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1
Q

Abbreviated Communication

A 
abridge 
compendium 
cursory
curtail
syllabus 
synopsis 
terse
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Act quickly

A 
abrupt 
apace 
headlong 
impetuous 
precipitate
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Q

Assist

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

A 
bilious 
dudgeon
irascible 
pettish
petulant 
pique 
queruious 
umbrage 
waspish
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5
Q

Beginner/Amateur

A 
dilettante 
fledgling 
neophyte 
novitiate 
proselyte 
tyro
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Beginning/Young

A 
burgeoning 
callow 
engender
inchoate 
incipient 
nascent
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7
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Biting(as in wit or temperament)

A 
acerbic 
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic 
mordacious 
mordant 
trenchant
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8
Q

Bold

A

audacious
courageous
dauntless
intrepid

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9
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Boring

A 
banal
fatuous
hackeyed
insipid
mundane 
pedestrian 
platitude
prosaic 
quotidian
trite
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10
Q

Carousal

A 
bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated 
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate 
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude
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11
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Changing quickly

A

capricious
mercurial
volatile

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12
Q

Copy

A 
counterpart 
emulate 
facsimile
factitious 
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulate
vicarious
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13
Q

Criticize/Criticism

A 
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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14
Q

Death/Mourning

A 
bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith
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15
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Denying of Self

A 
abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate
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16
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Dictatorial

A 
authoritarian 
despotic 
dogmatic 
hegemonic/hegemony
imperious 
peremptory
tyrannical
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17
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Difficult to Understand

A 
abstruse 
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing 
cryptic
enigmatic 
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid
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18
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Disgusting/Offensive

A 
defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
putrid
rebarbative
malodorous
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19
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Easy to Understand

A 
articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid
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20
Q

Eccentric/Dissimilar

A 
aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast
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21
Q

Embrarass

A 
abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue
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22
Q

Equal

A

equitable
equity
tantamount

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23
Q

Falsehood

A 
apocryphal
canard 
chicanery
dissemble 
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz 
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious
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24
Q

Family

A 
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion
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25
Q

Favoring/Not impartial

A 
ardent/ardor
doctrinaire 
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealout
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26
Q

Forgive/Make amends

A 
absolve
acquit
ameliorate 
exculpate 
exonerate 
expiate
palliate 
redress
vindicate
27
Q

Funny

A 
chortle
droll
facetious 
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
28
Q

Gaps/Openings

A 
abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
 lull
orifice 
rent 
respite 
rift
29
Q

Generous/Kind

A 
altruistic 
beneficent 
clement 
largess
magnanimous
munificent 
philanthropic 
unstinting
30
Q

Greedy

A 
avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal
31
Q

Hard-Hearted

A 
asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing 
truculent 
vitriolic
vituperation
32
Q

Harmful

A 
baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious
33
Q

Harsh-sounding

A 
cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident
34
Q

Hatred

A 
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor
35
Q

Healthy

A

beneficial
salubrious
salutary

36
Q

Hesitate

A 
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver
37
Q

Hostile

A 
antithetic 
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic 
truculent
vindictive
38
Q

Innocent/Inexperienced

A 
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro
39
Q

Insincere

A 
disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous
40
Q

Investigate

A 
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse
41
Q

Lazy/sluggish

A 
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic 
quiescent
slothful
torpid
42
Q

Luck

A 
adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
serendipity
tailsman
43
Q

Nag

A 
admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet 
remonstrate
reproof
44
Q

Nasty

A

fetid
noisome
noxious

45
Q

Not a straight line

A 
askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortex
46
Q

Overblown/wordy

A 
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose
47
Q

Pacify/Satisfy

A 
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe
48
Q

Pleasant-sounding

A

euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous

49
Q

Poor

A

destitute
impecunious
indigent

50
Q

Praise

A 
acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud/laudatory
venerate/veneration
51
Q

Predict

A 
augur
auspice
fey 
harbinger
portentous
presage 
prescient 
prognosticate
52
Q

Prevent/Obstruct

A 
discomfort 
encumber 
fetter 
forfend 
hinder 
impede 
inhibit 
occlude 
thwart
53
Q

Smart/Learned

A

astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious

54
Q

Sorrow

A 
disconsolate 
doleful
elegiac 
forlorn
lament 
lugubrious 
melancholy 
morose 
plaintive 
threnody
55
Q

Stubborn

A 
implacable 
inexorable 
intractable 
intransigent 
obdurate 
obstinate 
recalcitrant 
refractory 
renitent 
untoward 
vexing
56
Q

Terse

A 
compendious 
curt 
laconic 
pithy 
succinct 
taciturn
57
Q

Time/Order/Duration

A 
anachronism 
antecede 
antedate 
anterior 
archaic 
diurnal 
eon
ephemeral 
epoch 
fortnight 
millennium
penultimate 
synchronous 
temporal
58
Q

Timid/Timidity

A 
craven
diffident 
pusillanimous 
recreant 
timorous 
trepidation
59
Q

Truth

A 
candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable 
indubitable 
legitimate 
probity
sincere
veracious 
verity
60
Q

Unusual

A

aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy

61
Q

Wandering

A 
ambulatory
discursive 
expatiate 
forage 
itinerant 
meander 
peregrination 
peripatetic 
sojourn
62
Q

Weaken

A 
adulterate 
enervate 
exacerbate 
inhibit 
obviate 
stultify
undermine 
vitiate
63
Q

Widsom

A 
adage 
aphorism 
apothegm 
axiom 
bromide 
dictum
epigram
platitude 
sententious 
truism
64
Q

Withdrawal/Retreat

A 
abeyance 
abjure 
abnegation
abortive 
abrogate 
decamp 
demur
recant 
recidivism 
remission 
renege 
rescind 
retrograde

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