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to act quickly :

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to act quickly : apace, abrupt, headlong, impetuous, precipitate

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easy to understand :

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easy to understand : articulate, cogent, eloquent, limpid, lucid, pellucid

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hostile :

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hostile : churlish, curmudgeon, malevolent, misanthropic, vindictive

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young :

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young : burgeoning, callow, engender, inchoate, nascent

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artifice :

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artifice : deception, deviousness, misrepresentation, shadiness, sneakiness, sophistry, subterfuge, underhandedness

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intricate and complicated :

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intricate and complicated : byzantine, complex, knotty, labyrinthine, perplexing, tangled

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decency :

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decency : seemliness, mores, propriety, etiquette

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to dry out thoroughly :

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to dry out thoroughly : parch, dehydrate, dessicate

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to support :

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to support : brace, buttress, prop, support, underpin, uphold

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impartial and honest in speech :

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impartial and honest in speech : direct, forthright, sincere, straightforward, undisguised

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biting in wit :

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biting in wit : acerbic, caustic, mordant, trenchant

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great disorder :

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great disorder : clutter, chaos, disorder, muddle, scramble, snarl, turmoil

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to reduce in amount, degree or severity:

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to reduce in amount, degree or severity: ebb, lapse, moderate, relent, slacken, subside, wane

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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties :

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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties : adjudge, adjudicate,

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intense and passionate feeling :

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intense and passionate feeling : devotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidity, passion, zeal

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fearless and daring :

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fearless and daring : adventuresome, assertive, bold, daring, dauntless,gallant, heroic, intrepid, plucky, stout, valiant, valorous

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beginner :

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beginner : dilettante, fledgling, neophyte, novitiate, proselyte, tyro

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walking about :

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walking about : ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic

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equal :

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equal : equitable, equity, tantamount

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healthy :

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healthy : beneficial, salubrious, salutary

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falsehood :

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falsehood : apocryphal, canard, chicanery, erroneous, fallacious, mendacious, perfidy, spurious

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harmful :

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harmful : beleful, baneful, deleterious, inimical, insidious, perfidious, pernicious

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weaken :

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weaken : adulterate, enervate, exacerbate, inhibit,stultify, vitiate

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assist :

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assist : abet, advocate, bolster, corroborate, countenance, espouse, stalwart

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filled with truth :
filled with truth : candor, exactitude, fidelity, probity
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wordy :
wordy : loquacious, prolix, superfluous, verbose
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volatile :
volatile : capricious, erratic, fickle, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental
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unpredictable :
unpredictable : capricious, erratic, frivolous, flippant, whimsical
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to satisfy fully :
to satisfy fully : cloy, glut, gorge, surfeit
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deceptively attractive :
deceptively attractive : illusory, ostensible, plausible, specious, spurious, sophistical
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causing sleep :
causing sleep : hypnotic, narcotic, soporific, slumberous, somnolent
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unemotional :
unemotional : apathetic, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid, stoical, unconcerned
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investigate :
investigate : appraise, ascertain, assay, descry, peruse
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abbreviated communication :
abbreviated communication : abridge, compendium, curtail, synopsis, terse
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gaps/openings :
gaps/openings : aperture, fissure, hiatus, interregnum, orifice, rent, rift
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death/mourning :
death/mourning : bereave, cadaver, defunct, demise, dolorous, moribund, macabre
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luck :
luck : adventitious, amulet, auspicious, fortuitous, nemesis, portentous, propitiate, propitious
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funny :
funny : chortle, droll, facetious, jocular, ludicrous, simper
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embarrass :
embarrass : abash, chagrin, contrition, expiate, foible, gaucherie, rue
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bad mood :
bad mood : bilious, dudgeon, irascible, petulant, pique, querulous, umbrage, waspish
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investigate :
investigate : appraise, ascertain, assay, descry, peruse
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pleasant-sounding :
pleasant-sounding : euphonious, harmonious, melodious, sonorous
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copy :
copy : counterpart, emulate, facsimile, simulated, quintessence
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nasty :
nasty : fetid, noisome, noxious
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not a straight line :
not a straight line : askance, awry, circuitous, labyrinth, meander, sinuous
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to leave secretly :
to leave secretly : abscond, flee, decamp, escape
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to choose not to do something :
to choose not to do something : abstain, forbear, refrain, withhold
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an extremely deep hole :
an extremely deep hole : abyss, chasm, void
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to combine :
to combine : admix, lend, commingle, commix, fuse, intermingle, merge
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something out of place in time :
something out of place in time : anachronism, archaism, incongruity
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disgrace:
disgrace: blemish, blot, opprobrium, taint
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grand :
grand : august, exalted, glorious, magnificent, majestic, regal, resplendent
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done without using words :
done without using words : implicit, implied, tacit, undeclared, unsaid
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long harsh speech :
long harsh speech : diatribe, fulmination, harangue, obloquy, tirade, vilification
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respect deeply :
respect deeply : adore, honor, idolize, revere, venerate
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motionless :
motionless : dormant, latent, quiescent
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to reject the validity :
to reject the validity : deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, renounce, repudiate
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introvert :
introvert : laconic, introvert, reticent, taciturn
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effective writing or speaking :
effective writing or speaking : eloquence, oratory, rhetoric
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willing to betray one's trust :
willing to betray one's trust : disloyal, faithless, perfidious, treacherous, traitorous
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lavish:
lavish: extravagant, wasteful, profligate, spendthrift, prodigal
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to appease :
to appease : conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate
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obedience to rules and customs :
obedience to rules and customs : decency, decorum, modesty, propriety, seemliness
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to annoy :
to annoy : vex, chafe, exasperate, irk, nettle, peeve
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to penetrate :
to penetrate : imbue, infuse, permeate, suffuse
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in excess:
in excess: glut, overabundance, plethora, superfluity, surfeit
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to multiply or increase in number quickly :
to multiply or increase in number quickly : breed, procreate, propagate, proliferate, reproduce, spawn
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sharp, biting :
sharp, biting : acrid, caustic, piquant, poignant, pungent, stinging
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extremely careful about details:
extremely careful about details: conscientious, precise, meticulous, scrupulous
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capable of being molded:
capable of being molded: adaptable, ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant
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overly submissive :
overly submissive : compliant, deferential, servile, subservient
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Loss of or damage to one's reputation:
Loss of or damage to one's reputation: disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, opprobrium
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lacking substance or significance :
lacking substance or significance : delicate, fragile, lean, flimsy, frail, slight, tenuous
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waver :
waver : irresolute, indecisive, unstable, vacillate
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criticism :
criticism : censure, condemn, denigrate, denounce, rebuke, reprobate, revile, tirade
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shorten :
shorten : curtail, curb, inhibit, limit, prune, restrict, restrain, truncate
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confuse :
confuse : befuddle, confound, discombobulate, disconcert
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tedium :
tedium : boredom, ennui
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foolish :
foolish : asinine, fatuous, inane, maladroit,vacuous
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wise:
wise: astute, judicious,incisive, prudent, sagacious, savant
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arrogant :
arrogant : dogmatic,hidebound, obstinate, recalcitrant, refractory unyielding
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shrink back as with fear or pain :
shrink back as with fear or pain : rebound, cower, bound, wince, quail, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel
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blithe :
blithe : joyous,lighthearted, cheerful
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cancel officialy :
cancel officialy : annul, countermand, rescind, repeal, revoke
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hinder; obstruct :
hinder; obstruct : shackle, bond, hamper, trammel
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free from disturbance :
free from disturbance : suave, placid, unruffled, tranquil, still, unperturbed
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wandering :
wandering : discursive, expatiate, forage, itinerant, peregrination, sojourn
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predict :
predict : augur, auspice, fey, harbinger, presage, prescient, prognosticate
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sorrow:
sorrow: disconsolate, doleful, elegiac, lament, lugubrious, melancholy, morose, plaintive
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poor :
poor : destitute, esurient, indigent, impecunious, indigent, penurious
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to clear from blame:
to clear from blame: absolve, acquit, clear, exonerate, exculpate, vindicate.
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excessively decorated :
excessively decorated : baroque, flamboyant, ornate, ostentatious, rococo.
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glowing :
glowing : luminous, incandescent, lucent, lustrous, radiant, resplendent.
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lazy :
lazy : indolent, inert, languid, lassitude, lethargic, phlegmatic, slothful, torpid.
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to deceive :
to deceive : beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, delude, hoodwink, false, mislead, trick
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copy:
copy: emulate, ape, imitate, simulate
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lasting a short time:
lasting a short time: evanescent, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, transient
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known or understood by few :
known or understood by few : abstruse, arcane, esoteric, obscure
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Doubtful :
Doubtful : ambiguous, cloudy, dubious, obscure, indeterminate, uncertain
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Extreme dislike :
Extreme dislike : animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility
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Old-fashioned :
Old-fashioned : ancient, archaic, antediluvian, antique, obsolete, passe
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To speak clearly and effectively :
To speak clearly and effectively : articulate, eloquent, lucid, fluent
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Harsh noise :
Harsh noise : discord, chaos, disharmony, clamor, din
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Boring :
Boring : banal, fatuous, insipid, prosaic, pedestrian, platitude, trite
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Difficult to understand :
Difficult to understand : abstruse, ambiguous, cryptic, obscure, perplexing
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Learned :
Learned : astute, erudite, perspicacious
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Kind :
Kind : altruistic, generous, beneficient, philanthropic, largess
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Terse :
Terse : curt, laconic, pithy, succinct, taciturn
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Praise :
praise: Acclaim, Accolade, Aggrandize, Encomium, Extol, Laud, Venerate
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Hesitate :
hesitate: Dither, Oscillate, Teeter, Shy, Vacillate, Waver
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Innocent :
innocent: Artless, Credulous, Gullible, Naive, Ingenuous, Tyro
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Changing quickly :
changing quickly: Capricious, Erratic, Fickle, Variable, Impulsive, Mercurial, Volatile, Whimsical, Unreliable
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Bold :
bold: Audacious , Courageous, Dauntless
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Eccentric :
eccentric: Aberrant, Anomalous, Anachronism, Eclectic, Esoteric, Discrete, Iconoclast
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Disgusting :
disgusting: Defile, Fetid, Invidious, Noisome, Odious, Putrid, Rebarbative
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Withdrawal :
withdrawal: Abeyance, Abjure, Abnegation, Abortive, Abrogate, Decamp, Demur, Recant, Recidivism, Remission, Renege, Rescind, Retrograde
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Unusual :
unusual: Aberration, Anomaly, Iconoclast, Idiosyncrasy

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