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Abridge
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Abbreviated Communication
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Compendium
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Abbreviated Communication
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Cursory
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Abbreviated Communication
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Curtail
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Abbreviated Communication
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Syllabus
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Abbreviated Communication
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Synopsis
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Abbreviated Communication
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Terse
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Abbreviated Communication
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Apace
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Act quickly
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Abrupt
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Act quickly
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Headlong
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Act quickly
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Impetuous
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Act Quickly
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Precipitate
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Act Quickly
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Abet
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Assist
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Advocate
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Assist
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Ancillary
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Assist
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Bolster
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Assist
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Corroborate
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Assist
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Countenance
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Assist
v. to permit or tolerate |
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Espouse
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Assist
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Mainstay
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Assist
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Munificent
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Assist
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Proponent
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Assist
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Stalwart
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Assist
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Sustenance
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Assist
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Bilious
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Bad Mood
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Dudgeon
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Bad Mood
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Irascible
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Bad Mood
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Pettish
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Bad Mood
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Petulant
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Bad Mood
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Pique
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Bad Mood
v. to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride |
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Munificent
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Assist
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Proponent
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Assist
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Stalwart
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Assist
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Sustenance
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Assist
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Bilious
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Bad Mood
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Dudgeon
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Bad Mood
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Irascible
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Bad Mood
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Pettish
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Bad Mood
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Petulant
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Bad Mood
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Pique
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Bad Mood
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Querulous
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Bad Mood
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Umbrage
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Bad Mood
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Waspish
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Bad Mood
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Dilettante
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Beginner/Amateur
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Fledgling
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Beginner/Amateur
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Neophyte
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Beginner/Amateur
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Novitiate
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Beginner/Amateur
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Proselyte
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Beginner/Amateur
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Tyro
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Beginner/Amateur
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Burgeoning
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Beginning/Young
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Callow
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Beginning/Young
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Engender
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Beginner/Young
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Inchoate
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Beginner/Young
adj. not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary |
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Incipient
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Beginner/Young
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Nascent
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Beginner/Young
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Acerbic
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Biting
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Acidulous
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Biting
adj. slightly sour. |
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Acrimonious
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Biting
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Asperity
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Biting
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Caustic
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Biting
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Mordacious
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Biting
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Mordant
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Biting
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Trenchant
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Biting
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Audacious
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Bold
adj. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless |
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Courageous
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Bold
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Dauntless
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Bold
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Banal
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Boring
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Fatuous
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Boring
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Hackneyed
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Boring
v. made commonplace or trite; stale; banal |
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Insipid
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Boring
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Mundane
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Boring
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Pedestrian
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Boring
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Platitude
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Boring
n. a flat, dull, or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound |
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Prosaic
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Boring
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Quotidian
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Boring
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Trite
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Boring
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Bacchanalian
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Carousal
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Debauchery
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Carousal
n. excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance |
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Depraved
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Carousal
adj. corrupt, wicked, or perverted |
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Dissipated
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Carousal
v. to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure |
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Iniquity
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Carousal
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Libertine
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Carousal
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Libidinous
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Carousal
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Licentious
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Carousal
adj. sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd |
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Reprobate
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Carousal
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Ribald
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Carousal
adj. vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous |
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Salacious
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Carousal
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Sordid
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Carousal
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Turpitude
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Carousal
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Capricious
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Changing Quickly
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Mercurial
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Changing Quickly
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Volatile
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Changing Quickly
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Counterpart
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Copy
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Emulate
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Copy
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Facsimile
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Copy: An exact copy, as in a book, painting, manuscript
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Factitious
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Copy
adj. not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived |
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Paradigm
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Copy
n. an example serving as a model; pattern |
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Precursor
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Copy
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Quintessence
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Copy
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Simulated
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Copy
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Vicarious
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Copy
adj. performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another |
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Aspersion
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Criticize/Criticism
n. a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander |
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Belittle
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Criticize/Criticism
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Berate
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Criticize/Criticism
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Calumny
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Criticize/Criticism
n. a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something |
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Castigate
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Criticize/Criticism
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Decry
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Criticize/Criticism
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Defamation
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Criticize/Criticism
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Denounce
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Criticize/Criticism
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Deride/Derisive
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Criticize/Criticism
v. to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock |
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Diatribe
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Criticize/Criticism
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Disparage
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Criticize/Criticism
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Excoriate
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Criticize/Criticism
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Gainsay
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Criticize/Criticism
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Harangue
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Criticize/Criticism
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Impugn
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Criticize/Criticism
v. to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon |
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Inveigh
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Criticize/Criticism
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Lambaste
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Criticize/Criticism
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Objurgate
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Criticize/Criticism
v. to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply |
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Obloquy
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Criticize/Criticism
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Opprobrium
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Criticize/Criticism
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Pillory
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Criticize/Criticism
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Rebuke
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Criticize/Criticism
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Remonstrate
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Criticize/Criticism
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Reprehend
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Criticize/Criticism
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Reprove
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Criticize/Criticism
v. to criticize or correct, esp. gently |
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Revile
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Criticize/Criticism
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Tirade
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Criticize/Criticism
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Vituperate
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Criticize/Criticism
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Bereave
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Death/Mourning
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Cadaver
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Death/Mourning
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Defunct
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Death/Mourning
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Demise
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Death/Mourning
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Dolorous
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Death/Mourning
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Elegy
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Death/Mourning
n. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead |
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Knell
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Death/Mourning
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Lament
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Death/Mourning
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Macabre
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Death/Mourning
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Moribund
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Death/Mourning
adj. in a dying state; near death |
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What can be used to refresh the witness' recollection, and what is the process?
(Present Recollection Refreshed - Testimony) |
Anything
Witness must state that she now remembers. Opponent may insepct and offer into evidence anything used to refresh. |
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Sepulchral
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Death/Mourning
adj. of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb |
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Wraith
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Death/Mourning
n. an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death |
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Abnegate
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Denying of Self
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Abstain
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Denying of Self
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Ascetic
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Denying of Self
n. a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons |
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Spartan
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Denying of Self
adj. suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere |
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Stoic
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Denying of Self
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Temperate
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Denying of Self
adj. moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement |
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Authoritarian
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Dictatorial
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Despotic
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Dictatorial
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Dogmatic
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Dictatorial
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Hegemonic (Hegemony)
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Dictatorial
n. leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation |
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Imperious
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Dictatorial
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Peremptory
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Dictatorial
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Tyrannical
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Dictatorial
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Abstruse
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Difficult to Understand
adj. hard to understand; recondite; esoteric |
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Ambiguous
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Difficult to Understand
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Arcane
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Difficult to Understand
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Bemusing
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Difficult to Understand
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When is expert opinion testomony admissible?
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Expert Opinion:
1) Helpful to jury 2) Qualified - Education/Experience 3) Reasonable degree of certainty 4) Proper factual support 5) Based on reliable principles . .a) Fed - (1) Peer Reviewed (2) Low Error Rate (3) Results tested and may be retested (4) Reasonable level of acceptance in scientific cmmty . .b) **CA** GENERALLY ACCEPTED by experts in the field (1) Kelley/Frye not applicable to non-scientific or med op |
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Enigmatic
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Difficult to Understand
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Esoteric
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Difficult to Understand
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Inscrutable
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Difficult to Understand
adj. incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. |
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Obscure
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Difficult to Understand
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Opaque
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Difficult to Understand
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Paradoxical
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Difficult to Understand
adj. 1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. 2. a self-contradictory and false proposition. |
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Perplexing
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Difficult to Understand
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Recondite
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Difficult to Understand
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Turbid
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Difficult to Understand
adj. not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured |
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Defile
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Disgusting/Offensive
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Enigmatic
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Difficult to Understand
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Esoteric
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Difficult to Understand
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Inscrutable
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Difficult to Understand
adj. incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable |
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Obscure
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Difficult to Understand
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Opaque
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Difficult to Understand
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Paradoxical
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Difficult to Understand
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Perplexing
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Difficult to Understand
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Recondite
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Difficult to Understand
adj. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric |
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Turbid
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Difficult to Understand
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Defile
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Disgusting/Offensive
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Fetid
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Disgusting/Offensive: Stinking
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Invidious
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Disgusting/Offensive
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Noisome
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Disgusting/Offensive
adj. offensive or disgusting, as an odor |
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Odious
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Disgusting/Offensive
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Putrid
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Disgusting/Offensive
adj. in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten. |
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Rebarbative
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Disgusting/Offensive
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Articulate
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Easy to Understand
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Cogent
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Easy to Understand
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Eloquent
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Easy to Understand
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Evident
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Easy to Understand
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Limpid
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Easy to Understand
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Lucid
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Easy to Understand
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Pellucid
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Easy to Understand
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Aberrant
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Anachronism
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Anomalous
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
adj. deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal |
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Discrete
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Eclectic
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Esoteric
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Iconoclast
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Abash
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Embarrass
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Chagrin
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Embarrass
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Compunction
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Embarrass
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Contrition
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Embarrass
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Diffidence
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Embarrass
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Expiate
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Embarrass
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Foible
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Embarrass
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Gaucherie
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Embarrass
n. lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness |
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Rue
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Embarrass
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Equitable
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Equal
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Equity
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Equal
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Tantamount
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Equal
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Apocryphal
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Falsehood
adj. of doubtful authorship or authenticity |
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Canard
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Falsehood
n. a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor. |
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Chicanery
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Falsehood
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Dissemble
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Falsehood
v. to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of |
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Duplicity
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Falsehood
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Equivocate
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Falsehood
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Erroneous
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Falsehood
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Ersatz
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Falsehood
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Fallacious
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Falsehood
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Feigned
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Falsehood
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Guile
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Falsehood
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Mendacious/mendacity
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Falsehood
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Perfidy
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Falsehood
adj. deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery |
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Prevaricate
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Falsehood
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Specious
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Falsehood
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Spurious
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Falsehood
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Conjugal
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Family
adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of marriage |
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Consanguine
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Family
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Distaff
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Family
adj. noting, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a woman; female |
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Endogamous
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Family
adj. marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit |
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Filial
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Family
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Fatricide
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Family
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Progenitor
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Family
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Scion
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Family
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Ardor/Ardent
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Favoring/not impartial
n. intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm |
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Doctrinaire
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Favoring/not impartial
n. a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist. |
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Fervid
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Favoring/not impartial
adj. heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm |
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Partisan
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Favoring/not impartial
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Tendentious
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Favoring/not impartial
adj. having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose |
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Zealot
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Favoring/not impartial
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Absolve
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Forgive
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Acquit
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Forgive
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Exculpate
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Forgive
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Exonerate
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Forgive
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Expiate
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Forgive
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Palliate
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Forgive
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Redress
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Forgive
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Vindicate
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Forgive
v. to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like |
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Chortle
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Funny
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Droll
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Funny
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Facetious
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Funny
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Flippant
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Funny
adj. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity |
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Gibe
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Funny
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Jocular
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Funny
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Levity
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Funny
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Ludicrous
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Funny
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Raillery
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Funny
n. good humored ridicule; banter |
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Riposte
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Funny
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Simper
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Funny
v. to smile in a silly, self-conscious way |
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Abatement
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Gaps/Openings
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Aperture
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Gaps/Openings
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Fissure
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Gaps/Openings
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Hiatus
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Gaps/Openings
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Interregnum
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Gaps/Openings
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Interstice
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Gaps/Openings
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Lull
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Gaps/Openings
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Orifice
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Gaps/Openings
n. an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent. |
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Rent
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Gaps/Openings
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Respite
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Gaps/Openings
n. a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief |
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Rift
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Gaps/Openings
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Altruistic
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Generous/Kind
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Beneficent
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Generous/Kind
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Clement
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Generous/Kind
adj. mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate |
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Largess
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Generous/Kind
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Magnanimous
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Generous/Kind
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Munificent
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Generous/Kind
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Philanthropic
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Generous/Kind
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Unstinting
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Generous/Kind
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Avaricious
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Greedy
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Covetous
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Greedy
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Mercenary
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Greedy
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Miserly
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Greedy
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Penurious
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Greedy
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Rapacious
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Greedy
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Venal
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Greedy
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Asperity
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Hardhearted
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Baleful
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Hardhearted
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Dour
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Hardhearted
adj. sully, gloomy, severe, stern |
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Avaricious
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Greedy
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Covetous
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Greedy
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Mercenary
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Greedy
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Miserly
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Greedy
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Penurious
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Greedy
adj. extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly |
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Rapacious
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Greedy
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Venal
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Greedy
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Asperity
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Hardhearted
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Baleful
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Hardhearted
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Dour
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Hardhearted
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Fell
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Hardhearted
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Malevolent
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Hardhearted
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Mordant
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Hardhearted
adj. Sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting |
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Sardonic
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Hardhearted
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Scathing
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Hardhearted
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Truculent
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Hardhearted
adj. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal |
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Vitriolic
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Hardhearted
adj. very caustic; scathing |
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Vituperation
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Hardhearted
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Baleful
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Harmful
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Baneful
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Harmful
adj. destructive; pernicious |
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Deleterious
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Harmful
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Inimical
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Harmful
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Injurious
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Harmful
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Insidious
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Harmful
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Minatory
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Harmful
adj. menacing; threatening |
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Perfidious
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Harmful
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Pernicious
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Harmful
adj. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful |
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Cacophony
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Harsh-Sounding
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Din
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Harsh-Sounding
n. a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor |
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Dissonant
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Harsh-Sounding
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Raucous
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Harsh-Sounding
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Strident
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Harsh-Sounding
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Abhorrence
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Hatred
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Anathema
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Hatred
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Antagonism
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Hatred
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Antipathy
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Hatred
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Detestation
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Hatred
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Enmity
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Hatred
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Loathing
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Hatred
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Malice
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Hatred
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Odium
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Hatred
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Rancor
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Hatred
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Beneficial
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Healthy
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Salubrious
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Healthy
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Salutary
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Healthy
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Dither
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Hesitate
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Oscillate
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Hesitate
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Teeter
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Hesitate
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Vacillate
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Hesitate
v. to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
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Waver
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Hesitate
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Antithetic
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Hostile
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Churlish
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Hostile
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Curmudgeon
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Hostile
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Irascible
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Hostile
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Malevolent
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Hostile
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Misanthropic
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Hostile
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Truculent
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Hostile
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Vindictive
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Hostile
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Credulous
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Innocent/Inexperienced
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Gullible
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Innocent/Inexperienced
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Ingenuous
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Innocent/Inexperienced
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Naive
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Innocent/Inexperienced
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Novitiate
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Innocent/Inexperienced
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Tyro
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Innocent/Inexperienced
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Disingenuous
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Insincere
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Dissemble
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Insincere
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Fulsome
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Insincere
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Ostensible
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Insincere
adj. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended |
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Unctuous
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Insincere
adj. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp. in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. |
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Appraise
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Investigate
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Ascertain
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Investigate
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Assay
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Investigate
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Descry
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Investigate
v. to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy |
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Peruse
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Investigate
v. to read through with thoroughness or care |
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Indolent
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Inert
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Lackadaisical
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Languid
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Lassitude
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Lazy/Sluggish
adj. weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor |
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Lethargic
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Phlegmatic
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Quiescent
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Slothful
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Torpid
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Adventitious
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Luck
adj. associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic |
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Amulet
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Luck
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Auspicious
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Luck
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Fortuitous
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Luck
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Kismet
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Luck
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Optimum
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Luck
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Portentous
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Luck
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Propitiate
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Luck
v. to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate |
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Propitious
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Luck: Presenting favorable conditions
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Providential
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Luck
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Talisman
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Luck
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Admonish
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Nag
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Cavil
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Nag
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Belabor
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Nag
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Enjoin
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Nag
v. to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis |
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Exhort
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Nag
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Harangue
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Nag
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Hector
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Nag
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Martinet
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Nag
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Remonstrate
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Nag
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Reproof
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Nag
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Fetid
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Nasty
adj. having an offensive odor; stinking |
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Noisome
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Nasty
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Noxious
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Nasty
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Askance
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Not a straight line
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Awry
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Not a straight line
adv. with a turn or twist to one side; askew |
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Careen
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Not a straight line
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Carom
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Not a straight line
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Circuitous
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Not a straight line
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Gyrate
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Not a straight line
v. to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl |
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Labyrinth
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Not a straight line
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Meander
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Not a straight line
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Oblique
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Not a straight line
adj. neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping |
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Serrated
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Not a straight line
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Sidle
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Not a straight line
v. to move sideways or obliquely |
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Sinuous
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Not a straight line
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Undulating
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Not a straight line
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Vortex
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Not a straight line
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Bombastic
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Overblown/wordy
adj. high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious |
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Circumlocution
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Overblown/wordy
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Garrulous
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Overblown/wordy
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Grandiloquent
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Overblown/wordy
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Loquacious
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Overblown/wordy
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Periphrastic
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Overblown/wordy
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Prolix
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Overblown/wordy
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Rhetoric
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Overblown/wordy
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Turgid
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Overblown/wordy
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Verbose
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Overblown/wordy
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Ameliorate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Appease
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Assuage
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Defer
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Mitigate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Mollify
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Pacify/Satisfy
v. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease |
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Placate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Propitiate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Satiate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Slake
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Sooth
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Euphonious
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Pleasant Sounding
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Harmonious
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Pleasant Sounding
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Melodious
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Pleasant Sounding
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Sonorous
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Pleasant Sounding
adj. giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place |
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Destitute
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Poor
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Esurient
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Poor
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Impecunious
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Poor
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Indigent
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Poor
adj. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished. |
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Acclaim
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Praise
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Accolade
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Praise
n. any award, honor, or laudatory notice |
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Aggrandize
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Praise
v. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend |
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Encomium
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Praise
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Eulogize
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Praise
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Extol
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Praise
v. to praise highly; laud; eulogize |
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Fawn
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Praise
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Laud/Laudatory
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Praise
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Venerate/veneration
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Praise
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Augur
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Predict
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Auspice
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Predict
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Fey
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Predict
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Harbinger
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Predict
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Portentous
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Predict
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Presage
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Predict
n. a presentiment or foreboding |
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Prescient
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Predict
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Prognosticate
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Predict
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Discomfort
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Prevent/obstruct
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Encumber
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Prevent/obstruct
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Fetter
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Prevent/obstruct
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Forfend
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Prevent/obstruct
v. to defend, secure, or protect |
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Hinder
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Prevent/obstruct
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Impede
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Prevent/obstruct
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Inhibit
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Prevent/obstruct
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Occlude
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Prevent/obstruct
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Astute
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Smart/learned
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Canny
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Smart/learned
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Erudite
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Smart/learned
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Perspicacious
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Smart/learned
adj. having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning |
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Disconsolate
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Sorrow
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Doleful
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Sorrow
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Dolor
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Sorrow
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Elegiac
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Sorrow
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Forlorn
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Sorrow
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Lament
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Sorrow
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Lugubrious
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Sorrow
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Melancholy
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Sorrow
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Morose
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Sorrow
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Plaintive
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Sorrow
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Threnody
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Sorrow
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Implacable
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Stubborn
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Inexorable
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Stubborn
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Intractable
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Stubborn
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Intransigent
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Stubborn
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Obdurate
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Stubborn
adj. unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn |
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Obstinate
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Stubborn
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Recalcitrant
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Stubborn
adj. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory |
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Refractory
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Stubborn
adj. hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient |
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Renitent
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Stubborn
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Untoward
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Stubborn
adj. unfavorable or unfortunate |
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Vexing
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Stubborn
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Compendious
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Terse
adj. of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise |
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Curt
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Terse
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Laconic
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Terse
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Pithy
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Terse
adj. brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible |
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Succinct
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Terse
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Taciturn
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Terse
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Anachronism
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Time/Order/Duration
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Antecede
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Time/Order/Duration
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Antedate
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Time/Order/Duration
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Anterior
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Time/Order/Duration
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Archaic
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Time/Order/Duration
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Diurnal
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Time/Order/Duration
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Eon
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Time/Order/Duration
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Ephemeral
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Time/Order/Duration
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Epoch
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Time/Order/Duration
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Fortnight
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Time/Order/Duration
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Millennium
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Time/Order/Duration
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Penultimate
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Time/Order/Duration
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Synchronous
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Time/Order/Duration
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Temporal
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Time/Order/Duration
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Craven
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Timid/Timidity
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Diffident
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Timid/Timidity
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Pusillanimous
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Timid/Timidity
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Recreant
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Timid/Timidity
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Timorous
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Timid/Timidity
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Trepidation
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Timid/Timidity
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Candor/candid
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truth
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fealty
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truth
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Frankness
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Truth
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Indisputable
|
Truth
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Indubitable
|
Truth
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Legitimate
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Truth
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Probity
|
Truth
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Sincere
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Truth
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Veracious
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Truth
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Verity
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Truth
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Aberration
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Unusual
n. the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course |
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Anomaly
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Unusual
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Iconoclast
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Unusual
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Peripatetic
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Unusual
adj. walking or traveling about; itinerant |
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Discursive
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Wandering
adj. passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling. |
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Expatiate
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Wandering
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Forage
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Wandering
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Itinerant
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Wandering
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Peregrination
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Wandering
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Peripatetic
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Wandering
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Sojourn
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Wandering
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Adulterate
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Weaken
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Enervate
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Weaken
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Exacerbate
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Weaken
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Inhibit
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Weaken
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Obviate
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Weaken
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Stultify
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Weaken
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Undermine
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Weaken
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Vitiate
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Weaken
v. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil |
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Adage
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Wisdom
n. a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb |
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Aphorism
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Wisdom
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Apothegm
|
Wisdom
n. a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism |
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Axiom
|
Wisdom
n. a universally accepted principle or rule |
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Bromide
|
Wisdom
n. a platitude or trite saying |
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Dictum
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Wisdom
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Epigram
|
Wisdom
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed |
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Platitude
|
Wisdom
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Sententious
|
Wisdom
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Truism
|
Wisdom
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Abeyance
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Withdrawal/retreat
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Abjure
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Abnegation
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Abortive
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Abrogate
|
Withdrawal/retreat
v. to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repea |
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Decamp
|
Withdrawal/retreat
v. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously |
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Demur
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Recant
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Recidivism
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Remission
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Renege
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Rescind
|
Withdrawal/retreat
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Retrograde
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Withdrawal/retreat
adj. moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating |
