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| To reduce in amount, degree, or severity: Ebb, Laps, Let up, Moderate, Relent, Slacken, Subside, and Wane |
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| To leave secretly: Flee, Decamp, and Escape |
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| To choose not to do something: Forbear, Refrain, and Withhold |
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| An extremely deep hole: Chasm and Void |
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| Concerning the appreciation of beauty: Artistic and Tasteful |
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| To increase in power, influence, and reputation: Amplify, Apotheosize, Augment, Dignify, Elevate, Enlarge, Ennobile, Exalt, Glorify, Magnify, Swell, Uplift, and Wax |
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| To make more bearable: Allay, Assuage, Comfort, Ease, Lessen, Lighten, Mitigate, Palliate, and Relieve |
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| To combine; to mix together: Admix, Blend, Combine, Commingle, Commix, Compound, Fuse, Intermingle, Intermix, Merge, Mingle, and Mix. |
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| Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways: Cloudy, Doubtful, Dubious, Equivocal, Indeterminate, Nebulous, Obscure, Unclear, and Vague |
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| To make better; to improve: Amend, Better, Improve, Pacify, Upgrade |
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| Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to: Alike, Comparable, Corresponding, Equivalent, Homogenous, Parallel, and Similar. |
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| Deviation from what is normal: Aberrance, Aberration, Abnormality, Deviance, Deviation, Irregularity, and Preternaturalness. |
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| To annoy or provoke to anger: Clash, Conflict, Incite, Irritate, Oppose, Pester, Provoke, and Vex |
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| Extreme dislike: Animosity, Animus, Antagonism, Aversion, Enmity, Hostility, and Repellence |
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| Lack of interest or emotion: Coolness, Disinterest, Disregard, Impassivity, Indifference, Insensibility, Lassitude, Lethargy, Listlessness, Phlegm, Stolidity, Unconcern, and Unresponsiveness |
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| To judge a dispute between two opposing parties: Adjudge, Adjudicate, Decide, Determine, Judge, Moderate, Referee, and Rule. |
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| Ancient, old-fashioned: Ancient, Antediluvian, Antique, Bygone, Dated, Dowdy, Fusty, Obsolete, Old-fashioned, Outdated, Outmoded, passe, Prehistoric, Stale, superannuated, Superseded, and Vintage. |
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| Intense and Passionate feeling: Devotion, Enthusiasm, Fervency, Fervidity, Fervidness, Fervor, Fire, Passion, Zeal, and Zealousness. |
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| Able to speak clearly and expressively: Eloquent, Expressive, Fluent, Lucid, Silver-Tongued, and Smooth-Spoken. |
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| To make something unpleasant less severe: Allay, Alleviate, Appease, Comfort, Conciliate, Ease, Lighten, Mitigate, Mollify, Pacify, Palliate, Placate, Propitiate, Relieve, Soothe, and Sweeten. |
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| To reduce in force or degree; to weaken: Debilitate, Devitalize, Dilute, Enervate, Efeeble, Rarefy, Sap, Thin, Undermine, Undo, Unnerve, Water, and Weaken. |
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| Fearless and daring: Adventuresome, Aggressive, Assertive, Bold, Brave, Courageous, Daring, Dauntless, Doughty, Fearless, Gallant, Game, Heroic, Intrepid, Mettlesome, Plucky, Stout, Strouthearted, Unaffraid, Undaunted, Valiant, Valorous, Venturesome, and Venturous. |
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| Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated: Bleak, Dour, Grim, Hard, Harsh, and Severe. |
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| Predictable, cliched, boring: Bland, Bromidic, Cliched, Commonplace, Fatuous, Hackneyed, Innocuous, Insipid, Jejune, Musty, Platitudinous, Prosaic, Quotidian, Shopworn, Stale, Stereotypic, Threadbare, Timeworn, Tired, Trite, Vapid, and Worn-out. |
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| To support; to prop up: Brace, Butress, Prop, Support, Sustain, Underpin, Uphold. |
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| Pompous in speech and manner: Bloated, Declamatory, Fustian, Grandiloquent, Grandiose, High-Flown, Magniloquent, Orotund, Pretentious, Rhetorical, and Self-Important. |
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| Harsh, jarring noise: Chaos, Clamor, Din, Discord, Disharmony, and Noise. |
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| Imparital and honest: Direct, Forthright, Frank, Honest, Open, Sincere, Straight, Straightforward, and Undisguised. |
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| Chaning one's mind quickly and oten: Arbitrary, Chance, Changeable, Erratic, Fickle, Inconstant, Mercurial, Random, Whimsical, and Willful. |
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| To punish or criticize harshly: Admonish, Chastise, Chide, Rebuke, Reprimand, Reproach, Reprove, Scold, Tax, and Upbraid. |
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| Biting in wit: Acerbic, Biting, Mordant, and Trenchant. |
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| Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs: Partisan. |
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| Deception by means of craft or guile: Artifice, Conniving, Craftiness, Deception, Deviousness, Misrepresentation, Pettifoggery, Shadiness, Sneakiness, Sophistry, Subterfuge, and Underhandeness |
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| Convincing and well-reasoned: Convincing, Persuasive, Solid, Sound, Telling , and Valid. |
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| Too trusting; gullible: Naive, Susceptible, and Trusting. |
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| Steadily increasing in volume or force: |
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| Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety: Correctness, Decency, Etiquette, Manners, Mores, Propriety, and Seemliness. |
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| Respet, courtesy: Courtesy, Homage, Honor, Obeisance, Respect, Reverence, and Veneration. |
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| To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock: Gibe, Jeer, Mock, Ridicule, Scoff, Sneer, and Taunt. |
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To dry out thoroughly: Dehydrate, Dry, and Parch.
Desiccant: Something that removes water from another substance. |
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| Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: Aimless, Erratic, Haphazard, Indiscriminate, Objectless, Purposeless, Random, Stray, Unconsidered, and Unplanned. |
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| An abusive, condemnatory speech: Fulmination: Harangue, Invective, Jeremiad, Malediction, Obloquy, and Tirade. |
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| Lacking self-confidence: Backward, Bashful, Coy, Demure, Modest, Retiring, Self-Effacing, Shy, and Timid. |
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| Intendid to delay: Dragging, Flagging, Laggard, Lagging, Slow, Slow-Footed, Slow-Going, Slow-Paced, and Tardy. |
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| Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic: Amateur, Dabbler, Superficial, and Tyro. |
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| A funeral hymn or mournful speech: Elegy and Lament. |
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| To set right; to free from error: Correct and Undeceive |
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To perceive; to recognize: Catch, Descry, Detect, Differentiate, Discriminate, Distinguish, Espy, Glimpse, Know, Separate, Spot, Spy, and Tell.
Discernment: taste and cultivation |
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| Fundamentally different; entirely unlike: Different, Dissimilar, Divergent, Diverse, Variant, and Various |
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| To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character: Act, Affect, Assume, Cloak, Counterfeit, Camouflage, Cover up, Disguise, Dissimulate, Fake, Feign, Mask, Masquerade, Pose, Pretend, Put on, Sham, and Simulate. |
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| A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds: Clash, Contention, Discord, Dissension, Dissent, Dissidence, Friction, Strife, and Variance. |
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| Dictatorial in one's opinions: Authoritarian, Bossy, Dictatorial, Doctrinaire, Domineering, Imperious, Magisterial, Masterful, Overbearing, and Peremptory. |
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| To deceive, a person who is easily deceived: Beguile, Betray, Bluff, Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Fool, Hoodwink, Humbug, Mislead, Take In, and Trick. |
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| Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources: Broad, Catholic, Selective |
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Effectiveness: Dynamism, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Force, Power, Productiveness, Proficiency, Strength, and Vigor.
Efficacious: Effective; Productive |
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| A sorrowful poem or speech: Dirge and Lament |
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| Persuasive and moving, especially in speech: Articulate, Expressive, Fluent, Meaningful, Significant, and Smooth-Spoken. |
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| To copy; to try to equal or excel: Ape, Imitate, Simulate. |
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| To reduce in strength: Debilitate, Enfeeble, Sap, Weaken. |
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| To produce, cause, or bring about: Beget, Generate, Procreate, Proliferate, Reproduce, Spawn. |
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| A puzzle; a mystery: Conundrum and Perplexity |
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| Lasting a short time: Evanescent, Fleeting, Momentary, and Transient. |
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| Wandering and unpredictable: Capricious, Inconstant, Irresolute, and Whimsical |
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learned, scholarly, bookish: Scholastic, Learned, and Wise
Erudition: Extensive knowledge of learning |
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| Known of understood by only a few: Abstruse, Arcane, and Obscure. |
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| Admirable: Admirable, Commendable, Creditable, Honorable, Laudable, and Meritorious. |
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| Speech in praise of someone: Commend, Extol, and laud |
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| To make worse: Annoy, Aggravate, Intensify, Irritate, and provoke. |
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| To clear from blame; provoke innocent: Absolve, Acquit, Clear, Exonerate, Vindicate. |
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| Urgent; requiring immediate action: Critical, Imperative, Needed, and Urgent |
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| To clear of blame: Absolve, Acquit, Clear, Exculpate, and Vindicate. |
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| Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression: Candid, Frank, Straightforward, and Unequivocal. |
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| Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion: Extremist, Fiery, Frenzied, and Zealous. |
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| To grovel: Bootlick, Grovel, Pander, Toady. |
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| Intensely emotional; feverish: Burning, Impassioned, Passionate, Vehement, and Zealous |
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| Excessively decorated or embellished: Baroque, Elaborate, Flamboyant, Orinate, Ostentatious, and Rococo. |
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| To arouse or incite: Agitate, Impassion, Inflame, Instigate, and Kindle. |
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| A tendency to be thrifty or cheap: Economical, Parsimony, Prudence, Sparing |
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| Tending to talk a lot: Effusive and loquacious |
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| Outgoing, sociable: Affable, Communicative, Congenial, Sociable |
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| Deceit or trickery: Artifice, Chicanery, Connivery, and Duplicity. |
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Easily deceived: Credulous, Exploitable, and Naive.
Gull: A person who is easily tricked |
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| One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions: Maverick, Nonconformist, Rebel, and Revolutionary |
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| Not capable of being disturbed: Composed, Dispassionate, Impassive, Serene, and Stoical |
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| Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected: Resistant and Impregnable. |
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| Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful: Inexorable, Intransigent, Irreconcilable, Relentless, Remorseless, Unforgiving, and Unrelenting |
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| No fully formed; disorganized: Amorphous, Incoherent, Incomplete, and Unorganized. |
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| Showing innocence or childlike simplicity: Artless, Guileless, Innocent, Naive, Simple, and Unaffected. |
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| Hostile, unfriendly: Adverse, Antagonistic, Dissident, and recalcitrant |
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| Harmless: Benign and Inoffensive |
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| Lacking Interest or flavor: Banal, Bland, Dull, Stale, and Vapid. |
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| Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled: Implacable, Inexorable, Irreconilable, Obdurate, Obstinate, Remorseless, Rigid, Unbending, Unrelenting, and Unyielding |
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| To overwhelm; to cover with water: Deluge, Drown, Engulf, Flood, and Submerge. |
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| Easily made angry: Cantankerous, irritable, Ornery, and Testy. |
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| Using few words: Concise, Curt, Pithy, Taciturn, Terse |
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| To express sorrow; to grieve: Bewail, Deplore, Grieve, and Mourn |
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| To give praise; to glorify: Acclaim, Applaud, Commend, Compliment, Exalt, Extol, Hail, and Praise. |
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| Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner: Apathetic, Lackadaisical, Languid, Listless, and Torpid |
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| Talkative: Effusive, Garrulous, Verbose. |
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