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Abbreviated communication

A 
Abridge
Compendium
Cursory 
Curtail
Syllabus
Synopsis
Terse
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Act quickly

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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
Perish
Petulant
Pique
Querulous
Umbrage
Waspish
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Beginner/amateur

A 
Dilettante
Fledgling 
Neophyte 
Novitiate
Proselyte
Tyro
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Beginning/young

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Burgeoning
Callow
Engender
Inchoate
Incipient
Nascent
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Biting (as in wit or temperament)

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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
Fictitious 
Paradigm 
Precursor
Simulate 
Vicarious
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Criticize/criticism

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Asprsion 
Belittle
Berate
Calumny 
Castigate
Decry 
Defame
Denounce
Deride
Diatribe
Disparage
Excoriate
Gabi say
Harangue 
Impugn 
Inveigh 
Lambaste
Objurgate
Obloquy 
Opprobrium
Pillory 
Rebuke
Remonstrate 
Reprehend 
Re prove
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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Falsehood

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

A 
Conjugal 
Consanguine
Distaff
Endogenous 
Filial
Fraternal
Fratricide 
Progenitor 
Scion
Sorority
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Q

Favoring/not impartial

A 
Ardent
Doctrinaire 
Fervid 
Partisan
Tendentious
Zealot
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Q

Forgive/make amends

A 
Absolve
Acquit
Exculpatory
Exonerate
Expiate 
Palliate 
Redress
Vindicate
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Q

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
Interstice 
Lull
Office
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
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Hard-hearted

A 
Asperity
Baleful 
Dour
Fell
Malevolent
Mordant
Sardonic
Scathing
Truculent
Vitriolic
Vituperation
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Harmful

A 
Deleterious
Inimical 
Injurious
Insidious 
Minatory
Perfidious
Pernicious
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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
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Hesitate

A 
Dither
Oscillate
Teeter 
Vacillate
Waver
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Hostile

A 
Antithetical
Churlish
Curmudgeon 
Irascible
Malevolent
Misanthropic 
Truculent
Vindictive
38
Q

Innocent

A 
Credulous
Gullible
Ingenuous 
Naive
Novitiate
Tyro
39
Q

Insincere

A 
Disingenuous 
Dissemble
Fulsome
Ostensible
Unctuous
40
Q

Investigate

A 
Appraise
Ascertain 
Assay
Describe 
Peruse
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Lazy/sluggish

A 
Indolent
Inert
Lackadaisical 
Languid
Lassitude
Lethargic
Phlegmatic 
Quiescent 
Slothful 
Torpid
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Luck

A 
Adventitious 
Amulet
Auspicious
Fortuitous 
Kismet
Optimum
Portentous 
Propitiate 
Propitious 
Providential 
Serendipity 
Talisman
43
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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
Vortex
46
Q

Overblown/wordy

A 
Bombastic
Circumlocution 
Garrulous
Grandiloquent 
Loquacious
Periphrastic 
Prolix 
Rhetoric 
Turgid 
Verbose
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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

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Q

Praise

A 
Acclaim 
Accolade
Aggrandize 
Encomium
Eulogized
Extol 
Fawn 
Laud
Venerate
51
Q

Predict

A 
Augur
Auspice
Fey 
Harbinger
Portentous
Precursor
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 
Lamen
Lugubrious 
Melancholy 
Morose
Plaintive
Threnody
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Q

Stubborn

A 
Implacable
Inexorable
Intractable
Intransigent 
Obdurate
Obstinate
Recalcitrant
Refractory 
Reunite the
Untoward
Vexing
56
Q

Terse

A 
Compendious 
Curt
Laconic
Pithy 
Succinct
Taciturn
57
Q

Time/order/duration

A 
Anachronism 
Antecedent
Antedate
Anterior
Archaic
Diurnal
Eon 
Ephemeral
Epoch
Fortnight
Millennium
Penultimate 
Synchronous 
Temporal
58
Q

Timid

A 
Craven
Diffident 
Pusillanimous 
Recreation
Timorous
Trepidation
59
Q

Truth

A 
Candor
Fealty
Frankness
Indisputable
Indubitable
Legitimate 
Probity
Sincere 
Veracious 
Verity
60
Q

Unusual

A

Aberration
Anomaly
Iconoclast
Idiosyncrasy

61
Q

Walking about

A

Ambulatory
Itinerant
Meander
Peripatetic

62
Q

Wandering

A 
Discursive
Expatiate
Forage
Itinerant
Peregrinations 
Peripatetic
Sojourn
63
Q

Weaken

A 
Adulterated
Enervate
Exacerbate
Inhibit 
Obviate
Stultify 
Undermine
Vitiate
64
Q

Wisdom

A 
Adage
Aphorism 
Apothem
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

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