Word Groups Flashcards
(521 cards)
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abridge
A
abbreviated communication
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compendium
A
abbreviated communication
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cursory
A
abbreviated communication
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curtail
A
abbreviated communication
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syllabus
A
abbreviated communication
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synopsis
A
abbreviated communication
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terse
A
abbreviated communication
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abrupt
A
act quickly
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apace
A
act quickly
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headlong
A
act quickly
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impetuous
A
act quickly
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precipitate
A
act quickly
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abet
A
assist
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advocate
A
assist
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ancillary
A
assist
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bolster
A
assist
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corroborate
A
assist
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countenance
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assist
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espouse
A
assist
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mainstay
A
assist
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munificent
A
assist; generous/kind
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proponent
A
assist
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stalwart
A
assist
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sustenance
A
assist
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bilious
bad mood
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dudgeon
bad mood
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irascible
bad mood; hostile
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pettish
bad mood
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petulant
bad mood
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pique
bad mood
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querulous
bad mood
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umbrage
bad mood
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waspish
bad mood
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dilettante
beginner/amateur
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fledgling
beginner/amateur
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neophyte
beginner/amateur
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novitiate
beginner/amateur; innocent/inexperienced
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proselyte
beginner/amateur
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tyro
beginner/amateur; innocent/inexperienced
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burgeoning
beginning/young
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callow
beginning/young
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engender
beginning/young
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inchoate
beginning/young
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incipient
beginning/young
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nascent
beginning/young
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acerbic
biting wit/temperament
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acidulous
biting wit/temperament
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acrimonious
biting wit/temperament
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asperity
biting wit/temperament; cruel/malice
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caustic
biting wit/temperament
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mordacious
biting wit/temperament
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mordant
biting wit/temperament; cruel/malice
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trenchant
biting wit/temperament
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audacious
bold
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courageous
bold
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dauntless
bold
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banal
boring
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hackneyed
boring
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insipid
boring
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mundane
boring
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pedestrian
boring
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platitude
boring; wisdom
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prosaic
boring
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quotidian
boring
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trite
boring
66
bacchanalian
carousal
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debauchery
carousal
68
depraved
carousal
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dissipated
carousal
70
iniquity
carousal
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libertine
carousal
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libidinous
carousal
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licentious
carousal
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reprobate
carousal
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ribald
carousal
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salacious
carousal
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sordid
carousal
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turpitude
carousal
79
capricious
changing quickly
80
mercurial
changing quickly
81
volatile
changing quickly
82
counterpart
copy
83
emulate
copy
84
facsimile
copy
85
factitious
copy
86
paradigm
copy
87
precursor
copy; predict
88
simulate
copy
89
vicarious
copy
90
aspersion
criticize/criticism
91
belittle
criticize/criticism
92
berate
criticize/criticism
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calumny
criticize/criticism
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castigate
criticize/criticism
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decry
criticize/criticism
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defame/defamation
criticize/criticism
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denounce
criticize/criticism
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deride/derisive
criticize/criticism
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diatribe
criticize/criticism
100
disparage
criticize/criticism
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excoriate
criticize/criticism
102
gainsay
criticize/criticism
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harangue
criticize/criticism; nag
104
impugn
criticize/criticism
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inveigh
criticize/criticism
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lambaste
criticize/criticism
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objurgate
criticize/criticism
108
obloquy
criticize/criticism
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opprobrium
criticize/criticism
110
pillory
criticize/criticism
111
rebuke
criticize/criticism
112
remonstrate
criticize/criticism
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reprehend
criticize/criticism
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reprove
criticize/criticism
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revile
criticize/criticism
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tirade
criticize/criticism
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vituperate
criticize/criticism
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bereave
death/mourning
119
cadaver
death/mourning
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defunct
death/mourning
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demise
death/mourning
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dolorous
death/mourning
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elegy
death/mourning
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knell
death/mourning
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lament
death/mourning; sorrow
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macabre
death/mourning
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moribund
death/mourning
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obsequies
death/mourning
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sepulchral
death/mourning
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wraith
death/mourning
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abnegate
denying of self
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abstain
denying of self
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ascetic
denying of self
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spartan
denying of self
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stoic
denying of self
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temperate
denying of self
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authoritarian
dictatorial
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despotic
dictatorial
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dogmatic
dictatorial
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hegemonic/hegemony
dictatorial
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imperious
dictatorial
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peremptory
dictatorial
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tyrannical
dictatorial
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abstruse
difficult to understand
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ambiguous
difficult to understand
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arcane
difficult to understand
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bemusing
difficult to understand
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cryptic
difficult to understand
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enigmatic
difficult to understand
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esoteric
difficult to understand; eccentric/dissimilar
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inscrutable
difficult to understand
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obscure
difficult to understand
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opaque
difficult to understand
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paradoxical
difficult to understand
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perplexing
difficult to understand
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recondite
difficult to understand
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turbid
difficult to understand
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defile
disgusting/offensive
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fetid
disgusting/offensive; nasty
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invidious
disgusting/offensive
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noisome
disgusting/offensive; nasty
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odious
disgusting/offensive
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putrid
disgusting/offensive
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rebarbative
disgusting/offensive
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articulate
easy to understand
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cogent
easy to understand
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eloquent
easy to understand
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evident
easy to understand
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limpid
easy to understand
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lucid
easy to understand
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pellucid
easy to understand
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aberrant
eccentric/dissimilar
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anachronism
eccentric/dissimilar; time/order/duration
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anomalous
eccentric/dissimilar
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discrete
eccentric/dissimilar
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eclectic
eccentric/dissimilar
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iconoclast
eccentric/dissimilar
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abash
embarrass
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chagrin
embarrass
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compunction
embarrass
181
contrition
embarrass
182
diffidence
embarrass
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expiate
forgive/make amends
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foible
embarrass
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gaucherie
embarrass
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rue
embarrass
187
equitable
equal
188
equity
equal
189
tantamount
equal
190
apocryphal
falsehood
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canard
falsehood
192
chicanery
falsehood
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dissemble
falsehood
194
duplicity
falsehood
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equivocate
falsehood
196
erroneous
falsehood
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ersatz
falsehood
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fallacious
falsehood
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feigned
falsehood
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guile
falsehood
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mendacious/mendacity
falsehood
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perfidy
falsehood
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prevaricate
falsehood
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specious
falsehood
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spurious
falsehood
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conjugal
family
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consanguine
family
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distaff
family
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endogamous
family
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filial
family
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fraternal
family
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fratricide
family
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progenitor
family
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scion
family
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sorority
family
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ardent/ardor
favoring/not impartial
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doctrinaire
favoring/not impartial
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fervid
favoring/not impartial
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partisan
favoring/not impartial
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tendentious
favoring/not impartial
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zealot
favoring/not impartial
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absolve
forgive/make amends
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acquit
forgive/make amends
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exculpate
forgive/make amends
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exonerate
forgive/make amends
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palliate
forgive/make amends
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redress
forgive/make amends
228
vindicate
forgive/make amends
229
chortle
funny
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droll
funny
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facetious
funny
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flippant
funny
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gibe
funny
234
jocular
funny
235
levity
funny
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ludicrous
funny
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raillery
funny
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riposte
funny
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simper
funny
240
abatement
gaps/openings
241
aperture
gaps/openings
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fissure
gaps/openings
243
hiatus
gaps/openings
244
interregnum
gaps/openings
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interstice
gaps/openings
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lull
gaps/openings
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orifice
gaps/openings
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rent
gaps/openings
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respite
gaps/openings
250
rift
gaps/openings
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altruistic
generous/kind
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beneficent
generous/kind
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clement
generous/kind
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largess
generous/kind
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magnanimous
generous/kind
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philanthropic
generous/kind
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unstinting
generous/kind
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avaricious
greedy
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covetous
greedy
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mercenary
greedy
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miserly
greedy
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penurious
greedy
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rapacious
greedy
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venal
greedy
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baleful
cruel/malice; harmful
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dour
cruel/malice
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fell
cruel/malice
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malevolent
cruel/malice; hostile
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sardonic
cruel/malice
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scathing
cruel/malice
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truculent
cruel/malice; hostile
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vitriolic
cruel/malice
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vituperation
cruel/malice
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baneful
harmful
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deleterious
harmful
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inimical
harmful
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injurious
harmful
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insidious
harmful
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minatory
harmful
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perfidious
harmful
281
pernicious
harmful
282
cacophony
noisy
283
din
noisy
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dissonant
noisy
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raucous
noisy
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strident
noisy
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abhorrence
hatred
288
anathema
hatred
289
antagonism
hatred
290
antipathy
hatred
291
detestation
hatred
292
enmity
hatred
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loathing
hatred
294
malice
hatred
295
odium
hatred
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rancor
hatred
297
beneficial
healthy
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salubrious
healthy
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salutary
healthy
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dither
hesitate
301
oscillate
hesitate
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teeter
hesitate
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vacillate
hesitate
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waver
hesitate
305
antithetic
hostile
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churlish
hostile
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curmudgeon
hostile
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misanthropic
hostile
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vindictive
hostile
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credulous
innocent/inexperienced
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gullible
innocent/inexperienced
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ingenuous
innocent/inexperienced
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naive
innocent/inexperienced
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disingenuous
insincere
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dissemble
insincere
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fulsome
insincere
317
ostensible
insincere
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unctuous
insincere
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appraise
investigate
320
ascertain
investigate
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assay
investigate
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descry
investigate
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peruse
investigate
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indolent
lazy/sluggish
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inert
lazy/sluggish
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lackadaisical
lazy/sluggish
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languid
lazy/sluggish
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lassitude
lazy/sluggish
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lethargic
lazy/sluggish
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phlegmatic
lazy/sluggish
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quiescent
lazy/sluggish
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slothful
lazy/sluggish
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torpid
lazy/sluggish
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amulet
luck
335
auspicious
luck
336
fortuitous
luck
337
kismet
luck
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optimum
luck
339
portentous
luck; predict
340
propitiate
luck; pacify/satisfy
341
propitious
luck
342
providential
luck
343
serendipity
luck
344
talisman
luck
345
admonish
nag
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belabor
nag
347
cavil
nag
348
enjoin
nag
349
exhort
nag
350
hector
nag
351
martinet
nag
352
remonstrate
nag
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reproof
nag
354
noxious
nasty
355
askance
not a straight line
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awry
not a straight line
357
careen
not a straight line
358
carom
not a straight line
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circuitous
not a straight line
360
circumvent
not a straight line
361
gyrate
not a straight line
362
labyrinth
not a straight line
363
meander
not a straight line; walking about
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oblique
not a straight line
365
serrated
not a straight line
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sidle
not a straight line
367
sinuous
not a straight line
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undulating
not a straight line
369
vortex
not a straight line
370
bombastic
overblown/wordy
371
circumlocution
overblown/wordy
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garrulous
overblown/wordy
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grandiloquent
overblown/wordy
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loquacious
overblown/wordy
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periphrastic
overblown/wordy
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prolix
overblown/wordy
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rhetoric
overblown/wordy
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turgid
overblown/wordy
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verbose
overblown/wordy
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ameliorate
pacify/satisfy
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appease
pacify/satisfy
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assuage
pacify/satisfy
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defer
pacify/satisfy
384
mitigate
pacify/satisfy
385
mollify
pacify/satisfy
386
placate
pacify/satisfy
387
satiate
pacify/satisfy
388
slake
pacify/satisfy
389
soothe
pacify/satisfy
390
euphonious
pleasant-sounding
391
harmonious
pleasant-sounding
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melodious
pleasant-sounding
393
sonorous
pleasant-sounding
394
destitute
poor
395
esurient
poor
396
impecunious
poor
397
indigent
poor
398
acclaim
praise
399
accolade
praise
400
aggrandize
praise
401
encomium
praise
402
eulogize
praise
403
extol
praise
404
fawn
praise
405
laud/laudatory
praise
406
venerate/veneration
praise
407
augur
predict
408
auspice
predict
409
fey
predict
410
harbinger
predict
411
presage
predict
412
prescient
predict
413
prognosticate
predict
414
discomfit
prevent/obstruct
415
encumber
prevent/obstruct
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fetter
prevent/obstruct
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forfend
prevent/obstruct
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hinder
prevent/obstruct
419
impede
prevent/obstruct
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inhibit
prevent/obstruct; weaken
421
occlude
prevent/obstruct
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astute
smart
423
canny
smart
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erudite
smart
425
perspicacious
smart
426
disconsolate
sorrow
427
doleful
sorrow
428
dolor
sorrow
429
elegiac
sorrow
430
forlorn
sorrow
431
lugubrious
sorrow
432
melancholy
sorrow
433
morose
sorrow
434
plaintive
sorrow
435
threnody
sorrow
436
implacable
stubborn
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inexorable
stubborn
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intractable
stubborn
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intransigent
stubborn
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obdurate
stubborn
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obstinate
stubborn
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recalcitrant
stubborn
443
refractory
stubborn
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renitent
stubborn
445
untoward
stubborn
446
vexing
stubborn
447
compendious
terse
448
curt
terse
449
laconic
terse
450
pithy
terse
451
succinct
terse
452
taciturn
terse
453
antecede
time/order/duration
454
antedate
time/order/duration
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anterior
time/order/duration
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archaic
time/order/duration
457
diurnal
time/order/duration
458
eon
time/order/duration
459
ephemeral
time/order/duration
460
epoch
time/order/duration
461
fortnight
time/order/duration
462
millennium
time/order/duration
463
penultimate
time/order/duration
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synchronous
time/order/duration
465
temporal
time/order/duration
466
craven
timid
467
diffident
timid
468
pusillanimous
timid
469
recreant
timid
470
timorous
timid
471
trepidation
timid
472
candor/candid
truth
473
fealty
truth
474
frankness
truth
475
indisputable
truth
476
indubitable
truth
477
legitimate
truth
478
probity
truth
479
sincere
truth
480
veracious
truth
481
verity
truth
482
aberration
unusual
483
anomaly
unusual
484
idiosyncrasy
unusual
485
ambulatory
walking about
486
itinerant
walking about; wandering
487
peripatetic
walking about; wandering
488
discursive
wandering
489
expatiate
wandering
490
forage
wandering
491
peregrination
wandering
492
sojourn
wandering
493
adulterate
weaken
494
enervate
weaken
495
exacerbate
weaken
496
obviate
weaken
497
stultify
weaken
498
undermine
weaken
499
vitiate
weaken
500
adage
wisdom
501
aphorism
wisdom
502
apothegm
wisdom
503
axiom
wisdom
504
bromide
wisdom
505
dictum
wisdom
506
epigram
wisdom
507
sententious
wisdom
508
truism
wisdom
509
abeyance
withdrawal/retreat
510
abjure
withdrawal/retreat
511
abnegation
withdrawal/retreat
512
abortive
withdrawal/retreat
513
abrogate
withdrawal/retreat
514
decamp
withdrawal/retreat
515
demur
withdrawal/retreat
516
recant
withdrawal/retreat
517
recidivism
withdrawal/retreat
518
remission
withdrawal/retreat
519
renege
withdrawal/retreat
520
rescind
withdrawal/retreat
521
retrograde
withdrawal/retreat
