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 espouse
advocate munificent
ancillary mainstay
bolster proponent
corroborate stalwart
countenance 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 (wit or temperament) |
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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
bacchanalian salacious
debauchery sordid
depraved turpitude
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
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Term
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Definition
capricious
mervurial
volatile |
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Term
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Definition
counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulated
vicarious |
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Term
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Definition
aspersion disparage rebuke
belittle excoriate remonstrate
berate gainsay reprehend
calumny harangue reprove
castigate impugn revile
decry inveigh tirade
defamation lambaste virtuperate
denounce objurgate
deride/derisive obloquy
diatribe pillory
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Term
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Definition
bereave sepulchral
cadaver wraith
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies |
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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 paradoxical
ambiguous perplexing
arcane recondite
bemusing turbid
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
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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
aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast |
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Term
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Definition
abash
chargrin
compunction
contrition
diffidance
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 mendacious/mendacity
canard perfidy
chicanery prevaricate
dissemble specious
duplicity spurious
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile |
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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
zealot |
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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
railery
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
baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious |
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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
guillible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro |
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Term
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Definition
disigenuous
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
lackadisical
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
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 sidle
awry sinuous
careen undulating
carom vortex
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated |
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Term
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Definition
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
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
sooth |
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Term
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Definition
euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous |
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Term
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Definition
destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent |
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