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Abbreviated Communication
abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse
Act Quickly
abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate
Assist
Abet
advocate
Ancillary
Bolster
Corroborate
Countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificient
proponent
stalwart
sustenance
Bad Mood
Bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish
Beginner/Amateur
dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro
Beginning/Young
burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent
Biting
acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant
Bold
audacious, courageous, dauntless
Boring
banal
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite
Carousal
bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude
Changing quickly
capricious
mercurial
volatile
Copy
counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
simulate
vicarious
Criticize/Criticism
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
Death/Morning
bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith
Denying of self
abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate
Dictatorial
authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic/hegemony
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical
Difficult to understand
abstruse
ambigous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid
Disgusting/Offensive
defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative
Easy to Understand
articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid
Eccentric/Dissimilar
aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast
Embarrass
abash
chagrin
compuction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue
Equal
equitable
equity
tantamount
Falsehood
apocryhal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious
Family
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fraternal
fratricide
progenitor
scion
sorority
Favoring/Not impartial
ardent/ardor
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate
Funny
chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
ripose
simper
Gaps/Opening
abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift
Generous/Kind
altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting
Greedy
avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal
Hard-hearted
asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation
Harmful
baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious
Harsh-sounding
cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident
Hatred
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor
Healthy
beneficial
salubrious
salutary
Hesitate
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver
Hostile
antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascrible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindicative
Innocent/inexperienced
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro
Insincere
Disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous
investigate
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse
Lazy/Sluggish
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid
Luck
adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
providential
serendipity
talisman
Nag
admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof
Nasty
fetid
noisome
noxious
Not a straight line
askance
awry
careen
carom
circuitous
circumvent
gyrate
labryinth
meander
oblique
serrated
sidle
sinuous
undulating
vortex
Overblown/wordy
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose
Pacify/Satisfy
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe
Pleasant-sounding
euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous
poor
destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent
Praise
acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
land/laudatory
venerate/veneration
Predict
augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
precursor
presage
prescient
prognosticate
prevent/obstruct
discomfit
encumber
fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude
Smart/learned
astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious
Sorrow
disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac
forlorn
lament
lugubrious
melancholy
morose
plaintive
threnody
Stubborn
implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory
renient
untoward
vexing
Terse
compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn
Time/Order/Duration
anachronism
antecede
antedate
anterior
archaic
diurnal
eon
ephemeral
epoch
fortnight
millenium
penultimate
synchronous
temporal
Timid/timidity
craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation
Truth
candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable
indubitable
legitimate
probity
sincere
veracious
verity
Unusual
aberration
anomaly
idiosyncrasy
Walking about
ambulatory
itinerant
meander
peripatetic
Wandering
discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant
peregrination
peripatetic
sojourn
Weaken
adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit
obviate
stultify
undermine
vitiate
Wisdom
adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism
Withdrawal/Retreat
abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde
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