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Abbreviated Communication

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abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse

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Act Quickly

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abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate

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Assist

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abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance

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Bad Mood

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bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish

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Beginner/Amateur

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dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro

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Beginning/young

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burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent

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Biting (as in wit or temperament)

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acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant

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Bold

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audacious
courageous
dauntless

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Boring

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banal
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite

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Carousal

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bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude

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Changing Quickly

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capricious
mercurial
volatile

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Copy

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counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
simulate
vicarious

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Criticize/Criticism

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aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny
castigate
decry
defame/defamation
denounce
deride/derisive
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate

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Death/Mourning

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bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith

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Denying of Self

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abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate

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Dictatorial

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authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic/ hegemony
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical

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Difficult to Understand

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abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid

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Disgusting/Offensive

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defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative

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East to Understand

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articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid

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Eccentric/Dissimilar

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aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast

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Embarrass

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abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue

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Equal

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equitable
equity
tantamount

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Falsehood

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apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious

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Family

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conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fraternal
progenitor
scion
sorority

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Favoring/Not Impartial
ardent/ardor doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot
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Forgive/Make Amends
absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate
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Funny
chortle droll facetious flippant give jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper
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Gaps/Openings
abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift
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Generous/Kind
altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting
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Greedy
avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal
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Hard-Hearted
asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation
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Harmful
baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious
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Harsh-Sounding
cacophony din dissonant raucous strident
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Hatred
abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor
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Healthy
beneficial salubrious salutary
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Hesitate
dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver
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Hostile
antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive
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Innocent/Inexperienced
credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro
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Insincere
disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous
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Investigate
appraise ascertain assay descry peruse
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Lazy/Sluggish
indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid
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Luck
amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential serendipity talisman
43
Nag
admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof
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Nasty
fetid noisome noxious
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Not a Straight Line
askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex
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Overblown/Wordy
bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose
47
Pacify/Satisfy
ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe
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Pleasant-Sounding
euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous
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Poor
destitute esurient impecunious indigent
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Praise
acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate/veneration
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Predict
augur auspice fey harbinger portentous precursor presage prescient prognosticate
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Prevent/Obstruct
discomfit encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude
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Smart
astute canny erudite perspicacious
54
Sorrow
disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody
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Stubborn
implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing
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Terse
compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn
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Time/Order/Duration
anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal
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Timid/Timidity
craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation
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Truth
candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity
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Unusual
aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy
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Walking About
ambulatory itinerant meander peripatetic
62
Wandering
discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn
63
Weaken
adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate
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Wisdom
adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism

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