Synonyms Flashcards

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miserly, tenuous, modicum

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small amount, insubstantial

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acerbic, austerity, polemical, sardonic

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harsh, sharp

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miserly, acquisitive, venal, avarice

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money-grubbing

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mercurial, caprice

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sudden changes in mood

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innocuous, benign

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not harmful

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trite, hackneyed, banal, vapid, patent

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overused, unoriginal

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vapid, prosaic, pedestrian

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dull, plain

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deference, obsequious

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servitude, submission

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unscrupulous, venal, dissolute, reprobate, profligate, baseness

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no morals

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profligate, prodigal

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lavish, wasteful

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profundity, acuity

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intelligent

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perfunctory, impetuous

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without thought or care

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paradigm, archetype

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model

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anachronistic, antiquate

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not the right time period

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demure, diffident

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reserved, modest

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probity, scrupulous

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strong morals

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fastidiousness, scrupulous, assiduous, sedulous

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meticulous

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marginal, peripheral, incidental

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on the side

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stigmatize, marginalize

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treat as insignificant

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tangential incidental, fortuitous, precarious

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happening by chance

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recalcitrant, intractable, fractiousness, intransigent, immutable, obstinate

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stubborn, can’t control, can’t change

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indecorous, unseemly

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not appropriate

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circumscribe, delimit

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boundaries

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vociferous, row

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loud

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austerity, prosaic

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plain, simple

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estranged, schism

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separation

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imperious, arbitrary

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domineering

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iconoclasm, dissident

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non-conforming

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demur, dissident, repudiate

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object, go against

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superfluous, copious

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more than enough

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libertine, licentious

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no morals (sex)

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laconic, taciturn

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untalkative

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mendacity, prevarication, belie

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untruthful

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enigmatic, arcane, equivocal

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mysterious

35
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demur, irresolute

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hesitant

36
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discomfit, abash

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embarrass

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defamatory, calumnious

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false and slanderous