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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 (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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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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copy

A 
counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulate
vicarious
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criticize/criticism

A 
Aspersion
Belittle
Berate
Calumny
Castigate
Decry
Denounce
Deride/derisive
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/hegemony
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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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
consanguine 
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion
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favoring/not impartial

A 
ardent/ardor
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot
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forgive/make amends

A 
absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate
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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
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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

36
Q

hesitate

A 
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver
37
Q

hostile

A 
antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive
38
Q

innocent/inexperienced

A 
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro
39
Q

insincere

A 
disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous
40
Q

investigate

A 
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse
41
Q

lazy/sluggish

A 
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid
42
Q

luck

A 
adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
serendipity
talisman
43
Q

nag

A 
admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof
44
Q

nasty

A

fetid
noisome
noxious

45
Q

not a straight line

A 
askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortext
46
Q

overblown/wordy

A 
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose
47
Q

pacify/satisfy

A 
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe
48
Q

pleasant-sounding

A

euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous

49
Q

poor

A

destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent

50
Q

praise

A 
acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud/laudatory
venerate veneration
51
Q

predict

A 
augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
presage
prescient
prognosticate
52
Q

prevent/obstruct

A 
discomfit
encumber fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude
53
Q

smart/learned

A

astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious

54
Q

sorrow

A 
disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac
forlorn
lament
lugubrious
melancholy
plaintive
threnody
55
Q

stubborn

A 
implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory
renitent
untoward
vexing
56
Q

terse

A 
compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn
57
Q

time/order/duration

A 
anachronism
antecede
antedate
anterior
archaic
diurnal
eon
ephemeral
epoch
fortnight
millennium
penultimate
synchronous
temporal
58
Q

timid/timidity

A 
craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation
59
Q

truth

A 
candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable
indubitable
legitimate
probity
sincere
veracious
verity
60
Q

unusual

A

aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
indiosyncrasy

61
Q

walking about

A

ambulatory
itinerant
meander
peripatetic

62
Q

wandering

A 
discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant
peregrination
peripatetic
sojourn
63
Q

weaken

A 
adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit
obviate
stultify 
undermine
vitiate
64
Q

wisdom

A 
adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism
65
Q

withdrawal/retreat

A 
abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde
66
Q

the top

A 
summit
zenith
acme
pinnacle
apex
apogee
apotheosis

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