Term
| abbreviated communication |
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Definition
abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse |
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Term
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Definition
apace
abrupt
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
|
Definition
dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro |
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Term
|
Definition
burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent |
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Term
| biting (sic. temperament) |
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Definition
acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant |
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Term
|
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
bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
imiquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude |
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Term
|
Definition
capricious
mercurial
volatile |
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Term
|
Definition
counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulated
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
|
Definition
abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate |
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Term
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Definition
authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical |
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Term
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Definition
abstruse
ambiguous
acane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid |
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Term
|
Definition
defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative |
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Term
|
Definition
articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid |
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Term
|
Definition
aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast |
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Term
|
Definition
abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue |
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Term
|
Definition
abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue |
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Term
|
Definition
equitable
equity
tantamount |
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Term
|
Definition
apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious |
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Term
|
Definition
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion |
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Term
|
Definition
ardor/ardent
doctrinate
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot |
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Term
|
Definition
absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate |
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Term
|
Definition
chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper |
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Term
|
Definition
abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift |
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Term
|
Definition
altruistic
beneficent
clement
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting |
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Term
|
Definition
avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal |
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Term
|
Definition
asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation |
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Term
|
Definition
baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious |
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Term
|
Definition
cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident |
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Term
|
Definition
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor |
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Term
|
Definition
beneficial
salubrious
salutary |
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Term
|
Definition
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver |
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Term
|
Definition
antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive |
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Term
|
Definition
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro |
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Term
|
Definition
disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous |
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Term
|
Definition
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse |
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Term
|
Definition
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid |
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Term
|
Definition
adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
talisman |
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Term
|
Definition
admonish
cavil
belabor
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
|
Definition
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose |
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Term
|
Definition
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
sooth |
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Term
|
Definition
euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous |
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Term
|
Definition
destitute
esurient
impecunious
indignent |
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Term
|
Definition
destitute
esurient
impecunious
indignent |
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Term
|
Definition
acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud
laudatory
venerate
veneration |
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Term
|
Definition
augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
presage
prescient
prognosticate |
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Term
|
Definition
discomfort
encumber
fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude |
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Term
|
Definition
astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious |
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Term
|
Definition
disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac
forlorn
lament
lugubrious
morose
plaintive
threnody |
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Term
|
Definition
implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory
renitent
untoward
vexing |
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Term
|
Definition
compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn |
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Term
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Definition
anachronism
antecede
antedate
anterior
archaic
diurnal
eon
ephemeral
epoch
fortnight
millenium
penultimate
synchronous
temporal |
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Term
|
Definition
craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation |
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Term
|
Definition
candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable
legitimate
probity
sincere
veracious
verity |
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Term
|
Definition
aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy |
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Term
|
Definition
ambulatory
itinerant
peripatetic |
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Term
|
Definition
discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant
peregrination
peripatetic
sojourn |
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Term
|
Definition
adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit
obviate
stultify
undermine
vitiate |
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Term
|
Definition
adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism |
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Term
|
Definition
abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde |
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