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| fraud, charlatan, mountebank |
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| awkward, lacking ease or grace |
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| impertinent, brazen, bumptious, insolent |
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| impudent, brazen, bumptious, insolent |
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| impudent, bumptious, insolent, impertinent |
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| brazen, impudent, impertinent, insolent |
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| gushing, unrestrained, extravagant, lavish |
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| generous, magnanimous, lavish |
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| sumptuous, plethoric, palatial, luxurious, wealthy, magnificent |
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| opulent, plethoric, palatial, wealthy |
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opulent, sumptuous, wealthy
especially having an excess or "plethora" of something |
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| like a palace, splendid, luxurious |
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| paltry, impecunious, meager |
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| meager, impecunious, exiguous |
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| scarcity, sparsity, dearth |
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| paucity, scarcity, sparsity |
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penniless
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pecunia = money (Latin |
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| cheap, miserly, niggardly, skinflinty |
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| complaisant, malleable, amenable, pliable |
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| malleable, tractable, amenable, pliable |
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| fixed, rigid, permanent, unchanging over time |
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| unmanageable, uncontrollable, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate |
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fearless, dauntless
The Intrepid and the Dauntless were the two ships in Pirates of the Caribbean aside from the Black Pearl itself. They both mean courageous. |
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| stauch, loyal, faithful, dependable, steadfast |
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curse
mal = bad
dict = word |
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| wearing down, often used for workers or soldiers leaving over time, the forces gradually reduced by attrition |
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cowardly
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| sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior |
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| vociferate, express protest, thunder about something |
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| fulminate, express protest, thunder about something |
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| cause to operate, motivate |
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| relentless, irrevocable, incessant, intransigent, unyielding, implacable, obdurate |
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| combative, belligerent, bellicose, truculent, fiery |
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| pugnacious, belligerent, fiery, truculent, combative |
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| pugnacious, bellicose, truculent, combative, fiery |
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| pugnacious, bellicose, belligerent, fiery, combative |
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| astringent (2 meanings, one physical, one about speech) |
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contracting, constricting, styptic
harsh (words), acerbic, acidulous, caustic, trenchant, sharp, scathing |
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| harsh (words), acidulous, caustic, trenchant, sharp, scathing |
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| harsh (words), acerbic, caustic, trenchant, sharp, scathing |
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| harsh (words), acerbic, acidulous, trenchant, sharp, scathing |
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| harsh (words), acerbic, acidulous, caustic, sharp, scathing |
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| deplore (2 related meanings) |
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abhor, execrate, hate
regret, feel contrite about, rue, feel repentant about |
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| cautious, circumspect, heedful, dubious, leery, canny, apprehensive |
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| cautious, chary, careful, leery, canny |
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| incorrigible, staunch, habitual, compulsive |
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| inveterate, habitual, irredeemable |
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| inept (2 related meanings) |
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incompetent
clumsy, awkward |
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| deference, reverence, submission, respect |
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| pedantic, self-conscious, stiff |
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eager, avid, ardent, zealous
sharp, trenchant, acute, discerning, perspicacious |
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| shrewd, keen, percipient, astute, |
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| perspicacious, discerning, sharp, astute |
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| insipid, bland, unimaginative |
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| vapid, bland, unimaginative |
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| beauty, comeliness, allure |
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upstanding, honorable
assiduous, sedulous, punctilious |
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| punctilious, diligent, sedulous, meticulous |
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| meticulous, assiduous, diligent, sedulous |
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| assiduous, punctilious, diligent, meticulous |
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| prodigious appetite, greedy, rapacious, avaricious, covetous, |
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enormous (quantity)
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| greedy, voracious, rapacious |
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| avaricious, covetous, greedy, voracious, has prodigious appetite |
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| cautious, circumspect, heedful, dubious, canny, apprehensive |
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| cautious, circumspect, heedful, dubious, leery, apprehensive |
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| abnegate, renounce a belief or cause |
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| abjure, renounce a belief or cause |
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| abstain from, shun, renounce, abjure, abnegate |
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to object, dissent
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| cavil, complain, grumble, grouse, bleat |
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| carp, complain, grumble, grouse, bleat |
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| carp, complain, grumble, cavil, bleat |
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| carp, complain, grumble, cavil, grouse |
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| hostility, antagonism, enmity, aversion |
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| discrimination (2 meanings) |
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prejudice
discernment, insight |
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| to speak or write about something with great hostility |
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cleaver or skillful
(French for according to right, properly) |
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| connoisseur, gastronome, gourmand |
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| connoisseur, epicure, gourmand |
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| gourmet (noun, adjective) |
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noun: person, connoisseur of food
adjective: describes a meal |
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| interim, temporary, tentative |
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witty remark
French for "good word" |
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| eagerness, promptness, ardor, avidity, dispatch |
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| eagerness, promptness, alacrity, avidity, dispatch |
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| eagerness, promptness, ardor, alacrity, dispatch |
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condition
"he left the kid a trust fund with the ______ that he be named after his grandfather" |
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| song of praise or triumph |
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| be evasive, equivocate, temporize, (kinda the same as lying by omission) |
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| disagreement between people or things, lack of harmony between things |
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insolent or impertinent behavior
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| reserved, reticent, taciturn |
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| reserved, reticent, diffident |
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| specify, state, itemize, enumerate, demand, require |
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| affected (other than obvious meaning) |
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| pretentious, artificial, ostentatious |
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| slick, smooth, fluent, facile, shallow, flippant, urbane |
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| simplistic, superficial, shallow, glib, jejune |
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| simplistic, superficial, shallow, glib, facile |
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| connivance, conspiracy, scheming |
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| favorable, promising, propitious, opportune, felicitous, providential |
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| salary, compensation, stipend, allowance, wage |
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swollen
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"he showed the whole ______of human emotion" |
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