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Advocate
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to speak in favor of
Related: Advocacy - active support for Similar meanings: Back Champion Support |
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Abyss
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an extremely deep hole
Related: Abyssal - pertaining to great depth Abysmal - extremely bad |
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Abscond
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to leave secretly
Similar meanings: flee decamp escape |
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Aesthetic
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concerning the appreciation of beauty
Related: Aesthete: someone unusually sensitive to beauty Aestheticism: devoted to beauty Similar meanings: artistic, tasteful |
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Aggrandize
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to increase in power, influence and reputation
Similar meanings: amplify, dignify, ennoble, magnify, apotheosize, elevate, exalt, swell, wax, augment, enlarge, glorify, uplift |
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Alacrity
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speed or quickness
Similar meanings: celerity, haste, dispatch, swiftness |
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Amalgamate
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to combine, mix together
Related words: Amalgam - a mixture of two metals Similar meanings, admix, commingle, intermingle, blend, commix, intermix, mix, coalesce, compound, merge, unite, combine, fuse, mingle |
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Ameliorate
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to make better, improve
Similar meanings, amend, pacify, better, improve, upgrade |
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable
similar meanings: allay, ease, mitigate, assuage, lessen, palliate, comfort, lighten, relieve |
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Anachronism
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something out of place in time
similar meanings: archaism, incongruity |
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Ambiguous
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doubtful or uncertain
Related words: ambiguity - the quality of being ambigous Similar meanings: cloudy, equivocal, obscure, doubtful, nebulous, unclear, dubious, indeterminate, vague |
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Analogous
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similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
Related words: analogy - a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar Analogue - something that is similar in some way to something else Similar meanings: alike, equivalent, comparable, homogeneous, similar, corresponding, parallel |
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Antagonize
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to annoy or provoke to anger
Related words: Antagonistic: tending to provoke conflict Antagonist: someone who fights another Similar meanings: clash, irritate, provoke, conflict, oppose, incite, pester, vex |
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Apathy
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lack of interest or emotion
similar meanings coolness, impassivity, lassitude, phlegm, disinterest, indifference, lethargy, stolidity, unresponsiveness, disregard, insensibility, listlessness, unconcern |
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Approbation
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approval and praise
Related: approbate - to authorize Words with similar meanings: Acclaim Commendation Extol Adulation Compliments Hail Praise applause exalt kudos |
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Abate
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to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
Similar meanings: ebb moderate subside lapse relent let up slacken wane |
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Aberrant
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deviating from what is normal or expected
Related: Aberrations - a deviation from what is normal Similar: abnormal divergent anomalous errant deviant irregular |
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Adulterate
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to make impure
Related words: unadulterated - pure adultery - an illicit relationship |
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Abstain
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to choose not to do something
Similar meanings forbear refrain withhold |
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Antipathy
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extreme dislike
similar meanings: abhorrence antagonism enmity loathing repulsion animosity aversion hatred repellence animus dislike hostility repugnance revulsion |
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Apocryphal
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of questionable authority or authenticity
words with similar meanings disputed fictitious doubtful fradulent |
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Arbitrary
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determined by chance or impulse
similar meanings: changeable random erratic indiscriminate wayward |
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Anomaly
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deviation from what is normal
Related words: deviating from what is normal Similar meanings: aberrant deviance aberration deviation preternaturalness abnormality irregularity |
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Arbitrate
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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
Related words: Arbitration - a process by which a conflict is resolved Arbitrator - a judge similar meanings: adjudge determine referee adjudicate judge decide moderate rule |
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Archaic
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ancient, old fashioned
related words: Archaism - an outdated word or phrase similar meanings ancient bygone obsolete outmodded superannuated antediluvian dated old-fashioned passe superseded antique dowdy outdated prehistoric vintage archaic fusty outmoded stale |
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Ardor
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intense and passionate feeling
related words: ardent- expressing ardor or passion similar meanings: devotion fervency fervor zeal enthusiasm fervidity fire enthusiasm fervidness pasion zealousness |
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Articulate
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able to speak clearly and expressively
similar meanings eloquent lucid expressive silver-tongued fluent smooth-spoken |
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Assuage
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to make something unpleasant less severe
similar meanings: allay comfort lighten pacift propitiate alleviate conciliate mitigate palliate relieve sweeten appease ease mollify soothe |
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Attenuate
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reduce in force or degree
words with similar meanings: debilitate enervate sap undo devtalize enfeeble thin unnerve weaken dilute rarefy undermine water |
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Audacious
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fearless and daring
related words: audacity - the quality of being audacious |
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Austere
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sever or stern in appearance; undecorated
related words: austerity - severity, especially poverty similar meanings: bleak hard dour harsh grim severe |
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Banal
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predictable, cliched, boring
related words: banality- something that is banal similar meanings: bland fatuous jejune quotidian threadbare bromidic hackneyed musty shopworn timeworn vapid cliched innocuous platitudinous stale tired worn-out commonplace insipid prosaic sterotypic trite |
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Bombastic
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pompous in speech and manner
related words: bombast: pompous speech or writing similar meanings: bloated grandiloquent magniloquent rhetorical declamatory grandiose orotund fustian high-flown pretentious self-important |
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Burnish
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to polish
similar meanings buff polish luster scour |
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Candid
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impartial and honest in speech
similar meanings direct honest straight forthright open straightforward frank sincere undisguised |
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Bolster
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support, prop up
similar meanings brace prop sustain buttress stay underpinning crutch support uphold |
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Burgeon
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to grow and flourish
words with similar meanings bloom prosper burgeon flourish thrive |
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Cacophony
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harsh, jarring noise
similar meanings discord noise chaos clamor disharmony din |
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Capricious
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Changing one's mind quickly and often
related words: caprice: whim, sudden fancy Similar meanings arbitrary erratic mercurial chance fickle random willful changeable inconstant whimsical |
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Castigate
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to punish or criticize harshly
similar meanings: admonish rebuke reprove chastise reprimand scold upbraid chide reproach tax |
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Catalyst
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something that brings about a change in something else
related words catalyze - to bring about a change in something else |
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Caustic
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biting in wit
words with similar meanings acerbic biting trenchant mordant |
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Chaos
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great disorder or confused situation
related words: chaotic - jumbled confused similar meanings clutter disarray disorganized muddle topsy-turviness confusion disorder jumble scramble disarrangement disorderliness mess snarl turmoil |
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Chicanery
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deception by means of craft or guile
similar meanings artifice deception pettifoggery sophistry conniving deviousness shadiness subterfuge craftiness misrepresentation sneakiness underhandedness |
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Chauvinist
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to
similar meanings: biased partial prepossessed colored partisan one-sided prejudicial tendentious |
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Coalesce
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to grow together to form a single whole
words with similar meanings: amalgamate condense blend consolidate unite coalesce fuse |
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Circumspect
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cautious, aware of potential consequences
Related words- circumspection: caution words with similar meaning alert mindful vigilant cautious prudent heedful solicitious wary |
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cogent
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convincing and well-reasoned
related words: cognitive: to do with the powers of reasoning cognition: knowledge Cogitate: to think deeply similar meanings convincing sound persuasive telling solid valid |
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Condone
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to overlook, pardon, or disregard
similar meanings exculpate excuse remit pardon |
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Convoluted
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intricate and complicated
words with similar meanings byzantine intricate perplexing complex knotty elaborate labyrinthine tangled |
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Connoisseur
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a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes
similar meanings authority gastronome epicure expert gourmet |
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Corroborate
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supporting evidence
similar meanings: authenticate buttress validate back confrm bear out substantate verify |
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Credulous
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too trusting, gullible
related words: credulity: the quality of being credulous words with similar meanings naive susceptible trusting |
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Decorum
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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
related words decorous- conforming to acceptable standards words with similar meanings: correctness manners decency mores seemliness etiquette propriety |
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Crescendo
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steadily increasing in volume or force
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Dogma
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a firmly held opinion, especially religious
similar meanings creed teaching doctrines tenet |
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Dissonance
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a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
Similar meanings clash dissension friction contention dissent strife discord dissidence variance |
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Disparate
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fundamentally different, entierly unlike
similar meanings different diverse dissimilar variant divergent various |
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Dissemble
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to present a false appearance to disguise one's real intentions or character
similar meanings act camouflage cover up fake masquerade put on affect cloak disguise feign pose sham assume counterfeit dissimulate mask pretend simulate |
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Disabuse
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set right, free from error
words with similar meanings correct undeceive |
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Discern
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to perceive or recognize
related words: discernment- taste and cultivation words with similar meanings catch differentiate espy separate descry discriminate glimpse spot tell detect dstinguish know spy |
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Dilettante
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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
words with similar meanings amateur superficial dabbler tyro |
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Dirge
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech
words with similar meanings elegy lament |
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Dilate
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to make larger, expand
words with similar meanings amplify enlarge develop expand elaborate expatiate |
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Dilatory
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intended to delay
similar meanings dragged lagging slow-going flagging slow slow-paced laggard slow-footed tardy |
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Diatribe
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an abusive condemnatory speech
words with similar meanings fulmination jeremiad harangue malediction tirade invective obloquy |
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Diffident
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lacking self-confidence
similar meanings backward demure self-effacing bashful modest shy coy retiring timid |
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desicate
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to dry out thoroughly
related words Desiccant - sometimes that removes water from another substance Similar meanings dry parch dehydrate |
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desultory
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jumping from one thing to another; dsconnected
similar meanings aimless haphazard objectless stray disconnected indiscriminate purposeless unconsidered erratic objectless random unplanned |
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Deride
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to speak or treat with contempt
related words derision-mockery and taunts derisive - in a mocking manner words with similar meanings gibe ridicule jeer scoff taunt mock sneer |
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Deference
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respect, curtesy
related words defer -either to delay or show someone deference deferent: curteous and respectful similar meanings courtesy obeisance honor respsect veneration homage reverence |
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Exigent
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urgent, requiring immediate action
similar meanings critical needed imperative urgent |
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
similar meanings annoy irritate aggravate intensify provoke |
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Eulogy
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speech in praise of someone
similar meanings commend extol laud |
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Esoteric
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known or understood only by a few
similar meanings abstruse arcane obscure |
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Exonerate
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to clear of blame
words with similar meanings absolve exculpate acquit clear vindicate |
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Exculpate
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to clear from blame, prove innocent
words with similar meanings absolve exonerate acquit clear vindicate |
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Euphemism
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use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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Estimable
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admirable
related words: high regard similar meanings admirable honorable praiseworth commendable laudable respectable worthy creditable meritorious venerable |
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Erratic
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wandering and unpredictable
related words Eerrant: straying, mistaken, roving Similar meanings capricious irresolute inconstant whimsical |
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Ephemeral
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lasting a short time
similar meanings evanescent momentary fleeting transient |
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Enigma
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A puzzle or mystery
similar meanings conundrum perplexity |
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Enervate
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to reduce in strength
related words unnerve: to deprive of strength or courage similar meanings debilitate enfeeble weaken sap |
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Erudite
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learned, scholarly, bookish
related words: erudition: extensive knowledge or learning similar meanings scholastic learned wise |
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Equivocate
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to use expression of double meaning in order to mislead
related words Equivocal - undecided, trying to deceive Equivocation - the act or state of equivocating similar meanings ambiguous evasive waffling |
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Enumerate
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to count, list, itemize
similar meanings catalog index tabulate |
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Engender
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to produce, cause or bring about
words with similar meanings beget proliferate generate reproduce procreate spawn |
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Embellish
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to add ornamental of fictitious details
words with similar meanings adorn embroider bedeck enhance elaborate exaggerate |
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Elegy
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a sorrowful poem or speech
related words- Elegiac: like an elegy-mournful Words with similar meanings dirge lament |
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Eclectic
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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
words with similar meanings selective catholic broad |
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Dogmatic
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dictatorial in one opinions
similar meanings authoritarian doctrine magisterial bossy domineering masterful preemptory dictatorial imperious overbearing |
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Emulate
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to copy, try to equal, or ecel
words or similar meanings ape imitate simulate |
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Eloquent
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persuasive and moving, especially in speech
words with similar meanings articulate meaningful expressive significant fluent smooth-spoken |
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Efficacy
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effectiveness
related words efficacious- effective productive words with similar meanings dynamism force proficiency effectiveness power strength efficency productiveness vigor |
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Dupe
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to deceive or person who is easily deceived
similar meanings beguile cozen fool mislead betray deceive hoodwink take in bluff delude humbug trick |
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Florid
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excessively decorated embellished
similar meanings baroque ornate elaborate ostentatious flamboyant rocco |
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Fortuitous
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happening by chance, fortunate
similar meanings chance lucky fortunate propitious haphazard prosperous |
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Fawn
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to grovel
similar meanings bootlick toady grovel pander |
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fanatical
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acting excessively enthusiastic
similar meanings extremist fiery zealous frenzied |
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forment
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to arouse or incite
similar meanings agitate instigate impassion inflame kindle |
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frugality
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tending to be thrifty of cheap
similar meanings economical prudence parsimony sparing |
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fervid
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intensely emotion, feverish
related words - fervent: enthusiastic fervor - passion similar meanngs burning vehement impassioned passionate zealous |
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explicit
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clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
related words - explicable: capable of being explained explicate: to give a detailed explanation similar meanings candid straightforward frank unequivocal |
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Imperturbable
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not capable of being disturbed
related words perturb: to disturb greatly similar meanings composed serene dispassionate impassive stoical |
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homogenous
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of a similar kind
related words homogenized: thoroughly mixed together similar meanings consistent uniform standardized unvarying |
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Guile
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deceit, trickery
related words guileless: innocent, without trickery; gullible: easily deceived similar meanings artifice connivery chicanery duplicity |
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Garrulous
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tending to talk a lot
words with similar meanings effusive loquacious |
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impervious
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impossible to penetrate: incapable of being affected
similar meanings resistant impregnable |
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iconoclast
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
similar meanings maverick rebel nonconformist revolutionary |
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gullible
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easily deceived
related words gull- a person who is easily tricked words with similar meanings credulous exploitable naive |
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gregarious
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outgoing, sociable
words with similar meanings affable communicative congenial sociable |
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Paradox
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a contradiction or dilemma
words with similar meanings: incongruity ambiguity |
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opprobrium
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public disgrace
words with similar meanings: discredit disrepute obloquy disgrace ignominy dishonor infamy shame |
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onerous
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
words with similar meanings: arduous cumbersome formidable oppressive taxing backbreaking difficult hard oppressive burdensome exacting laborious rigorous trying |
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obviate
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
words with similar meanings: forestall preclude prohibit |
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paragon
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model of excellence or perfection
words with similar meanings: apotheosis quintessence ideal standard |
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ostentation
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excessive showiness
Related words: ostensible - apparent words with similar meanings: conspicuousness pretentiousness flashiness showiness |
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opaque
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impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light
Related words: opacity: the quality of being obscure and indecipherable words with similar meanings: obscure |
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occlude
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to stop up, prevent the passage of
words with similar meanings: barricade obstruct block close obstruct |
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obsequious
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overly-submissive and eager to please
related words: obeisance - a physical show of respect of submission, such as a bow words with similar meanings: complant servile deferential subservient |
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naive
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lacking sophistication or experience
related words naivete: the state of being naive words with similar meanings: artless ingenuous credulous simple guileless unaffected |
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mollify
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to calm or make less severe
words with similar meanings: appease conciliate assuage paciify |
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misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
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ostnate
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stubborn, uunyeilding
words with similar meanings: intransigent pertinacious mulish stubborn persistent tenacious |
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obdurate
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hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion
words with similar meanings: inflexible tenacious intransigent recalcitrant unyeilding |
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monotony
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no variation, tediously the same
related words: monotone: a sound that is made at the same tone or pitch words with similar meanings: drone tedium |
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mitigate
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to soften, to lessen
words with similar meanings: allay ease mollify alleviate lighten palliate assuage moderate temper |
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metaphor
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a figure of speech comparing two different things
related words: metaphorical: standing as a symbol for something else words with similar meanings: analogy comparison |
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malinger
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
related words: linger - be be slow in leaving words with similar meanings: shirk slack |
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lucid
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clear and easily understood
related words: lucidity - clarity lucent - glowing with light words with similar meanings: clear intelligible coherent explicit limpid |
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lethargic
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acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
words with similar meanings: apathetic listless languid lackadaisical torpid |
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meticulous
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extremely careful about details
words with similar meanings: conscientious precise scrupulous |
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malleable
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capable of being shaped
words with similar meanings: adaptable pliable ductile plastic pliant |
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luminous
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bright, brilliant, glowing
related words illuminate - to shine light on luminary - an inspiring person words with similar meanings: incandescent radiant lucent lustrous resplendent |
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loquacious
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talkative
related words: eloquence: powerful, convincing speaking loquacity: the quality of being loquacious words with similar meanings: effusive garrulous verbose |
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laud
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to give praise, to glorify
related words laudable: worth of praise laudatory: expressing praise words with similar meanings: acclaim compliment hail applaud exalt commend extol praise |
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lassitude
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a state of diminished energy
words with similar meanings: debilitation languor enervation listlessness weariness fatigue tiredness |
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laconic
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using few words
words with similar meanings: concise terse curt pithy taciturn |
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inundate
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to overwhelm, to cover with water
words with similar meanings: deluge flood drown engulf submerge |
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lavish
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extremely generous or extravagant; to give unsparingly
words with similar meanings: bestow extravagant prodigal confer opulent luxuriant exuberant profuse superabundant |
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latent
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potential that is not readily apparent
related words: latency- the state or quality of being latent words with similar meanings: concealed potential dormant inert quiescent |
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lament
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to express sorrow, to grieve
words with similar meanings: bewail grieve deplore mourn |
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irascible
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easily made angry
related words irate - angry words with similar meanings: cantankerous ornery irritable testy |
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insipid
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lacking interest or flavor
words with similar meanings: banal stale bland dull vapid |
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inimical
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hostile, unfrendly
words with similar meanings: adverse dissident antagonistic recalcitrant |
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inchoate
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not fully formed, disorganized
words with similar meanings: amorphous incomplete incoherent unorganized |
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impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
related words: impetus - impulse words with similar meanings: impulsive reckless precipitate rash spontaneous |
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intransigent
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uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled
words with similar meanings: implacable obdurate rigid inexorable obstnate unbending unyielding irreconcilable remoreseless unrelenting |
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innocuous
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harmless
related words: inoculate: to give a shot to prevent or heal an illness words with similar meanings: benign inoffensive harmless insipid |
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ingenuous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity
related words: ingenue - a naive girl or young woman disingenuous - giving a false impression of innocence words with similar meanings: artless naive guileless simple innocent unaffected |
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implacable
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
related words: placate: to make peaceful words with similar meanings: inexorable relentless intransigent remorseless unrelenting irreconcilable unforgiving |
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probity
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complete honesty and integrity
words with similar meanings: morality rectitude integrity virtue uprightness |
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prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
words with similar meanings: equivocate lie perjure |
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pragmatic
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practical as opposed to idealistic
related words: pragmatism - a practical approach to problem solving words with similar meanings: realistic rational |
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plastic
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able to be molded, altered or bent
related words pliable: able to be bent words with similar meanings: adaptable malleable ductile pliant |
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phlegmatic
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calm and unemotional in temperment
words with similar meanings: apathetic impassive calm indifferent unemotional emotionless passionless |
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pervasive
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to be present throughout, to permeate
related words: pervasive: tending to permeate or pervade words with similar meanings: imbue permeate infuse penetrate suffuse |
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perfunctory
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done in a routine way; indifferent
words with similar meanings: apathetic automatic mechanical |
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pedant
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someone who shows off learning
related words: pedantic - making an excessive display of learning |
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proclivity
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a natural inclination or predisposition
words with similar meanings: bias penchant prejudice leaning predilection partiality predisposition propensity |
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pristine
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fresh and clean, uncorrupted
words with similar meanings: innocent undamaged |
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precipitate
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
related words: precipitous: very steep precipice: a steep cliff precipitation: rain words with similar meanings: abrupt ill-considered hasty impetuous rash headlong impulsive reckless hurried prompt sudden |
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plethora
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excess
words with similar meanings: glut superfluity overabundance surfeit |
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placate
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to soothe or pacify
related words: placid: tolerant; calm implacable: unable to be made peaceful words with similar meanings: appease conciliate mollify |
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philanthropy
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charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness
related words: philanthropist: someone who is generous and desires to promote goodness words with similar meanings: humanitarianism altruism |
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permeate
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to penetrate
related words: impermeable: unable to be permeated words with similar meanings: imbue pervade infuse suffuse |
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perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust
related words: perfidy: deceit, treachery words with similar meanings: disloyal treacherous faithless traitorous |
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stigma
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a mark of shame or discredit
related words: stigmatize: to disgrace, to label with negative terms of reputation words with similar meanings: blemish stain blot opprobrium taint |
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soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
related words: sopor: deep sleep words with similar meanings: hypnotic slumberous narcotic somnolent |
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rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
words with similar meanings: eloquence oratory |
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stolid
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unemotional, lacking sensitivity
words with similar meanings: apathetic phlegmatic impassive stoical indifferent unconcerned |
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specious
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
words with similar meanings: illusory spurious ostensible plausible sophistic |
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satiate
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to satisfy fully or overindulge
related words: sate: to fully satisfy or overindulge insatiable: incapable of being satisfied words with similar meanings: cloy gorge glut surfeit |
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repudiate
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to reject the validity of
words with similar meanings: deny disown disavow disclaim renounce |
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prudence
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wisdom, caution, or restraint
related words: prude - someone who is excessively concerned with propriety prudish: prissy and puritanical words with similar meanings: astuteness frugality circumspection judiciousness thrift discretion providence |
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propitiate
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to conciliate, to appease
related words: propitious: advantageous, a good omen words with similar meanings: apepase pacify conciliate mollify placate |
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prodigal
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lavish, wasteful
related words prodigality: excessive or reckless spending words with similar meanings: extravagant spendthrift lavish profligate wasteful |
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reticent
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silent, reserved
words with similar meanings cool standoffish introverted taciturn laconic undemonstrative |
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pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses
words with similar meanings: piquant caustic poignant acrid stinging |
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propriety
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acting in a proper manner, obeying rules and customs
related words: appropriate: suitable for a particular occasion or place words with similar meanings: decency modesty decorum seemly |
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proliferate
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to increase in number quickly
related words: prolific: very productive or highly able to reproduce words with similar meanings: breed propagate multiply reproduce procreate spawn |
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quiescent
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motionless
related words: quiescence: state or rest or inactivity words with similar meanings: latent dormant |
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rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
related words: rarefaction: the process of making something less dense words with similar meanings: attenuate thin |
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whimsical
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lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
related words- whim : a fancy or sudden notion words with similar meanings: capricious frivolous erratic flippant |
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volatile
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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
related words: volcanic: extremely explosive words with similar meanings: capricious inconsistent erratic inconstant tempermental fickle mercurial |
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vex
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to annoy
related words: vexation: a feeling of irritation words with similar meanings: annoy chafe nettle bane exasperate nuisance provoke bother irk peeve |
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zeal
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passion, exitement
related words zealot: a fanatic words with similar meanings: ardency fire fervor passion |
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waver
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to fluctuate between choices
words with similar meanings: dither irresolute falter oscillate waver fluctuate vacillate |
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viscous
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thick and adhesive, like a slow flowing fluid
related words: viscid: viscous viscosity: a measure of how viscous a fluid is words with similar meanings: thick glutinous gelatinous |
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veracity
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filled with truth and accuracy
related words: verity: truth veracious: truthful, accurate words with similar meanings: candor fidelity exactitude probity |
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vacillate
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to physically sway or to be indecisive
words with similar meanings: dither irresolute falter oscillate fluctuate waver |
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torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
related words torpid: sluggish, lacking movement words with similar meanings: apathy languor |
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taciturn
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silent, not talkative
related words: tacit: done without using words words with similar meanings: laconic reticent |
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verbose
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wordy
related words: verbalize -to put into words verbatim - to quote using the exact words verbiage - lots of words that are usually superfluous words with similar meanings: longwinded loquacious superfluous prolix |
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venerate
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to respect deeply
related words: venerable - old, worthy of respect words with similar meanings: adore idolize honor revere |
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transitory
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temporary lasting a brief time
related words: transit: pass through, to exchange or make a transition transient: passing quickly in and out of existence, one who stays a short time words with similar meanings: ephemeral impermanent evanescent fleeting momentary |
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tirade
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long, harsh speech or verbal attack
words with similar meanings: diatribe obloquy fulmination revilement harangue vilification |
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sublime
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lofty or grand
related words: sublimate - to elevate or convert into something of higher worth, to evaporate subliminal - existing outside conscious awareness words with similar meanings: august grand majestic resplendent exalted magnificent noble glorious magnificent regal superb |
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tacit
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done without using words
related words: taciturn - silent, not talkative words with similar meanings: implicit unsaid implied undeclared unuttered |
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precarious
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not securely held
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benevolent
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well-meaning, kindly
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altruistic
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unselfish
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baneful
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destructive
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vociferous
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loud and forceful
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abashed
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embarrased and ashamed
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nonplussed
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surprised/speechless
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dolorous
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great sorrow
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dubious
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hesitating or doubting.
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surmise
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deduce/conclude
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arcane
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understood by few
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anti-semitism
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prejudice against jews
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ignominious
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deserving of shame
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inimical
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harmful
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shrewdness
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having good judgement - intelligent
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mellifluous
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pleasant to hear
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strident
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loud and harsh
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euphonic
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pleasing to hear
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circuitous
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roundabout and indirect
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renounce
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to declare abandoment of
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repudiate
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refuse to accept ot to associate with
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reticent
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introverted
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congenial
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having pleasant qualities
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brusque
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abrupt in speech
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scurrilous
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insulting with malacious intent
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pan
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to criticize
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scrutinize
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inspect closely
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prosaic
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Ordinary
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abstruse
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Obscure
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extirpate
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seek and destroy
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Recondite
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little known
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detritus
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waste/debris
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refuge
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safe
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bedlam
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confusion
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punctilious
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attention to detail
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coviferous
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loud and passionate
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waggish
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humerous
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scathing
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critical and scornful
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Opulence
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great wealth
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Fidelity
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faithfulness
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Valor
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great courage
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voluble
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loquacious
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Reclusive
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solitary
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Prolific
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producing many offspring
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pensive
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engaged in
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regimented
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Strictly controlled
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unilateral
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solo
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heralded
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a sign that (something) is about to happen
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hullabaloo
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a commotion
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profess
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to openly but falsely one has (a quality or feeling)
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chagrin
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distress/humiliation
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recompense
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to compensate/make amends
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elation
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great happiness
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pacifism
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believe that all violence is unjustifiable
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abridge
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to shorten
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entreaty
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humble request
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impartial
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treating all parties equal/fair
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contest
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competition for
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construe
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interpret
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promulgate
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to promote
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ineffable
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to great to be expressed with words
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recompense
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compensate
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obloquy
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verbal abuse
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diaphanous
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delacate
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deleterious
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causing harm
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pernicious
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subtle harmful
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contumacious
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stubbornly and willfully disobedient to authority
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endemic
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regular found disease
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irresolute
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unceratin
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seditious
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causing people to rebel
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cabal
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secret society
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imprecation
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spoken curse
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artifice
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cunning/sly
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plucky
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showing courage
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ribald
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refering to sex in an amusingly rude or irreverent way
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politic
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seeming sensible
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