Iva Chen Sat List 3

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prognosis

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noun

definition:
1
: the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
2
: forecast, prognostication

Synonyms:
forecast, predicting, prediction

other forms:
prognoses
prognostic
prognosticable
prognostical
prognostically

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setback

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Synonyms:
knock, lapse, reversal, reverse

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altered

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Synonyms:
change, modify, recast, refashion

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revolution

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Synonyms:
gyration, pirouette, reel

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contradicted

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Synonyms:
disagreed, gainsaid

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truce

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Synonyms:
armistice, cease-fire

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reinforced

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adjective

definition:
1
: to strengthen by additional assistance, material, or support : make stronger or more pronounced <reinforce levees> <reinforce the elbows of a jacket> <reinforce ideas>
2
: to strengthen or increase by fresh additions <reinforce our troops> <were reinforcing their pitching staff>
3
: to stimulate (as an experimental animal or a student) with a reinforcer; also : to encourage (a response) with a reinforcer

Synonyms:
bolster, buttress, corroborate, support

other forms:
reinforce
reinforceable
reinforcement
reinforcer

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crisis

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Synonyms:
breaking point, emergency, crossroad(s), crunch

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halted

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Synonyms:
deadlocked, gridlocked, standstilled

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breakthrough

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Synonyms:
advancement, advance, enhancement, improvement, refinement

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credence

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Synonyms:
confidence, trust, faith

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irrefutable

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Synonyms:
inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable

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disrepute

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Synonyms:
discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disgrace

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dubious

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Synonyms:
debatable, disputable, doubtable

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acceptance

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Synonyms:
acquiring, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent

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convincing

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Synonyms:
compelling, conclusive, cogent

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misinterpret

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Synonyms：
distort, falsify, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate

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misleading

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Synonyms:
misguiding, deluding, misinforming

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anticipate

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Synonyms:
expect, await, hope (for), watch (for)

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predictable

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Synonyms:
grounding, hanging, basing

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foresee

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Synonyms:
anticipate, divine, forefeel, foreknow, prevision

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ironic

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Synonyms:
absurd, batty, boffo, camp*, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll

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endorse

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Synonyms：
advocate, champion, support

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spellbinding

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Synonyms:
bedazzling, enchanting, fascinating

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ignore

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Synonyms:
bypass, disregard, forget, neglect

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liquefy

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Synonyms:
deliquesce, flux, fuse, melt, run, thaw

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founder

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Synonyms:
bomb, collapse, crater, flame out, flop

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contaminate

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Synonyms:
befoul, defile, foul, poison, pollute, taint

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backfire

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Synonyms:
boomerang, collapse, convulse, detonate, discharge, erupt

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purifying

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Synonyms:
cleanse, purge, sanctify

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boomerang

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Synonyms:
backlash, bounce back, come back

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saturate

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verb

definition:
1
: to satisfy fully : satiate
2
: to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained <water saturated with salt>
3
a : to fill completely with something that permeates or pervades <book is saturated with Hollywood — Newgate Callendar>
b : to load to capacity
4
: to cause to combine until there is no further tendency to combine

Synonyms:
drench, drown, impregnate

other forms:
saturant
saturated
saturating
saturation

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reciprocate

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verb

definition:
transitive verb
1
: to give and take mutually
2
: to return in kind or degree <reciprocate a compliment gracefully>
intransitive verb
1
: to make a return for something <we hope to reciprocate for your kindness>
2
: to move forward and backward alternately <a reciprocating valve>

Synonyms:
recompense, repay, requite

other forms:
reciprocated
reciprocating
reciprocation
reciprocative
reciprocator

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pollute

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Synonyms:
befoul, defile, foul, poison, contaminate, taint

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prevail

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verb

definition:

1
: to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph
2
: to be or become effective or effectual
3
: to use persuasion successfully <prevailed on him to sing>
4
: to be frequent : predominate <the west winds that prevail in the mountains>
5
: to be or continue in use or fashion : persist <a custom that still prevails>

Synonyms:
conquer, win, triumph

other forms:
prevailance
prevailingly
prevailingnessprevailment
prevalence
prevalent
prevalently

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insubstantial

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Synonyms:
cobwebby, filmy, frothy, gauzy

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esoteric

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Synonyms:
abstruse, arcane, deep, profound

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indignant

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adjective

definition:
feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy : filled with or marked by indignation <became indignant at the accusation

Synonyms:
angered, apoplectic, ballistic

other forms:
indignantly
indignation

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conducive

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synonyms:
constructive, deductive, destructive, inductive

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reality

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Synonyms:
actuality, case, materiality, fact

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tenable

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Synonyms:
defendable, defensible

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misconception

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Synonyms:
delusion, error, fallacy, fault, misapprehension

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mythical

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Synonyms:
fabled, fabulous, legendary

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possibility

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Synonyms:
capability, eventuality, potential

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erroneous

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Synonyms:
false, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact

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delusion

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Synonyms:
chimera, conceit, daydream, fantasy

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hypothetical

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Synonyms:
academic (also academical), conjectural, theoretical, speculative, suppositional

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digression

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Synonyms:
aside, tangent, divagation, excursion

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substantiate

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Synonyms:
demonstrate, prove, show, establish

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impugn

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Synonyms:
assail, attack, blast, break

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protect

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Synonyms:
bulwark, cover, fence, fend

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mollify

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Synonyms：
appease, assuage, conciliate

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flotsam

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Synonyms：
ashes, debris, detritus

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reconnaissance

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noun

definition:
a preliminary survey to gain information; especially : an exploratory military survey of enemy territory

Synonyms:
assay, audit, battery

other forms:
none

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decimation

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verb

definition:
1
: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of
2
: to exact a tax of 10 percent from <poor as a decimated Cavalier — John Dryden>
3
a : to reduce drastically especially in number <cholera decimated the population>
b : to cause great destruction or harm to <firebombs decimated the city> <an industry decimated by recession>

Synonyms:
annihilate, cream, destroy, demolish

other forms:
decimate
decimated
decimating
decimeter

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raiment

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Synonyms：
apparel, attire, clobber [British slang], clothes

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sustenance

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noun

definition:
1
a : means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
b : food, provisions; also : nourishment
2
a : the act of sustaining : the state of being sustained
b : a supplying or being supplied with the necessaries of life
3
: something that gives support, endurance, or strength

Synonyms:
aliment, food, nourishment, pabulum

other forms:
none

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disposition

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noun

definition:
1
: the act or the power of disposing or the state of being disposed: as
a : administration, control
b : final arrangement : settlement <the disposition of the case>
c (1) : transfer to the care or possession of another (2) : the power of such transferal
d : orderly arrangement (see 1dispose)
2
a : prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination
b : temperamental makeup
c : the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under given circumstances

Synonyms:
grain, nature, temper, temperament

other forms:
dispositional

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cantankerous

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Synonyms:
acid, bearish, bilious, bloody-minded

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anatomy

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Synonyms:
anatomizing, analysis, assay, breakdown, deconstruction, dissection

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churlish

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adjective

definition:
1
: of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar
2
: marked by a lack of civility or graciousness : surly
3
: difficult to work with or deal with : intractable <churlish soil>

Synonyms:
boorish, clownish, classless, cloddish, loutish, uncouth

other forms:
churlishly
churlishness

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outlook

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noun

definition:
1
a : a place offering a view
b : a view from a particular place
2
: point of view <a positive outlook on life>
3
: the act of looking out
4
: the prospect for the future <the outlook for steel demand in the United States — Wall Street Journal>

Synonyms:
observatory, lookout, overlook

other forms:
none

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benevolent

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Synonyms:
beneficent, humane, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind

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personality

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Synonyms:
figure, icon (also ikon), light, luminary, megastar, name

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laconic

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adjective

definition:
using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

Synonyms:
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact

other forms:
laconical
laconically
laconicism
laconicum
laconism

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stature

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Synonyms:
altitude, elevation, inches, height

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robust

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Synonyms:
able-bodied, bouncing, fit, hale, hearty, healthy

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mercurial

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Synonyms:
capricious, changeable, changeful, flickery, fluctuating

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corrosive

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Synonyms:
acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid

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disingenuous

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Synonyms:
artful, crooked, cunning, deceitful

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implacable

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adjective

definition:
not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated <an implacable enemy>

Synonyms:
adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged

other forms:
implacability
implacably

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phlegmatic

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adjective

definition:
1: resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm(see phlegm)
2
: having or showing a slow and stolid temperament

Synonyms:
affectless, apathetic, cold-blooded, emotionless

other forms:
phlegmatically

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ensure

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Synonyms：
assure, cinch, guarantee, guaranty

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belittle

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Synonyms:
decry, cry down, denigrate, deprecate

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eliminate

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Synonyms:
ban, bar, close out, count (out), debar

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defend

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Synonyms:
bulwark, cover, fence, fend

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amateurish

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Synonyms:
dabbler, dilettante, hobbyist, layman

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professional

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Synonyms:
able, ace, acknowledged, adept

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lax

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Synonyms:
careless, derelict, disregardful, negligent, lazy

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harsh

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Synonyms:
bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating

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selective

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Synonyms:
choosy (or choosey), particular, picky

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inclusive

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Synonyms:
compendious, complete, comprehensive, cover-all

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judgmental

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Synonyms:
captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), faultfinding

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discriminating

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Synonyms:
acute, astute, careful, choicy, choosy

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sensitive

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Synonyms:
delicate, fine, keen, perceptive, quick, acute, sharp

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insightful

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Synonyms:
discerning, wise, perceptive, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient

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verbose

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Synonyms:
circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous

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mundane

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Synonyms:
everyday, nitty-gritty, prosaic, terrestrial, workaday

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united

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Synonyms:
agreeable, amicable, compatible, congenial, frictionless

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concise

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Synonyms:
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact

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elaborate

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Synonyms:
complex, complicated, detailed, fancy

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comprehensive

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Synonyms:
broad, catholic, compendious, complete, comprising

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edifying

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Synonyms:
enlighten, educate, illume, illuminate

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succinct

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Synonyms:
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact

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enlightening

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Synonyms:
acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catch up, clear

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provocative

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Synonyms:
charged, edgy, exciting, inciting, instigating

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technical

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Synonyms:
abstruse, high-tech, industrial, mechanical

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aggregation

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Synonyms:
accumulation, collection, ensemble, entirety

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inclination

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Synonyms:
affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone