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02/04/2011

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Abridge; Compendium; Cursory; Curtail; Syllabus; Synopsis; Terse
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Abbreviated Communication
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Apace; Abrupt; Headlong; Impetuous; Precipitate
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Act Quickly
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Abet; Advocate; Ancillary; bolster; Corroborate; Countenance; Espouse; Mainstay; Munificent; Proponent; Stalwart; Sustenance
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Assist
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Bilious; Dudgeon; Irascible; Pettish; Petulant; Pique; Querulous; Umbrage; Waspish
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Bad Mood
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Dilettante; Fledging; Neophyte; Novitiate; Proselyte; Tyro
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Beginner/Amateur
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Burgeoning; Callow; Engender; Inchoate; Incipient; Nascent
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Beginning/Young
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Acerbic; Acidulous; Acrimonious; Asperity; Caustic; Mordacious; Mordant; Trenchant
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Biting (as in wit or temperament)
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Audacious; Courageous; Dauntless
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Bold
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Banal; Fatuous; Hackneyed; insipid; Mundane; Pedestrian; Platitude; Prosaic; Quotidian; Trite
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Boring
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Bacchanalian; Debauchery; Depraved; Dissipated; Iniquity; Libertine; Libidinous; Licentious; Reprobate; Ribald; Salacious; Sordid; Turpitude
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Carousal (A riotous drinking party)
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Capricious; Mercurial; Volatile
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Changing Quickly
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Counterpart; Emulate; Facsimile; Factitious; Paradigm; Precursor; Quintessence; Simulated; Vicarious
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Copy
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Aspersion; Belittle; Berate; Calumny; Castigate; Decry; 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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Criticize/Criticism
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Bereave; Cadaver; Defunct; Demise; Dolorous; Elergy; Knell; Lament; Macabre; Moribund; Obsequies; Sepulchral; Wraith
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Death/Mourning
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Adnegate; Abstain; Ascetic; Spartan; Stoic; Temperate
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Denying or Self
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Authoritarian; Despotic; Dogmatic; Hegemonic (hegemony); Imperious; Peremptory; Tyrannical
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Dictatorial
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Abstruse; Ambiguous; Arcane; Bemusing; Cryptic; Enigmatic; Esoteric; Inscrutable; Obscure; Opaque; Paradoxical; Perplexing; Recondite; Turbid
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Difficult to Understand
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Defile; Fetid; Invidious; Noisome; Odious; Putrid; Rebarbative
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Disgusting/Offensive
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Articulate; Cogent; Eloquent; Evident; Limpis; Lucid; Pellucid
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Easy to Understand
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Abberant; Anachronism; Anomalous; Discrete; Eclectic; Esoteric; Iconoclast
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Abash; Chagrin; Compunction; Contrition; Diffidence; Expiate; Foible: Gaucherie; Rue
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Embarrass
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Equitable; Equity; Tantamount
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Equal
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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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Falsehood
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Conjugal; Consanguine; Distaff; Endogamous; Filial; Fratricide; Progenitor; Scion
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Family
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Ardor/Ardent; Doctrinaire; Fervid; Partisan; Tendentious; Zealot
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Favoring/Not Impartial
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Absolve; Acquit; Exculpate; Exonerate; Expiate; Palliate; Redress; Vindicate
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Forgive
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Chortle; Droll; Facetious; Flippant; Gibe; Jocular; Levity; Ludicrous; Raillery; Riposte; Simper
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Funny
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