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  1. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
    COMMUNICATION
  2. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
    COMMUNICATION
  3. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    COMMUNICATION
  4. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
    COMMUNICATION
  5. syllabus
    a summary or outline of what will be covered in an academic course
    COMMUNICATION
  6. synopsis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
    COMMUNICATION
  7. terse
    brief and to the point
    COMMUNICATION
  8. abrupt
    exceedingly sudden and unexpected
    ACT QUICKLY
  9. apace
    rapidly; in a speedy manner
    ACT QUICKLY
  10. headlong
    with the upper or anterior part of the body foremost
    ACT QUICKLY
  11. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
    ACT QUICKLY
  12. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
    ACT QUICKLY
  13. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
    ASSIST
  14. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
    ASSIST
  15. ancillary
    furnishing added support
    ASSIST
  16. bolster
    support and strengthen
    ASSIST
  17. corroborate
    give evidence for
    ASSIST
  18. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    ASSIST
  19. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
    ASSIST
  20. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
    ASSIST
  21. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
    ASSIST
  22. stalwart
    a person who is loyal to their allegiance
  23. sustenance
    the act of providing a means of subsistence or survival
    ASSIST
  24. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
    BAD MOOD
  25. dudgeon
    a feeling of intense righteous anger
    BAD MOOD
  26. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
    BAD MOOD
  27. pettish
    easily irritated or annoyed
    BAD MOOD
  28. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
    BAD MOOD
  29. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
    BAD MOOD
  30. querulous
    habitually complaining
    BAD MOOD
  31. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
    BAD MOOD
  32. waspish
    very irritable
    BAD MOOD
  33. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
    BEGINNER/AMATEUR
  34. fledgling
    young bird that has just become capable of flying
    BEGINNER/AMATEUR
  35. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
    BEGINNER/AMATEUR
  36. novitiate
    the period during which you are a novice
    BEGINNER/AMATEUR
  37. proselyte
    a new convert, especially to a religion
    BEGINNER/AMATEUR
  38. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
    BEGINNER/AMATEUR
  39. burgeon
    grow and flourish
    BEGINNING/YOUNG
  40. callow
    young and inexperienced
    BEGINNING/YOUNG
  41. engender
    call forth
    BEGINNING/YOUNG
  42. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
    BEGINNING/YOUNG
  43. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
    BEGINNING/YOUNG
  44. nascent
    being born or beginning
    BEGINNING/YOUNG
  45. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  46. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  47. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  48. asperity
    harshness of manner
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  49. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  50. mordacious
    biting or given to biting
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  51. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  52. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
    BITING (AS IN WIT OR TEMPERAMENT)
  53. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
    BOLD
  54. courageous
    able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
    BOLD
  55. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
    BOLD
  56. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    BORING
  57. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
    BORING
  58. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    BORING
  59. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
    BORING
  60. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
    BORING
  61. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
    BORING
  62. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
    BORING
  63. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
    BORING
  64. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
    BORING
  65. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    BORING
  66. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
    CAROUSAL
  67. debauchery
    a wild gathering
    CAROUSAL
  68. depraved
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
    CAROUSAL
  69. dissipated
    unrestrained by convention or morality
    CAROUSAL
  70. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
    CAROUSAL
  71. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
    CAROUSAL
  72. libidinal
    belonging to the libido
    CAROUSAL
  73. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
    CAROUSAL
  74. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
    CAROUSAL
  75. ribald
    humorously vulgar
    CAROUSAL
  76. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
    CAROUSAL
  77. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
    CAROUSAL
  78. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
    CAROUSAL
  79. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
    CHANGING QUICKLY
  80. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
    CHANGING QUICKLY
  81. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
    CHANGING QUICKLY
  82. counterpart
    a person or thing having the same function as another
    COPY
  83. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
    COPY
  84. facsimile
    an exact copy or reproduction
    COPY
  85. factitious
    not produced by natural forces; artificial or fake
    COPY
  86. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
    COPY
  87. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
    COPY
  88. quintessence
    the most typical example or representative of a type
    COPY
  89. simulated
    reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character
    COPY
  90. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
    COPY
  91. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  92. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  93. berate
    censure severely or angrily
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  94. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  95. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  96. decry
    express strong disapproval of
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  97. defamation
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  98. denounce
    speak out against
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  99. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  100. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  101. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  102. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  103. gainsay
    take exception to
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  104. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  105. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  106. inveigh
    complain bitterly
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  107. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  108. objurgate
    censure severely
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  109. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  110. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  111. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  112. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  113. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  114. reprehend
    express strong disapproval of
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  115. reprove
    reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  116. revile
    spread negative information about
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  117. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  118. vituperate
    spread negative information about
    CRITICIZE/CRITICISM
  119. bereave
    deprive through death
    DEATH/MOURNING
  120. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
    DEATH/MOURNING
  121. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
    DEATH/MOURNING
  122. demise
    the time when something ends
    DEATH/MOURNING
  123. dolorous
    showing sorrow
    DEATH/MOURNING
  124. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
    DEATH/MOURNING
  125. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
    DEATH/MOURNING
  126. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
    DEATH/MOURNING
  127. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    DEATH/MOURNING
  128. moribund
    being on the point of death
    DEATH/MOURNING
  129. sepulchral
    of or relating to a chamber that is used as a grave
    DEATH/MOURNING
  130. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
    DEATH/MOURNING
  131. abnegate
    deny or renounce
    DENYING OF SELF
  132. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
    DENYING OF SELF
  133. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
    DENYING OF SELF
  134. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
    DENYING OF SELF
  135. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
    DENYING OF SELF
  136. temperate
    not extreme
    DENYING OF SELF
  137. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
    DICTATORIAL
  138. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
    DICTATORIAL
  139. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
    DICTATORIAL
  140. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
    DICTATORIAL
  141. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
    DICTATORIAL
  142. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
    DICTATORIAL
  143. tyrannical
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
    DICTATORIAL
  144. abstruse
    difficult to understand
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  145. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  146. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  147. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  148. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  149. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  150. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  151. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  152. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  153. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  154. paradoxical
    seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  155. perplexing
    lacking clarity of meaning
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  156. recondite
    difficult to understand
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  157. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
    DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
  158. defile
    make dirty or spotty
    DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
  159. fetid
    offensively malodorous
    DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
  160. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
    DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
  161. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
    DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
  162. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
    DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
  163. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
    DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
  164. rebarbative
    serving or tending to repel
    DISGUSTING/OFFENSIVE
  165. articulate
    express or state clearly
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  166. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  167. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  168. evident
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  169. limpid
    clear and bright
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  170. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  171. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  172. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
    ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
  173. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  174. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  175. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  176. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  177. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  178. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
    EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  179. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
    EMBARRASS
  180. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
    EMBARRASS
  181. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
    EMBARRASS
  182. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
    EMBARRASS
  183. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
    EMBARRASS
  184. expiate
    make amends for
    EMBARRASS
  185. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
    EMBARRASS
  186. gaucherie
    the quality of being rustic or gauche
    EMBARRASS
  187. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
    EMBARRASS
  188. equitable
    fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
    EQUAL
  189. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
    EQUAL
  190. tantamount
    being essentially equal to something
    EQUAL
  191. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
    FALSEHOOD
  192. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
    FALSEHOOD
  193. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
    FALSEHOOD
  194. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
    FALSEHOOD
  195. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
    FALSEHOOD
  196. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
    FALSEHOOD
  197. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
    FALSEHOOD
  198. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
    FALSEHOOD
  199. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
    FALSEHOOD
  200. feigned
    not genuine
    FALSEHOOD
  201. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
    FALSEHOOD
  202. mendacious
    given to lying
    FALSEHOOD
  203. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
    FALSEHOOD
  204. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
    FALSEHOOD
  205. specious
    plausible but false
    FALSEHOOD
  206. spurious
    plausible but false
    FALSEHOOD
  207. conjugal
    relating to the relationship between a wife and husband
    FAMILY
  208. consanguine
    related by blood
    FAMILY
  209. distaff
    a stick on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
    FAMILY
  210. endogamous
    characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
    FAMILY
  211. filial
    designating the generation following the parental generation
    FAMILY
  212. fratricide
    the murder of your sibling
    FAMILY
  213. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
    FAMILY
  214. scion
    a descendent or heir
    FAMILY
  215. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
    FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
  216. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
    FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
  217. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
    FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
  218. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
    FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
  219. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
    FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
  220. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
    FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
  221. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
    FORGIVE
  222. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
    FORGIVE
  223. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
    FORGIVE
  224. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
    FORGIVE
  225. expiate
    make amends for
    FORGIVE
  226. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    FORGIVE
  227. redress
    make reparations or amends for
    FORGIVE
  228. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
    FORGIVE
  229. chortle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
    FUNNY
  230. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
    FUNNY
  231. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
    FUNNY
  232. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
    FUNNY
  233. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
    FUNNY
  234. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
    FUNNY
  235. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
    FUNNY
  236. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
    FUNNY
  237. raillery
    light teasing
    FUNNY
  238. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
    FUNNY
  239. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
    FUNNY
  240. abatement
    the act of making less active or intense
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  241. aperture
    a natural opening in something
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  242. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  243. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  244. interregnum
    the time between two reigns or governments
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  245. interstice
    small opening between things
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  246. lull
    make calm or still
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  247. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  248. rent
    a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  249. respite
    a pause from doing something
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  250. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
    GAPS/OPENINGS
  251. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
    GREEDY
  252. covetous
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
    GREEDY
  253. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
    GREEDY
  254. miserly
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
    GREEDY
  255. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
    GREEDY
  256. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
    GREEDY
  257. venal
    capable of being corrupted
    GREEDY
  258. asperity
    harshness of manner
    HARD-HEARTED
  259. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    HARD-HEARTED
  260. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
    HARD-HEARTED
  261. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
    HARD-HEARTED
  262. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
    HARD-HEARTED
  263. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
    HARD-HEARTED
  264. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
    HARD-HEARTED
  265. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
    HARD-HEARTED
  266. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
    HARD-HEARTED
  267. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
    HARD-HEARTED
  268. vituperation
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
    HARD-HEARTED
  269. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    HARMFUL
  270. baneful
    evil or sinister
    HARMFUL
  271. deleterious
    harmful to living things
    HARMFUL
  272. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
    HARMFUL
  273. injurious
    harmful to living things
    HARMFUL
  274. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
    HARMFUL
  275. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    HARMFUL
  276. perfidious
    tending to betray
    HARMFUL
  277. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
    HARMFUL
  278. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
    HARSH-SOUNDING
  279. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
    HARSH-SOUNDING
  280. dissonant
    harmonically unresolved
    HARSH-SOUNDING
  281. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
    HARSH-SOUNDING
  282. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
    HARSH-SOUNDING
  283. abhorrence
    hate coupled with disgust
    HATRED
  284. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
    HATRED
  285. antagonism
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
    HATRED
  286. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
    HATRED
  287. detestation
    hate coupled with disgust
    HATRED
  288. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
    HATRED
  289. loathing
    hate coupled with disgust
    HATRED
  290. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
    HATRED
  291. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
    HATRED
  292. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
    HATRED
  293. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
    HEALTHY
  294. salubrious
    promoting health
    HEALTHY
  295. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
    HEALTHY
  296. hesitate
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    HEALTHY
  297. dither
    be undecided or uncertain
    HEALTHY
  298. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
    HEALTHY
  299. teeter
    move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
    HEALTHY
  300. vacillate
    be undecided about something
    HEALTHY
  301. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    HEALTHY
  302. antithetic
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
    HOSTILE
  303. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
    HOSTILE
  304. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
    HOSTILE
  305. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
    HOSTILE
  306. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
    HOSTILE
  307. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
    HOSTILE
  308. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
    HOSTILE
  309. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
    HOSTILE
  310. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
    INNOCENT/INEXPERIENCED
  311. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
    INNOCENT/INEXPERIENCED
  312. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
    INNOCENT/INEXPERIENCED
  313. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
    INNOCENT/INEXPERIENCED
  314. novitiate
    the period during which you are a novice
    INNOCENT/INEXPERIENCED
  315. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
    INNOCENT/INEXPERIENCED
  316. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
    INSINCERE
  317. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
    INSINCERE
  318. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
    INSINCERE
  319. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
    INSINCERE
  320. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
    INSINCERE
  321. appraise
    consider in a comprehensive way
    INVESTIGATE
  322. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
    INVESTIGATE
  323. assay
    a test of a substance to determine its components
    INVESTIGATE
  324. descry
    catch sight of
    INVESTIGATE
  325. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
    INVESTIGATE
  326. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  327. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  328. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  329. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  330. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  331. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  332. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  333. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  334. slothful
    disinclined to work or exertion
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  335. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
    LAZY/SLUGGISH
  336. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
    LUCK
  337. amulet
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
    LUCK
  338. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
    LUCK
  339. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
    LUCK
  340. kismet
    fate or fortune
    LUCK
  341. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
    LUCK
  342. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
    LUCK
  343. propitiate
    make peace with
    LUCK
  344. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
    LUCK
  345. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
    LUCK
  346. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
    LUCK
  347. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
    NAG
  348. belabor
    beat soundly
    NAG
  349. cavil
    raise trivial objections
    NAG
  350. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
    NAG
  351. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
    NAG
  352. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
    NAG
  353. hector
    talk to or treat someone in a bossy or bullying way
    NAG
  354. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
    NAG
  355. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
    NAG
  356. reproof
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
    NAG
  357. fetid
    offensively malodorous
    NASTY
  358. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
    NASTY
  359. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
    NASTY
  360. askance
    with suspicion or disapproval
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  361. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  362. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  363. carom
    a glancing rebound
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  364. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  365. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  366. gyrate
    revolve quickly and repeatedly around an axis
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  367. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  368. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  369. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  370. serrated
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  371. sidle
    move sideways
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  372. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  373. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  374. vortex
    a powerful circular current of water
    NOT A STRAIGHT LINE
  375. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  376. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  377. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  378. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  379. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  380. periphrastic
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  381. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  382. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  383. verbose
    using or containing too many words
    OVERBLOWN/WORDY
  384. ameliorate
    make better
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  385. appease
    make peace with
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  386. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  387. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  388. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  389. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  390. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  391. propitiate
    make peace with
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  392. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  393. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  394. soothe
    cause to feel better
    PACIFY/SATISFY
  395. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
    PLEASANT-SOUNDING
  396. harmonious
    exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
    PLEASANT-SOUNDING
  397. melodious
    having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
    PLEASANT-SOUNDING
  398. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
    PLEASANT-SOUNDING
  399. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
    POOR
  400. esurient
    extremely hungry
    POOR
  401. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
    POOR
  402. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
    POOR
  403. acclaim
    enthusiastic approval
    PRAISE
  404. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
    PRAISE
  405. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
    PRAISE
  406. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
    PRAISE
  407. eulogize
    praise formally and eloquently
    PRAISE
  408. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
    PRAISE
  409. fawn
    a young deer
    PRAISE
  410. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
    PRAISE
  411. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
    PRAISE
  412. augur
    predict from an omen
    PREDICT
  413. auspice
    a favorable omen
    PREDICT
  414. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
    PREDICT
  415. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
    PREDICT
  416. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
    PREDICT
  417. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
    PREDICT
  418. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
    PREDICT
  419. prognosticate
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
    PREDICT
  420. discomfort
    the state of being tense and feeling pain
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  421. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  422. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  423. forfend
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  424. hinder
    be an obstacle to
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  425. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  426. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  427. occlude
    block passage through
    PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
  428. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    SMART/LEARNED
  429. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
    SMART/LEARNED
  430. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
    SMART/LEARNED
  431. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
    SMART/LEARNED
  432. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
    SORROW
  433. doleful
    filled with or evoking sadness
    SORROW
  434. dolor
    (poetry) painful grief
    SORROW
  435. elegiac
    resembling or characteristic of a lament for the dead
    SORROW
  436. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
    SORROW
  437. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
    SORROW
  438. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
    SORROW
  439. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
    SORROW
  440. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
    SORROW
  441. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
    SORROW
  442. threnody
    a song or hymn of mourning
    SORROW
  443. compendious
    briefly giving the gist of something
    TERSE
  444. curt
    brief and to the point
    TERSE
  445. laconic
    brief and to the point
    TERSE
  446. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
    TERSE
  447. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
    TERSE
  448. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
    TERSE
  449. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  450. antecede
    be earlier in time; go back further
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  451. antedate
    be earlier in time than
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  452. anterior
    of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  453. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  454. diurnal
    having a daily cycle or occurring every day
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  455. eon
    the longest unit of geological time
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  456. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  457. epoch
    a period marked by distinctive character
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  458. fortnight
    a period of fourteen consecutive days
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  459. millennium
    a span of 1000 years
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  460. synchronous
    occurring or existing at the same time
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  461. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
    TIME/ORDER/DURATION
  462. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
    TIMID/TIMIDITY
  463. diffident
    showing modest reserve
    TIMID/TIMIDITY
  464. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
    TIMID/TIMIDITY
  465. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
    TIMID/TIMIDITY
  466. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
    TIMID/TIMIDITY
  467. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
    TIMID/TIMIDITY
  468. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
    TRUTH
  469. fealty
    the loyalty that one owes to a country, sovereign, or lord
    TRUTH
  470. frankness
    the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
    TRUTH
  471. indisputable
    not open to question; obviously true
    TRUTH
  472. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
    TRUTH
  473. legitimate
    in accordance with accepted standards or principles
    TRUTH
  474. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
    TRUTH
  475. sincere
    open and genuine; not deceitful
    TRUTH
  476. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
    TRUTH
  477. verity
    conformity to reality or actuality
    TRUTH
  478. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
    UNUSUAL
  479. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
    UNUSUAL
  480. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
    UNUSUAL
  481. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
    UNUSUAL
  482. ambulatory
    able to walk about
    WALKING ABOUT
  483. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
    WALKING ABOUT
  484. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
    WALKING ABOUT
  485. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
    WANDERING
  486. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
    WANDERING
  487. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
    WANDERING
  488. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
    WANDERING
  489. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
    WANDERING
  490. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
    WANDERING
  491. sojourn
    a temporary stay
    WANDERING
  492. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
    WEAKEN
  493. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
    WEAKEN
  494. exacerbate
    make worse
    WEAKEN
  495. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
    WEAKEN
  496. obviate
    do away with
    WEAKEN
  497. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
    WEAKEN
  498. undermine
    weaken or impair, especially gradually
    WEAKEN
  499. vitiate
    make imperfect
    WEAKEN
  500. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
    WISDOM
  501. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
    WISDOM
  502. apothegm
    a short pithy instructive saying
    WISDOM
  503. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
    WISDOM
  504. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
    WISDOM
  505. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
    WISDOM
  506. epigram
    a witty saying
    WISDOM
  507. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
    WISDOM
  508. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
    WISDOM
  509. truism
    an obvious statement of fact
    WISDOM
  510. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  511. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  512. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  513. abortive
    failing to accomplish an intended result
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  514. abrogate
    revoke formally
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  515. decamp
    leave suddenly
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  516. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  517. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  518. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  519. remission
    an abatement in intensity or degree
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  520. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  521. rescind
    cancel officially
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
  522. retrograde
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction
    WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
Created on Sun Sep 09 23:11:49 EDT 2012 (updated Fri Sep 14 08:17:59 EDT 2012)

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