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anomaly

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Synonyms: abnormality; irregularity; aberration; abnormity

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assuage

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Synonyms: soothe; appease; allay; pacify; mitigate; calm; ameliorate; defer; mollify; placate; propitiate; satiate; slake

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enigma

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Synonyms: riddle; puzzle; conundrum; mystery

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equivocal

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Synonyms: ambiguous; doubtful; dubious; questionable; uncertain

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erudite

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Synonyms: learned;scholarly; lettered; wise

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fervid

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Synonyms: ardent; fervent; hot; fiery; passionate; flaming

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lucid

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Synonyms: clear; bright;pellucid; plain; perspicuous

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opaque

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Synonyms: dull; obscure; opacity; abstruse; ambiguous; arcane; bemusing; cryptic; enigmatic; esoteric; inscrutable; paradoxical; perplexing; confound; recondite; turbid

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placate

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Synonyms: appease; pacify; soothe; propitiate; mollify

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precipitate

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Synonyms: accelerate; quicken; expedite; abrupt; apace; headlong; impetuous

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prodigal

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Synonyms: lavish; profuse; extravagant; wasteful; spendthrift; spender

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zeal

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Synonyms: ardor; fervor; enthusiasm

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abstain

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Synonyms: refrain; abnegate; ascetic; spartan; stoic; temperate; deny

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audacious

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Synonyms: bold; daring; hardy; impudent; brave; courageous; dauntless

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desiccate

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Synonyms: dry; parch; wither

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gullible

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Synonyms: credulous; naive; trustful; ingenuous; novitiate; tyro

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laudable

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Synonyms: praiseworthy;extol; accolade, acclaim; aggrandize; encomium; eulogize; fawn; venerate

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pedant

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Synonyms: prig; stickler; meticulous

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vacillate

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Synonyms: waver; hesitate; oscillate; fluctuate; dither; teeter

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adulterate

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Synonyms: falsify; counterfeit; forge; fake; debase

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capricious

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Synonyms: whimsical; fickle; volatile; mercurial; unpredictible

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engender

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Synonyms: generate; produce; cause; beget; create; originate

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homogenous

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Synonyms: uniform; similar

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loquacious

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Synonyms: talkative; garrulous; voluble; bombastic; circumlocution; grandiloquent; periphrastic; prolix; rhetoric; turgid; verbose

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pragmatic

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Synonyms: logical; practical; down to earth; efficient

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volatile

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Synonyms: changeable; fickle; inconstant; capricious; mercurial; unpredictible

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apathy

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Synonyms: indifference; unconcern; torpor; listlessness

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corroborate

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Synonyms: confirm; affirm; verify; support

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ephemeral

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Synonyms: transitory; transient; momentary; short-lived; evanescent

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laconic

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Synonyms: terse; concise; brief; succinct; short

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mitigate

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Synonyms: palliate; alleviate; relieve; ease; soothe; pacify; appease; calm

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propriety

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Synonyms: decency; decorum; suitability; fitness; appropriate

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