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1
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Qualify

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Modify (make a STATEMENT less severe)

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Mollify

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Mitigate (make a FEELING or temper less severe)

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Maintain

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Afirm/Assert

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Calumny

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Slander/Defamation (unjustified injury to a persons reputation by making a false statement)

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Enervate

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Debilitate/Exhaust/Sap

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Impertinent

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Arrogant/Brash/Discourteous (disrespectful and improperly forward or bold)

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Prodigal

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Lavish/Spendthrift/Improvident/Intemperate/Profligate

wasteful, gives away and spends without thinking

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Dissipated

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Wasteful, spending money on pleasures
OR
Disperse, scatter

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amenable

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Tractable/Acquiescent/Docile/Biddable

easily persuaded

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Betray

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Reveal/Expose

make something known unintentionally

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Acrimony

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Acerbity/Animosity/Antipathy/Astringency/Churlishness

harshness, bitterness and ill will

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Prevaricate

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Belie/Equivocate/Garble/Jive

mislead, speak in an evasive way

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Veracious

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Truthful

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Frugal

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Abstemious/Canny/MeagerMeticulous/Parsimonious/Sparing
Thrifty/Provident
(Saving money by not spending much, spending wisely)

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Disinterested

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Unbiased/Aloof/Candid/Dispassionate/Nonpartisan

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Innocuous

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Banal/Innoxious/Insipid/Jejune/Bland

harmless

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Artful

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Clever/Deceptive/Tricky/Cunning/Adept/Adroit
Ingenious/Shrewd/Resourceful
*Can be good or bad

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Auspicious

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Opportune/Advantageous/Propitious/Halcyon/Timely

favorable

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Whimsical

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Amusing/Unexpected/Capricious/Dicey/Chimerical/Droll

Quaint/Quizzical/Waggish/Wayward/Unpredictable

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Unseemly

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Improper/BoorishCoarse/Indecorous/Gauche/Malodorous/Tawdry

21
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Denigrate

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Discredit/BelittleBesmirch/Calumny/Disparage/Slander/Libel

injure a persons reputation, talk as in they are unimportant

22
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Deleterious

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Detrimental/Nocent/Nocuous/Pernicious/Insalutary

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Didactic

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Pedantic (intended to teach but even worries with minute details)

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Fallacious

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Beguiling/Deceptive/Deluding/Delusory/Spurious

mistake in logic, logically unsound

25
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Extrapolate

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Deduce/Foresee/Hypothesize

to infer from something known

26
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Torpor

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Sluggish/Apathy/Dormancy/Idleness/Impassivity/Languor

Listlessness/Stupor/Slumber/Torpidity

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Facetious

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Blithe/Capering/Amusing/Fanciful/Droll/Flippant/
Indecorous/Frivolous/Jocose/Ludicrous
(humorous, joking inappropriately, lacking seriousness)

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Tenuous

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Flimsy/Aerial/Attenuate/Delicate/Dubious/Ethereal/Gossamer

Nebulous

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Discerning

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Judicious/Perspicacious/Sage/Shrewd/Acute/Astute

Can differentiate, has good judgement

30
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Diatribe

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Abuse/Disputation/Tirade/Harangue/Fulmination

abusive criticism, rant

31
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Din

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Clamor/Bedlam/Babel/Boisterousness

a long loud confusing sound

32
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Default

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(Failure to perform or act)

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