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