1
Q
Abbreviated communication
A
abridge compendium cursory curtail syllabus synopsis terse
2
Q
Act quickly
A
abrupt apace headlong impetuous percipitate
3
Q
Assist
A
abet advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance
4
Q
Bad Mood
A
bilious dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish
5
Q
Beginner/Amateur
A
dilettante fledgling neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro
6
Q
Beginning/Young
A
burgeoning callow engender inchoate incipient nascent
7
Q
Biting (as in wit or temperament)
A
acerbic acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant
8
Q
Bold
A
audacious
courageous
dauntless
9
Q
Boring
A
banal fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite
10
Q
Carousal
A
bacchanalian debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid turnpitude
11
Q
Changing quickly
A
capricious
mercurial
volatile
12
Q
Copy
A
counterpart emulate facsimile factitious paradigm precursor quintessence simulated vicarious
13
Q
Criticize/Criticism
A
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
14
Q
Death/Mourning
A
bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith
15
Q
Denying of Self
A
abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate
16
Q
Dictatorial
A
authoritarian despotic dogmatic hegemonic (hegemony) imperious peremptory tyrannical
17
Q
Difficult to understand
A
abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid
18
Q
Disgusting/Offensive
A
defile fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative
19
Q
Criticize/Criticism
A
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
20
Q
Death/Mourning
A
bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith
21
Q
Denying of Self
A
abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate
22
Q
Equal
A
equitable
equity
tantamount
23
Q
Difficult to understand
A
abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid
24
Q
Disgusting/Offensive
A
defile fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative
25
Easy to understand
```
articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid
```
26
Eccentric/Dissimilar
```
aberrant
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast
```
27
Embarrass
```
abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue
```
28
Equal
equitable
equity
tantamount
29
Falsehood
```
apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious
```
30
Family
```
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion
```
31
Favoring/not Impartial
```
ardor/ardent
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot
```
32
Forgive
```
absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate
```
33
Funny
```
chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper
```
34
Gaps/Openings
```
abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift
```
35
Generous/Kind
```
altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting
```
36
Greedy
```
avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal
```
37
Hard-hearted
```
asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation
```
38
Harmful
```
baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious
```
39
Harsh-sounding
```
cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident
```
40
Hatred
```
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor
```
41
Healthy
beneficial
salubrious
salutary
42
Hesitate
```
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver
```
43
Hostile
```
antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive
```
44
Innocent/Inexperienced
```
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro
```
45
Insincere
```
disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous
```
46
Investigate
```
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse
```
47
Lazy/Sluggish
```
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid
```
48
Luck
```
adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
talisman
```
49
Nag
```
admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof
```
50
Nasty
fetid
noisome
noxious
51
Not a straight line
```
askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labyrinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortex
```
52
Overblown/Wordy
```
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose
```
53
Pacify/Satisfy
```
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe
```
54
pleasant-sounding
euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous
55
Poor
destitute
esurient
ipecunious
indigent
56
Praise
```
acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud/laudatory
venerate/veneration
```
57
Predict
```
augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
presage
prescient
prognosticate
```
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