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1
Q

Abbreviated Communication

A 
abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse
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Act Quickly

A 
abrupt
apace
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

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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Carousal

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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Q

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
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate
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Death/Mourning

A 
bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
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
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical
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Difficult to Understand

A 
abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid
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Disgusting/Offensive

A 
defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative
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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
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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
mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious
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Q

Family

A 
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion
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Q

Favoring/Not Impartial

A 
ardor
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot
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Forgive

A 
absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate
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Q

Funny

A 
chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper
28
Q

Gaps/Openings

A 
abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift
29
Q

Generous/Kind

A 
altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting
30
Q

Greedy

A 
avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal
31
Q

Hard-hearted

A 
asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation
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Q

Harmful

A 
baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious
33
Q

Harsh-Sounding

A 
cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident
34
Q

Hatred

A 
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor
35
Q

Healthy

A 
beneficial
salubrious
salutary
hesitate
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver
36
Q

Hostile

A 
antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive
37
Q

Innocent/Inexperienced

A 
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro
38
Q

Insincere

A 
disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous
39
Q

Investigate

A 
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse
40
Q

Lazy/Sluggish

A 
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid
41
Q

Luck

A 
adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
talisman
42
Q

Nag

A 
admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof
43
Q

Nasty

A

fetid
noisome
noxious

44
Q

Not a Straight Line

A 
askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortex
45
Q

Overblown/Wordy

A 
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose
46
Q

Pacify/Satisfy

A 
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe
47
Q

Pleasant-Sounding

A

euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous

48
Q

Poor

A

destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent

49
Q

Praise

A 
acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud
venerate
50
Q

Predict

A 
augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
presage
prescient
prognosticate
51
Q

Prevent/Obstruct

A 
discomfort
encumber
fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude
52
Q

Smart/Learned

A

astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious

53
Q

Sorrow

A 
disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac
forlorn
lament
lugubrious
melancholy
morose
plaintive
threnody
54
Q

Stubborn

A 
implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory
renitent
untoward
vexing
55
Q

Terse

A 
compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn
56
Q

Time/Order/Duration

A 
anachronism
antecede
antedate
anterior
archaic
diurnal
eon
ephemeral
epoch
fortnight
millennium
penultimate
synchronous
temporal
57
Q

Timid/Timidity

A 
craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation
58
Q

Truth

A 
candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable
indubitable
legitimate
probity
sincere
veracious
verity
59
Q

Unusual

A

aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy

60
Q

Walking About

A

ambulatory
itinerant
peripatetic

61
Q

Wandering

A 
discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant
peregrination
peripatetic
sojourn
62
Q

Weaken

A 
adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit
obviate
stultify
undermine
vitiate
63
Q

Wisdom

A 
adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism
64
Q

Withdrawal/Retreat

A 
abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde

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