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Compendious

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adj. terse: compendium.

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curt

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adj. terse: brief, short

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laconic

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adj. terse: using few words

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pithy

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adj. terse: brief

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succinct

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adj. terse: expressed in few words

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taciturn

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adj. terse: inclined to silence; reserved in speech

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anachronism

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n. time/order/duration: something or soemone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

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antecede

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v. time/order/duration: to go before in time

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antedate

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v. time/order/duration: to be of older date than. precede in time.

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anterior

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adj. time/order/duration: situated before or at the front of

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diurnal

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adj. time/order/duration: of or pertaining to a day of each day; daily. belonging to the daytime

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eon

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n. time/order/duration: an indefinitely long period of time; age

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ephemeral

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adj. time/order/duration: lasting a very short time

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epoch

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n. time/order/duration: a particular period of time marked by distinctive features or events.

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fortnight

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n. time/order/duration: the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.

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millennium

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n. 1000 years

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penultimate

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adj. time/order/duration: next to the last

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synchronous

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adj. time/order/duration: occurring at the same time; coinciding in time

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temporal

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adj. time/order/duratin: temporary

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craven

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adj. timid: cowardly

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diffident

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adj. timid: lack of confident

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pusillanimous

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adj. timid: lacking courage or resolution

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recreant

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adj. timid: cowardly or craven

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timorous

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adj. timid: full of fear; fearful.

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trepidation

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n. timid: tremulous fear

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candor/candid

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n. truth: the state or quality of being frank

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fealty

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n. truth: fidelity; faithfulness

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indisputable

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adj. truth: not disputable or deniable

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indubitable

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adj. truth: that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain

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legitimate

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n. adj. truth: lawful

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probity

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n. truth: integrity; honesty

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veracious

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adj. truth: habitually speaking the truth; honest

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verity

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n. truth: the state of quality of being true

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aberration

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n. unusual: the act of departing from the right, normal or usual course

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ambulatory

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adj. walking about: adapted for walking; capable of walking. Law: not fixed; alterable or revocable.

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itinerant

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adj. walking about: traveling from place to place

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peripatetic

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adj. walking about: walking or traveling about

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discursive

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adj. wandering: passing aimlessly from one subject to another.

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expatiate

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v. wandering: to enlarge in discourse or writing: to move or wander about intellectually

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forage

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n. wandering: the act of searching for provision of any kind. v. to wander or go in search of provision

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peregrination

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n. wandering: travel from one place to another

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sojourn

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n. wandering: a temporary stay

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adulterate

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v. weaken. to make impure

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inhibit

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v. weaken: to restrain, hinder, arrest or check.

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obviate

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v. weaken: to anticipate and prevent or eliminate

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stultify

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v. weaken: to make or cause to appear. Law: to allege or prove.

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undermine

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v. weaken: to injure or destroy by insidious activity

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vitiate

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v. weaken: to impair the quality of; to waeken the effectiveness of; to debase; corrupt; pervert

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adage

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n. wisdom: a traditional saying expressing a common experience

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aphorism

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n. wisdom: a terse saying embodying a general truth

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apothegm

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n. Wisdom, a short, pithy, instructive saying, a terse remark or aphorism

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bromide

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n. wisdom: a platitude or trite saying.

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dictum

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n. wisdom: an authoritative pronouncement

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epigram

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n. wisdom; any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed

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platitude

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n. wisdom: a flat, dull or trite remark. especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound

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sententious

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adj. wisdom: abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims; given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous

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abeyance

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n. withdrawal/retreat: temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension

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abjure

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v. withdrawal/retreat: to renounce, repudiate, or retract

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abnegation

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n. withdrawal/retreat: denying oneself some right

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abortive

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adj. withdrawal/retreat: failing to succeed; imperfectly developed; rudimentary

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abrogate

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v. withdrawal/retreat: to abolish by formal or official means. to put aside; put an end to.

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decamp

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v. withdrawal/retreat: to depart quickly

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demur

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v. withdrawal/retreat: to make objection

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recant

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v. withdrawal/retreat: to withdraw or disavow

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recidivism

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n. withdrawal/retreat: repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.

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remission

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n. withdrawal/retreat: the act of remitting; pardon; forgiveness

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renege

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v. withdrawal/retreat: to go back on one’s word; break a rule of play

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rescind

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v. withdrawal/retreat: to abrogate;; repeal; revoke; to invalidate

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retrograde

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v,adj. withdrawal/retreat: moving backward; having a backward motion or direction. inverse or reverse as order

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