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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 :

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filled with truth : candor, exactitude, fidelity, probity

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wordy :

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wordy : loquacious, prolix, superfluous, verbose

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volatile :

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volatile : capricious, erratic, fickle, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental

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unpredictable :

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unpredictable : capricious, erratic, frivolous, flippant, whimsical

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to satisfy fully :

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to satisfy fully : cloy, glut, gorge, surfeit

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deceptively attractive :

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deceptively attractive : illusory, ostensible, plausible, specious, spurious, sophistical

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causing sleep :

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causing sleep : hypnotic, narcotic, soporific, slumberous, somnolent

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unemotional :

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unemotional : apathetic, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid, stoical, unconcerned

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investigate :

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investigate : appraise, ascertain, assay, descry, peruse

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abbreviated communication :

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abbreviated communication : abridge, compendium, curtail, synopsis, terse

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gaps/openings :

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gaps/openings : aperture, fissure, hiatus, interregnum, orifice, rent, rift

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death/mourning :

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death/mourning : bereave, cadaver, defunct, demise, dolorous, moribund, macabre

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luck :

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luck : adventitious, amulet, auspicious, fortuitous, nemesis, portentous, propitiate, propitious

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funny :

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funny : chortle, droll, facetious, jocular, ludicrous, simper

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embarrass :

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embarrass : abash, chagrin, contrition, expiate, foible, gaucherie, rue

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bad mood :

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bad mood : bilious, dudgeon, irascible, petulant, pique, querulous, umbrage, waspish

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investigate :

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investigate : appraise, ascertain, assay, descry, peruse

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pleasant-sounding :

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pleasant-sounding : euphonious, harmonious, melodious, sonorous

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copy :

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copy : counterpart, emulate, facsimile, simulated, quintessence

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nasty :

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nasty : fetid, noisome, noxious

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not a straight line :

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not a straight line : askance, awry, circuitous, labyrinth, meander, sinuous

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to leave secretly :

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to leave secretly : abscond, flee, decamp, escape

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to choose not to do something :

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to choose not to do something : abstain, forbear, refrain, withhold

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an extremely deep hole :

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an extremely deep hole : abyss, chasm, void

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to combine :

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to combine : admix, lend, commingle, commix, fuse, intermingle, merge

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something out of place in time :

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something out of place in time : anachronism, archaism, incongruity

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disgrace:

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disgrace: blemish, blot, opprobrium, taint

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grand :

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grand : august, exalted, glorious, magnificent, majestic, regal, resplendent

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done without using words :

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done without using words : implicit, implied, tacit, undeclared, unsaid

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long harsh speech :

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long harsh speech : diatribe, fulmination, harangue, obloquy, tirade, vilification

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respect deeply :

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respect deeply : adore, honor, idolize, revere, venerate

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motionless :

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motionless : dormant, latent, quiescent

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to reject the validity :

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to reject the validity : deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, renounce, repudiate

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introvert :

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introvert : laconic, introvert, reticent, taciturn

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effective writing or speaking :

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effective writing or speaking : eloquence, oratory, rhetoric

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willing to betray one’s trust :

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willing to betray one’s trust : disloyal, faithless, perfidious, treacherous, traitorous

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lavish:

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lavish: extravagant, wasteful, profligate, spendthrift, prodigal

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to appease :

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to appease : conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate

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obedience to rules and customs :

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obedience to rules and customs : decency, decorum, modesty, propriety, seemliness

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to annoy :

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to annoy : vex, chafe, exasperate, irk, nettle, peeve

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to penetrate :

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to penetrate : imbue, infuse, permeate, suffuse

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in excess:

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in excess: glut, overabundance, plethora, superfluity, surfeit

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to multiply or increase in number quickly :

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to multiply or increase in number quickly : breed, procreate, propagate, proliferate, reproduce, spawn

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sharp, biting :

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sharp, biting : acrid, caustic, piquant, poignant, pungent, stinging

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extremely careful about details:

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extremely careful about details: conscientious, precise, meticulous, scrupulous

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capable of being molded:

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capable of being molded: adaptable, ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant

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overly submissive :

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overly submissive : compliant, deferential, servile, subservient

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Loss of or damage to one’s reputation:

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Loss of or damage to one’s reputation: disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, opprobrium

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lacking substance or significance :

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lacking substance or significance : delicate, fragile, lean, flimsy, frail, slight, tenuous

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waver :

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waver : irresolute, indecisive, unstable, vacillate

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criticism :

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criticism : censure, condemn, denigrate, denounce, rebuke, reprobate, revile, tirade

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shorten :

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shorten : curtail, curb, inhibit, limit, prune, restrict, restrain, truncate

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confuse :

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confuse : befuddle, confound, discombobulate, disconcert

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tedium :

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tedium : boredom, ennui

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foolish :

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foolish : asinine, fatuous, inane, maladroit,vacuous

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wise:

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wise: astute, judicious,incisive, prudent, sagacious, savant

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arrogant :

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arrogant : dogmatic,hidebound, obstinate, recalcitrant, refractory unyielding

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shrink back as with fear or pain :

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shrink back as with fear or pain : rebound, cower, bound, wince, quail, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel

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blithe :

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blithe : joyous,lighthearted, cheerful

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cancel officialy :

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cancel officialy : annul, countermand, rescind, repeal, revoke

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hinder; obstruct :

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hinder; obstruct : shackle, bond, hamper, trammel

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free from disturbance :

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free from disturbance : suave, placid, unruffled, tranquil, still, unperturbed

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wandering :

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wandering : discursive, expatiate, forage, itinerant, peregrination, sojourn

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predict :

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predict : augur, auspice, fey, harbinger, presage, prescient, prognosticate

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sorrow:

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sorrow: disconsolate, doleful, elegiac, lament, lugubrious, melancholy, morose, plaintive

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poor :

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poor : destitute, esurient, indigent, impecunious, indigent, penurious

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to clear from blame:

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to clear from blame: absolve, acquit, clear, exonerate, exculpate, vindicate.

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excessively decorated :

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excessively decorated : baroque, flamboyant, ornate, ostentatious, rococo.

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glowing :

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glowing : luminous, incandescent, lucent, lustrous, radiant, resplendent.

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lazy :

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lazy : indolent, inert, languid, lassitude, lethargic, phlegmatic, slothful, torpid.

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to deceive :

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to deceive : beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, delude, hoodwink, false, mislead, trick

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copy:

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copy: emulate, ape, imitate, simulate

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lasting a short time:

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lasting a short time: evanescent, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, transient

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known or understood by few :

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known or understood by few : abstruse, arcane, esoteric, obscure

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Doubtful :

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Doubtful : ambiguous, cloudy, dubious, obscure, indeterminate, uncertain

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Extreme dislike :

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Extreme dislike : animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility

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Old-fashioned :

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Old-fashioned : ancient, archaic, antediluvian, antique, obsolete, passe

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To speak clearly and effectively :

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To speak clearly and effectively : articulate, eloquent, lucid, fluent

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Harsh noise :

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Harsh noise : discord, chaos, disharmony, clamor, din

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Boring :

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Boring : banal, fatuous, insipid, prosaic, pedestrian, platitude, trite

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Difficult to understand :

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Difficult to understand : abstruse, ambiguous, cryptic, obscure, perplexing

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Learned :

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Learned : astute, erudite, perspicacious

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Kind :

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Kind : altruistic, generous, beneficient, philanthropic, largess

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Terse :

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Terse : curt, laconic, pithy, succinct, taciturn

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Praise :

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praise: Acclaim, Accolade, Aggrandize, Encomium, Extol, Laud, Venerate

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Hesitate :

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hesitate: Dither, Oscillate, Teeter, Shy, Vacillate, Waver

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Innocent :

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innocent: Artless, Credulous, Gullible, Naive, Ingenuous, Tyro

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Changing quickly :

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changing quickly: Capricious, Erratic, Fickle, Variable, Impulsive, Mercurial, Volatile, Whimsical, Unreliable

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Bold :

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bold: Audacious , Courageous, Dauntless

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Eccentric :

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eccentric: Aberrant, Anomalous, Anachronism, Eclectic, Esoteric, Discrete, Iconoclast

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Disgusting :

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disgusting: Defile, Fetid, Invidious, Noisome, Odious, Putrid, Rebarbative

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Withdrawal :

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withdrawal: Abeyance, Abjure, Abnegation, Abortive, Abrogate, Decamp, Demur, Recant, Recidivism, Remission, Renege, Rescind, Retrograde

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Unusual :

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unusual: Aberration, Anomaly, Iconoclast, Idiosyncrasy

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