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meticulous adj.
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accurate; cautious; conscientious; conscionable; exact; fastidious; fussy; heedful; microscopic; nitpicking; painstaking; particular; persnickety; picky; precise; punctilious; punctual; scrupulous; stickling; strict; thorough
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mitigate v.
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abate; allay; alleviate; appease; assuage; blunt; calm; dull; ease; extenuate; lessen; moderate; modify; mollify; pacify; palliate; placate; quiet; reduce; relieve; remit; soften; soothe; subdue; temper; tranquilize; weaken
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morose adj.
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acrimonious; brusque; cantankerous; choleric; churlish; crabbed; crabby; cranky; cross; dolorous; dour; down; frowning; gloomy; glum; grouchy; gruff; harsh; irritable; low; melancholy; moody; moping; mournful; perverse; perversive; sad; saturnine; snappish; sour; splenetic; sulky; sullen; surly; taciturn; testy; troubled; ugly
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nomenclature n.
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classification; codification; glossary; locution; phraseology; taxonomy; terminology
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nonchalance n.
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casualness; composure; disregard; indifference; insouciance
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obliterate v.
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KO; X-out; annihilate; bog; cancel; cover; cut; defeat; delete; efface; eliminate; eradicate; erase; expunge; exterminate; extirpate; finish; level; liquidate; nix; obscure; off; ravage; scratch; scrub; sink; smash,;squash; torpedo; total; trash; waste; wipe out; zap
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obscure adj.
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abstruse; ambiguous; arcane; complicated; concealed; confusing; cryptic; dark; deep; dim; doubtful; enigmatic; enigmatical; esoteric; hazy; hidden; illegible; illogical; impenetrable; incomprehensible; inconceivable; incredible; indecisive; indefinite; indeterminate; indistinct; inexplicable; inscrutable; insoluble; intricate; involved; mysterious; occult; opaque; recondite; unaccountable; unbelievable; unclear; undefined; unfathomable; unintelligible; vague
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obsolete adj.
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anachronistic; ancient; antediluvian; antiquated; antique; archaic; bygone; dated; dead; dinosaur; discarded; disused; dusty; extinct; fossil; gone; kaput; old; outmoded; outworn; passé; stale; superannuated; superseded; timeworn; unfashionable
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officious adj.
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busy; forward; impertinent; inquisitive; interfering; intrusive; meddlesome; meddling; obtrusive; opinionated; overzealous; pragmatic; pushy; rude
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opportunist n.
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bounder; carpetbagger; ingrate; timeserver; trimmer
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