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Act Quickly

A 
Abrupt
Space
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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Carousel

A 
Bacchanalian
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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Criticize / Criticism

A 
Aspersion
Belittle
Berate
Calumny
Castigate
Decry
Defamation
Denounce
Deride / derisive 
Diatribe 
Disparage
Excoriate 
Gainsay
Harangue
Impugn
Inveigh
Lambaste
Injury are
Obloquy
Opprobrium
Pillory
Rebuke
Demonstrate
Reprehend
Reprove
Revile
Tirade
Vituperative / vituperate
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Death / Mourning

A 
Bereave
Cadaver
Defunct
Demise
Solo toys
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
Paradoxical 
Perplexing
Recondite
Turbid
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Q

Disgusting / Offensive

A 
Defile
Fetus
Invidious
Noisome
Odious
Putrid
Rebarbative
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Q

Easy to Understand

A 
Articulate
Cogent
Eloquent
Evident
Limpid
Lucid
Pellucid
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Eccentric / Dissimilar

A 
Aberrant
Anachronism 
Anomalous
Discrete
Eclectic
Esoteric
Iconoclast
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Embarrass

A 
Abash
Chagrin
Compunction
Contrition
Diffidence
Expiate
Foible
Gaucherie
Rue
21
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Equal

A

Equitable
Equity
Tantamount

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Q

Falsehood

A 
Apocryphal
Canard
Chicanery
Dissemble
Duplicity
Equivocate
Erroneous
Ersatz
Fallacious
Feigned
Guile
Mendacious / mendacity
Perfidy
Prevaricate
Specious
Spurious
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Family

A 
Conjugal
Consanguineous
Distaff
Endogenous
Filial
Fratricide
Progenitor
Scion
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Favoring / Not Impartial

A 
Ardor / ardent
Doctrinaire
Fervid
Partisan
Tendentious
Zealot
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Forgive

A 
Absolve
Acquit
Exculpatory
Exonerate
Expiate
Palliative
Redress
Vindicate
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Funny

A 
Chortle
Droll
Facetious 
Flippant
Give
Jocular
Levity
Ludicrous
Raillery
Riposte
Simper
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Gaps / Openings

A 
Abatement
Aperture
Fissure
Hiatus
Interregnum
Interactive
Lull
Orifice
Rent
Respite
Rift

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