Term
| Abbreviated communication (7) |
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Definition
abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse |
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Term
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Definition
abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate |
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Term
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Definition
abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance |
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Term
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Definition
bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish |
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Term
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Definition
dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro |
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Term
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Definition
burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent |
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Term
| Biting (as in whit or temperament)-8 |
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Definition
acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant |
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Term
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Definition
audacious
courageous
dauntless |
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Term
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Definition
banal
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite |
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Term
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Definition
carousal
bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude |
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Term
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Definition
capricious
mercurial
volatile |
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Term
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Definition
counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
stimulated
vicarious |
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Term
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Definition
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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Term
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Definition
bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith |
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Term
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Definition
abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate |
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Term
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Definition
authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic (hegemony)
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical |
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Term
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Definition
abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid |
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Term
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Definition
defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative |
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Term
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Definition
articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid |
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Term
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Definition
abberant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast |
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Term
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Definition
abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue |
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Term
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Definition
equitable
equity
tantamount |
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Term
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Definition
apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious |
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Term
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Definition
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion |
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Term
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Definition
ardor/ardent
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealous |
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Term
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Definition
absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate |
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Term
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Definition
chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper |
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Term
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Definition
abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift |
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Term
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Definition
altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting |
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Term
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Definition
avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal |
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Term
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Definition
asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation |
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Term
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Definition
cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident |
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Term
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Definition
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor |
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Term
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Definition
beneficial
salubrious
salutary |
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Term
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Definition
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver |
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Term
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Definition
antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive |
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Term
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Definition
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro |
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Term
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Definition
disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous |
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Term
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Definition
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse |
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Term
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Definition
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid |
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Term
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Definition
adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
talisman |
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Term
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Definition
admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortex |
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Term
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Definition
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
locquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose |
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Term
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Definition
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe |
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