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determined by chance or whim, not by impulse
s: random
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inclination to disagree, causes argument
s: controversial, quarrelsome |
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to return to health and strength, after illness
s: recuperate, recover |
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warm and sincere, formal
s: gracious, friendly, polite
a: rude |
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zestfully enthusiastic, full of life and happiness, bubbling over with enthusiasm
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expressed or performed w/ emphasis
s: passionate
a: neutral, indifferent |
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| to strive to equal or excel through imitation |
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containing or derived from error, mistaken
s: wrong, false
a: true |
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to avoid, put off, give something up
s: shun
a: embrace |
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| nobility or greatness of character, quality of being grand |
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| lacking sense or substance |
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| anger arroused by something unjust, mean or unworthy |
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intentive, skill or imagination (noun ofingenious)
s: cleverness |
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| having or exhibiting sound judgement, with good judgement |
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| having great ability, amount, size or experience |
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| noticable, important, famous |
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comfort in sorrow, misfortune or distress
s: consolation |
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not spoken
s: implied, inferred |
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| equivalent in effect or value (followed by two) |
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| worthy of respect and reverance |
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relating to the enjoyment or study of beauty
s: artistic, beautiful |
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having more than one possible meaning
s: doubtful, uncertain, confusing
a: explicit |
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| unknown (noun of anonymous) |
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w/o comfort: plain and w/o decoration
s: severe, stern, forbidding
a: welcoming, cordial |
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laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are ridiculous
s: ridicule, criticize, insult
a: compliment |
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feeling of hate
s: hatred
a: love |
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disapproving, playfully jockular, humorous
s: sarcastic, funny, playful
a: serious |
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to stimulate or shock w/ electric current, arouse to action or awareness
a: depress, pacify |
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liking to be w/ other people
s: outgoing, socialable
a: reserved |
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peculiar to one individual, not typical
s: unique |
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to collide or strike
s: incroach
a: respect |
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stubbornly adhering to an attitude opinion or course of action, difficult to manage
s: stubborn
a: open-minded |
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narrow and self-centered
s: unsophisticated, uneducated |
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habitually complaining
s: whiny |
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| restrained, reserved, reluctant, unwilling, shy |
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great astonishment
s: shocked |
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to infer w/o evidence
s: guess, conjecture |
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prone to fighting
s: aggressive
a: peaceful, pleasant |
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to clear or accusation, blame, suspicion or doubt w/o proof, to prove innoncence
a: blame, accuse |
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the capacity to live, grow or develop
s: liveliness
a: lethargy, depression |
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to make something bad or unpleasant better
s: to improve
a: irritate |
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bitter hostility or open enmity
s: enmity
a: love, adoration, peace |
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cleverness or skill
s: trickery, manipulation
a: truth, honesty |
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something declared or stated
s: statement, declaration, remark |
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common, conventional, boring, trite
s: dull
a: original, creative, clever |
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warlike, prone to fighting
s: aggressive, truculent
a: peaceful, calm, tranquil |
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discordant sound, shrill, noise, horrible loud noise
a: symphony, harmony |
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containing plenty
s: abundant, plentiful
a: scarce, limited, minimal |
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death, termination, end of exsistence or activity
s: downfall |
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the condition or fact of being disenchanted, end of an illusion
s: disenchantment |
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| verifiable or provable by means of observation not quess |
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incapable of being penetrated or affected
a: vulnerable |
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disinclined to exert oneself, habitually lazy (neg. conotation)
s: sloth, lethargis
a: driven, ambitious |
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trying to lack energy or be weak
s: smooth
a: hyper |
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to calm in temper or feeling; soothe, make less upset
s: pacify
a: agitate |
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| cooly unconcerned or indifferent |
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physically painful, sharp feeling of sadness
s: profound |
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| something considered sacred |
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| a state of alarm or dead apprehension |
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ability to make good judgements and decisions
s: skill, wisdom
a: inability |
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| persuade by teasing, flirting, flattering, overly accomodating |
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(noun of candid)
frankness, sincerity, honesty, truthfullness
a: deception, lie, slyness, artifice |
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impulsive, unpredictable, acts on whim
s: impulsive
a: predictable |
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feeling of dislike, disapproval, despise
s: snobbery, dislike
a: respect, praise |
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weak, worn-out, lacking energy
s: strenuous, exhausting, tiring
a: energizing, vitalate |
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| riddle, one that is puzzling |
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the ability of being calm and even tempered
s: composure |
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attention to detail
s: meticulous
a: careless |
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| to exclude from a group, isolate b/c of dislike |
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| on the brink of a dangerous situation |
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| superior skill or ability, physically |
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| decomposed and foul-smelling, rotten |
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| a state of abstracted musing, daydreaming, dreamlike state |
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| cheerly confident, optimistic |
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| scornfully or cynically mocking, showing lack of respect |
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| feeling or showing haughty disdain, conceited |
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being or seeming to be everywhere
s: omnipresent |
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| explosiveness, excitment, violent or anger, short-tempered, result in violence |
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| rich and superior in quality |
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to make something less intense
s: mollify, soothe, pacify, relieve |
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self-governing
s: independent
a: dependant, controlled |
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obvious, w/o any attempt to be hidden
s: shameless, flagrant, cocky
a: secretive, sly, stealthy |
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inflict severe punishment on, criticize severely
s: deride
a: pride, praise, compliment |
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required, necessary
s: mandatory
a: optional |
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guided
s: principled, honorable, hardworking
a: lazy, negligent, indolent |
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dejected, depressed b/c youre hopeless
s: discouraged
a: hopeful, positive, happy, content |
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departing from the norm
s: individual, unique, strange
a: normal, conforming |
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from a variety of sources
s: motly
a: homogenous, uniform |
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lasting for only a brief time
s: fleeting
a: long-lasting, perpetual |
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intended for a small group, difficult to understand
a: public, understandable |
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incapable of being fatigued
s: timeless, tireless
a: tired, fatigued |
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| provincial, narrow-minded |
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| prone to outbursts, easily angered |
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someone new to something
s: novice, rookie |
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| wide collection of different things |
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| alert, watchfulness, looking out for danger |
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| to hate something because you think it is morally wrong |
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immoderately desirous of wealth or gain, greedy
s: greedy, selfish, gluttonous
a: selfles, generous, charitable |
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uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
s: nonchalant, unconcerned, indifferent
a: excited, concerned, interested |
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false show of bravery
a: cowardice |
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a false statement, made to injure another's reputation
s: rumor, criticism, slandor
a: compliment |
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kept or done in secret, often illegal
s: concealed
a: public, open |
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of the same size, extent or duration of another
s: equivalent
a: unequal, disproportionate |
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favoring or characterized by equal opportunity
s: equal
a: divided |
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having an offensive odor
s: pungent, putrid
a: fragrant |
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to stregthen or enrich
s: strengthen
a: weaken, annihilate |
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someone who believes strongly for their beliefs
s: advocate |
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| naive, honest, sincere, trusting |
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| lacking in rigor, negligent |
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mournful, dismal or gloomy
s: despondant |
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courageously noble in mind and heart
s: generous, honorable, charitable
a: avaricious |
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| flashy, gaudy, showy in order to attract attn |
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| full of apprehensivemess, timid, lacking in confidence |
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long angry speech
s: lecture, reprimand |
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to accept or agree to something w/o wanting to
s: consent
a: protest, reject, deny |
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unpleasantly sharp, pungent
s: strong, bitter, unpleasant
a: pleasant, sweet |
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to act as a judge
s: referee, mediate, arbitrate |
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fearful or uneasy, anticipation of the future
s: trepidation
a: nonchalance, confidence |
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| having a feeling of opposition, distaste, dislike, opposed to |
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pompous, overblown, using long and difficult words
s: wordy |
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kindness when giving a punishment
s: mercy
a: severity, osterity, cruelness |
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deprivation or lack
s: poverty
a: affluence |
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resolutely courageous, fearless, brace
s: brave
a: timid, timorous |
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to become weak or feeble, exist in an unwanted situation
a: thrive, condolesce |
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a mixture
s: combination, medley, panoply |
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quick and changeable
s: volatile, lively and quick
a: slow, predictable |
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| having a great variety, diverse |
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to prevent something from being seen or heard, make difficult to discover
s: distort, hide, conceal
a: reveal, show |
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excessively sparing, frugal
s: cheap, frugal
a: magnanimous, generous |
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lacking in imagination, dull
s: banal
a: original |
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to reject the validity, refuse to accept or obey
a: to accept |
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moving quickly and lightly, easily frightened
s: nervous, scared |
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filled with, motivated by devotion
s: enthusiastic, eager |
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a ghostly figure
s: spector, ghost, phantom |
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inference or judgement
verb- to guess
s: surmise
a: know, state, fact, confirm |
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discouraging, scared or worried, questions your ability to do it
s: intimidating
a: confident, encouraging, inviting |
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showing high spirits or excitement, animated
s: ebullient
a: languid, lethargic |
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hard to grasp
s: intangible |
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straying from right course or accepted standards
s: misbehaving |
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spirit or philosophy of a group
s: value, culture |
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to praise highly
s: laud
a: deride |
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excellent and delightful, beautiful, pleasant
a: chaotic |
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about to occur
s: impending
a: delayed |
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to praise, glorify
s: extol |
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| educational, related to learning |
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unemotional, distant, reserved
a: excitable |
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| spreading, regenerating ideas or lies |
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good judgement, no risks
s: pragmatic
a: careless, daring, reckless |
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| capable of returning to original shape, bounce back |
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| copy of something else, resemblance |
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| to sway from one side to another, unable to decide |
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sad and wishful about something impossible or in the past
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