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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
n. timid: tremulous fear
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candor/candid
n. truth: the state or quality of being frank
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fealty
n. truth: fidelity; faithfulness
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indisputable
adj. truth: not disputable or deniable
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indubitable
adj. truth: that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain
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legitimate
n. adj. truth: lawful
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probity
n. truth: integrity; honesty
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veracious
adj. truth: habitually speaking the truth; honest
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verity
n. truth: the state of quality of being true
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aberration
n. unusual: the act of departing from the right, normal or usual course
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ambulatory
adj. walking about: adapted for walking; capable of walking. Law: not fixed; alterable or revocable.
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itinerant
adj. walking about: traveling from place to place
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peripatetic
adj. walking about: walking or traveling about
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discursive
adj. wandering: passing aimlessly from one subject to another.
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expatiate
v. wandering: to enlarge in discourse or writing: to move or wander about intellectually
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forage
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
n. wandering: travel from one place to another
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sojourn
n. wandering: a temporary stay
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adulterate
v. weaken. to make impure
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inhibit
v. weaken: to restrain, hinder, arrest or check.
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obviate
v. weaken: to anticipate and prevent or eliminate
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stultify
v. weaken: to make or cause to appear. Law: to allege or prove.
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undermine
v. weaken: to injure or destroy by insidious activity
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vitiate
v. weaken: to impair the quality of; to waeken the effectiveness of; to debase; corrupt; pervert
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adage
n. wisdom: a traditional saying expressing a common experience
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aphorism
n. wisdom: a terse saying embodying a general truth
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apothegm
n. Wisdom, a short, pithy, instructive saying, a terse remark or aphorism
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bromide
n. wisdom: a platitude or trite saying.
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dictum
n. wisdom: an authoritative pronouncement
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epigram
n. wisdom; any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed
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platitude
n. wisdom: a flat, dull or trite remark. especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound
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sententious
adj. wisdom: abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims; given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous
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abeyance
n. withdrawal/retreat: temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension
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abjure
v. withdrawal/retreat: to renounce, repudiate, or retract
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abnegation
n. withdrawal/retreat: denying oneself some right
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abortive
adj. withdrawal/retreat: failing to succeed; imperfectly developed; rudimentary
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abrogate
v. withdrawal/retreat: to abolish by formal or official means. to put aside; put an end to.
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decamp
v. withdrawal/retreat: to depart quickly
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demur
v. withdrawal/retreat: to make objection
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recant
v. withdrawal/retreat: to withdraw or disavow
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recidivism
n. withdrawal/retreat: repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
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remission
n. withdrawal/retreat: the act of remitting; pardon; forgiveness
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renege
v. withdrawal/retreat: to go back on one's word; break a rule of play
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rescind
v. withdrawal/retreat: to abrogate;; repeal; revoke; to invalidate
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retrograde
v,adj. withdrawal/retreat: moving backward; having a backward motion or direction. inverse or reverse as order

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