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  1. disconsolate
    sorrow
  2. doleful
    sorrow
  3. dolor
    sorrow
  4. elegiac
    sorrow
  5. forlorn
    alone/lonely
  6. lament
    sorrow
  7. lugubrious
    sorrow
  8. melancholy
    sorrow
  9. morose
    sorrow
  10. plaintive
    sorrow
  11. threnody
    sorrow
  12. implacable
    stubborn
  13. inexorable
    stubborn
  14. intractable
    stubborn
  15. intransigent
    stubborn
  16. obdurate
    stubborn
  17. obstinate
    stubborn
  18. recalcitrant
    stubborn
  19. refractory
    stubborn
  20. renitent
    stubborn
  21. untoward
    stubborn
  22. vexing
    stubborn
  23. compendious
    terse
  24. curt
    terse
  25. laconic
    terse
  26. pithy
    terse
  27. succinct
    terse
  28. taciturn
    terse
  29. anachronism
    time/order/duration
  30. antecede
    time/order/duration
  31. antedate
    time/order/duration
  32. anterior
    time/order/duration
  33. archaic
    time/order/duration
  34. diurnal
    time/order/duration
  35. eon
    time/order/duration
  36. ephemeral
    lasting one day/very short time
  37. epoch
    memorable event/time period
  38. fortnight
    14 days/two weeks
  39. millennium
    time/order/duration
  40. penultimate
    next to last/towards to end
  41. synchronous
    time/order/duration
  42. temporal
    time/order/duration
  43. craven
    timid/timidity/shy
  44. diffident
    timid/timidity/shy
  45. pusillanimous
    timid/timidity/shy/cowardly
  46. recreant
    timid/timidity/shy
  47. timorous
    timid/timidity/shy
  48. trepidation
    timid/timidity/shy
  49. candor/candid
    truth
  50. fealty
    loyalty/fidelity
  51. frankness
    truth
  52. indisputable
    truth
  53. indubitable
    truth
  54. legitimate
    truth
  55. probity
    truth
  56. sincere
    truth
  57. veracious
    truth
  58. verity
    truth
  59. aberration
    unusual
  60. anomaly
    unusual
  61. iconoclast
    attack settled beliefs or institutions
  62. idiosyncrasy
    unusual/pecularity
  63. ambulatory
    walking about
  64. itinerant
    walking about
  65. peripatetic
    walking about
  66. discursive
    wandering
  67. expatiate
    wandering
  68. forage
    wandering
  69. itinerant
    wandering
  70. peregrination
    wandering
  71. peripatetic
    wandering
  72. sojourn
    wandering
  73. adulterate
    weaken
  74. enervate
    weaken
  75. exacerbate
    weaken
  76. inhibit
    weaken
  77. obviate
    weaken
  78. stultify
    weaken
  79. undermine
    weaken
  80. vitiate
    weaken
  81. adage
    wisdom
  82. aphorism
    wisdom
  83. apothegm
    wisdom
  84. axiom
    wisdom
  85. bromide
    wisdom
  86. dictum
    wisdom
  87. epigram
    wisdom
  88. sententious
    wisdom
  89. truism
    wisdom
  90. abeyance
    temporary inactivity/lapse in succession
  91. abjure
    to abstain from/renounce
  92. abnegation
    denial/self-denial
  93. abortive
    withdrawl/retreat
  94. abrogate
    nullify
  95. decamp
    withdrawl/retreat
  96. demur
    object to
  97. recant
    withdrawl/retreat
  98. recidivism
    withdrawl/retreat
  99. remission
    withdrawl/retreat
  100. renege
    back out/back down
  101. rescind
    withdrawl/retreat
  102. retrograde
    withdrawl/retreat
  103. defile
    disgusting/offensive
  104. fetid
    disgusting/offensive
  105. invidious
    disgusting/offensive
  106. noisome
    disgusting/offensive
  107. odious
    disgusting/offensive
  108. putrid
    disgusting/offensive
  109. rebarbative
    disgusting/offensive
  110. articulate
    easy to understand
  111. cogent
    easy to understand
  112. eloquent
    easy to understand
  113. evident
    easy to understand
  114. limpid
    easy to understand
  115. lucid
    easy to understand
  116. pellucid
    easy to understand
  117. aberrant
    unusal/abnormal
  118. anomalous
    unusal/abnormal
  119. eccentric
    unusal/weired
  120. eclectic
    various sources
  121. esoteric
    understood by a few/secret
  122. iconoclast
    attackes religion
  123. abash
    embarrass
  124. chagrin
    embarrass
  125. compunction
    remorse/regret
  126. contrition
    remorse/regret
  127. expiate
    pacify/forgive
  128. foible
    flaw in
  129. gaucherie
    embarrass/awkward act
  130. rue
    remorse/regret
  131. equitable
    equal
  132. equity
    equal
  133. tantamount
    equal
  134. apocryphal
    falsehood/deception
  135. canard
    falsehood/deception
  136. chicanery
    falsehood/deception
  137. dissemble
    false appearance/deception
  138. duplicity
    falsehood/deception
  139. equivocate
    to mislead/dodge/evade
  140. erroneous
    falsehood
  141. ersatz
    false/imitation
  142. fallacious
    falsehood/deception
  143. feigned
    falsehood/deception
  144. guile
    falsehood/deception
  145. mendacious/mendacity
    false/lies/deception
  146. perfidy
    disloyalty/faithlessness
  147. prevaricate
    false/lies/deception
  148. specious
    pleasing to the eye but deceptive/lacking real merit
  149. spurious
    falsehood/deception
  150. conjugal
    marriage/family
  151. con-sanguine
    family
  152. distaff
    family
  153. endogamous
    marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit
  154. filial
    family
  155. fratricide
    family murder
  156. progenitor
    family
  157. scion
    family
  158. ardor/ardent
    favoring/not impartial
  159. doctrinaire
    favoring/not impartial
  160. fervid
    favoring/not impartial
  161. partisan
    favoring/not impartial
  162. tendentious
    favoring/not impartial
  163. zealot
    favoring/not impartial
  164. absolve
    forgive
  165. acquit
    forgive
  166. exculpate
    forgive
  167. exonerate
    forgive
  168. expiate
    forgive
  169. palliate
    forgive
  170. redress
    forgive
  171. vindicate
    forgive
  172. chortle
    funny
  173. droll
    funny
  174. facetious
    funny
  175. flippant
    funny
  176. gibe
    funny
  177. jocular
    funny
  178. levity
    funny
  179. ludicrous
    funny
  180. raillery
    funny
  181. riposte
    comeback/retaliatory
  182. simper
    funny
  183. abridge
    abbreviated communication
  184. compendium
    abbreviated communication
  185. cursory
    abbreviated communication
  186. curtail
    abbreviated communication
  187. syllabus
    abbreviated communication
  188. synopsis
    abbreviated communication
  189. terse
    abbreviated communication
  190. apace
    act quickly
  191. abrupt
    act quickly
  192. headlong
    act quickly
  193. impetuous
    act quickly
  194. precipitate
    act quickly
  195. abet
    assist
  196. advocate
    assist
  197. ancillary
    assist
  198. bolster
    assist
  199. corroborate
    assist
  200. countenance
    assist
  201. espouse
    assist
  202. mainstay
    assist
  203. munificent
    assist
  204. proponent
    assist
  205. sustenance
    assist
  206. bilious
    bad mood
  207. dudgeon
    offense
  208. irascible
    bad mood
  209. pettish
    bad mood
  210. petulant
    bad mood
  211. pique
    offense
  212. querulous
    bad mood/habitual whining
  213. umbrage
    offense
  214. waspish
    bad mood
  215. dilettante
    beginner/amateur
  216. fledgling
    beginner/amateur
  217. neophyte
    beginner/amateur
  218. novitiate
    beginner/amateur
  219. proselyte
    beginner/new convert
  220. tyro
    beginner/amateur
  221. burgeoning
    beginning/young/growing
  222. callow
    beginning/young
  223. engender
    beginning/giveing rise to
  224. inchoate
    beginning/young
  225. incipient
    beginning/young
  226. nascent
    beginning/young
  227. acerbic
    sharp/sour/biting/bitter
  228. acidulous
    sharp/sour/biting/bitter
  229. acrimonious
    sharp/sour/biting/bitter
  230. asperity
    harshness
  231. caustic
    sharp/sour/biting/bitter
  232. mordacious
    sharp/sour/biting/bitter
  233. mordant
    sharp/sour/biting/bitter
  234. trenchant
    sharp/sour/biting/bitter
  235. audacious
    bold
  236. courageous
    bold
  237. dauntless
    bold
  238. stalwart
    bold/assist
  239. banal
    boring/not fresh or original
  240. fatuous
    simple/silly/foolish
  241. hackneyed
    boring/not fresh or original
  242. insipid
    boring/flavorless
  243. mundane
    boring
  244. pedestrian
    boring
  245. platitude
    boring/commonplace
  246. prosaic
    boring/commonplace
  247. quotidian
    boring/commonplace
  248. trite
    boring/not fresh or original
  249. bacchanalian
    excessive indulgence /drunken feast/orgy
  250. debauchery
    excessive indulgence
  251. depraved
    corrupt/evil
  252. dissipated
    excessive indulgence
  253. iniquity
    corrupt/evil
  254. libertine
    excessive indulgence
  255. libidinous
    excessive indulgence
  256. licentious
    excessive indulgence
  257. reprobate
    corrupt/evil (a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation)
  258. ribald
    obscene/indecent/offensive
  259. salacious
    excessive indulgence
  260. sordid
    obscene/indecent/offensive
  261. turpitude
    obscene/indecent/offensive
  262. capricious
    changing quickly
  263. mercurial
    changing quickly
  264. volatile
    changing quickly
  265. ameliorate
    pacify/satisfy
  266. appease
    pacify/satisfy
  267. assuage
    pacify/satisfy
  268. defer
    pacify/satisfy
  269. mitigate
    pacify/satisfy
  270. mollify
    pacify/satisfy
  271. placate
    pacify/satisfy
  272. propitiate
    pacify/satisfy
  273. satiate
    pacify/satisfy
  274. slake
    pacify/satisfy
  275. sooth
    pacify/satisfy
  276. euphonious
    pleasent-sounding
  277. harmonic
    pleasent-sounding
  278. melodious
    pleasent-sounding
  279. sonorous
    pleasent-sounding
  280. destitute
    poor
  281. esurient
    poor
  282. impecunious
    poor
  283. indigent
    poor
  284. acclaim
    praise
  285. accolade
    praise
  286. aggrandize
    praise
  287. encomium
    praise
  288. eulogize
    praise
  289. extol
    praise
  290. fawn
    praise
  291. laud/laudatory
    praise
  292. venerate/veneration
    praise
  293. augur
    predict
  294. auspice
    predict
  295. fey
    predict
  296. harbinger
    predict
  297. portentous
    predict
  298. presage
    predict
  299. prescient
    predict
  300. prognostic
    predict
  301. discomfort
    prevent/obstruct
  302. encumber
    prevent/obstruct
  303. fetter
    prevent/obstruct
  304. forfend
    prevent/obstruct
  305. hinder
    prevent/obstruct
  306. impede
    prevent/obstruct
  307. inhibit
    prevent/obstruct
  308. occlude
    prevent/obstruct
  309. astute
    smart/learned
  310. canny
    smart/learned
  311. erudite
    smart/learned
  312. perspicacious
    smart/learned
  313. antithetic
    hostile
  314. churlish
    hostile
  315. curmudgeon
    hostile
  316. irascible
    hostile
  317. malevolent
    hostile
  318. misanthropic
    hostile
  319. truculent
    hostile
  320. vindictive
    hostile
  321. credulous
    innocent/inexperienced
  322. gullible
    innocent/inexperienced
  323. ingenuous
    innocent/inexperienced
  324. naive
    innocent/inexperienced
  325. novitiate
    innocent/inexperienced
  326. tyro
    innocent/inexperienced
  327. disingenuous
    insincere
  328. dissemble
    insincere
  329. fulsome
    insincere
  330. ostensible
    insincere
  331. unctuous
    insincere
  332. appraise
    investigate
  333. ascertain
    investigate
  334. assay
    investigate
  335. descry
    investigate
  336. peruse
    investigate
  337. indolent
    lazy/sluggish
  338. inert
    lazy/sluggish
  339. lackadaisical
    lazy/sluggish
  340. languid
    lazy/sluggish
  341. lassitude
    lazy/sluggish
  342. lethargic
    lazy/sluggish
  343. phlegmatic
    lazy/sluggish
  344. quiescent
    lazy/sluggish
  345. slothful
    lazy/sluggish
  346. torpid
    lazy/sluggish
  347. adventitious
    luck
  348. amulet
    luck
  349. auspicious
    luck
  350. fortuitous
    luck
  351. kismet
    luck
  352. optimum
    luck
  353. propitious
    luck
  354. providential
    luck
  355. talisman
    luck
  356. admonish
    nag
  357. cavil
    nag about trivial things
  358. belabor
    nag
  359. enjoin
    forbid/prohibit
  360. exhort
    nag
  361. harangue
    nag
  362. hector
    nag
  363. martinet
    nag
  364. remonstrate
    nag
  365. reproof
    nag
  366. fetid
    nasty
  367. noisome
    nasty
  368. noxious
    nasty
  369. askance
    with disapproval/distrust
  370. awry
    not a straight line
  371. careen
    not a straight line/wobble
  372. carom
    not a straight line/bounce
  373. circuitous
    not a straight line/winding course
  374. circumvent
    not a straight line/get around
  375. gyrate
    not a straight line
  376. labyrinth
    not a straight line
  377. meander
    not a straight line/winding path
  378. oblique
    not a straight line
  379. serrated
    not a straight line
  380. sidle
    not a straight line
  381. sinuous
    not a straight line
  382. undulating
    not a straight line
  383. vortex
    not a straight line
  384. bombastic
    overblown/wordy
  385. circumlocution
    overblown/wordy
  386. garrulous
    overblown/wordy
  387. grandiloquent
    overblown/wordy
  388. loquacious
    overblown/wordy
  389. periphrastic
    overblown/wordy
  390. prolix
    overblown/wordy
  391. rhetoric
    overblown/wordy
  392. turgid
    overblown/wordy
  393. verbose
    overblown/wordy
  394. abatement
    gaps/openings
  395. aperture
    gaps/openings
  396. fissure
    gaps/openings
  397. hiatus
    gaps/openings
  398. interregnum
    gaps/openings
  399. interstice
    gaps/openings
  400. lull
    gaps/openings
  401. orifice
    gaps/openings
  402. rent
    gaps/openings
  403. respite
    gaps/openings
  404. rift
    gaps/openings
  405. altruistic
    generous/kind
  406. beneficent
    generous/kind
  407. clement
    generous/kind
  408. largess
    generous/kind
  409. magnanimous
    generous/kind
  410. munificent
    generous/kind
  411. philanthropic
    generous/kind
  412. unstinting
    generous/kind
  413. avaricious
    greedy
  414. covetous
    greedy
  415. mercenary
    greedy
  416. miserly
    greedy
  417. penurious
    greedy
  418. rapacious
    greedy
  419. venal
    greedy
  420. asperity
    hardhearted
  421. baleful
    not nice
  422. dour
    not nice
  423. fell
    not nice
  424. malevolent
    not nice
  425. mordant
    not nice
  426. sardonic
    not nice
  427. scathing
    not nice
  428. truculent
    not nice
  429. vitriolic
    not nice
  430. vituperation
    not nice
  431. baleful
    harmful
  432. baneful
    harmful
  433. deleterious
    harmful subtle
  434. inimical
    harmful
  435. injurious
    harmful
  436. insidious
    harmful
  437. minatory
    harmful
  438. perfidious
    harmful
  439. pernicious
    harmful
  440. cacophony
    harsh-sounding
  441. din
    harsh-sounding
  442. dissonant
    harsh-sounding
  443. raucous
    harsh-sounding
  444. strident
    harsh-sounding
  445. abhorrence
    hatred
  446. anathema
    hatred
  447. antagonism
    hatred
  448. antipathy
    hatred
  449. detestation
    hatred
  450. enmity
    hatred
  451. loathing
    hatred
  452. malice
    hatred
  453. odium
    hatred
  454. rancor
    hatred
  455. beneficial
    healthy
  456. salubrious
    healthy
  457. salutary
    healthy
  458. dither
    hesitate
  459. oscillate
    hesitate
  460. teeter
    hesitate
  461. vacillate
    hesitate
  462. waver
    hesitate
  463. counterpart
    copy
  464. factitious
    copy
  465. precursor
    copy
  466. vicarious
    copy
  467. paradigm
    copy
  468. emulate
    copy
  469. facsimile
    copy
  470. quintessence
    copy
  471. simulated
    copy
  472. aspersion
    criticize/criticism
  473. belittle
    criticize/criticism
  474. berate
    criticize/criticism
  475. calumny
    criticize/criticism
  476. castigate
    criticize/criticism
  477. decry
    criticize/criticism
  478. defamation
    criticize/criticism
  479. denounce
    criticize/criticism
  480. deride/derisive
    criticize/criticism
  481. diatribe
    criticize/criticism
  482. disparage
    criticize/criticism
  483. excoriate
    criticize/criticism
  484. gainsay
    criticize/criticism
  485. harangue
    criticize/criticism
  486. impugn
    criticize/criticism
  487. inveigh
    criticize/criticism
  488. lambaste
    criticize/criticism
  489. objurgate
    criticize/criticism
  490. obloquy
    criticize/criticism
  491. opprobrium
    criticize/criticism
  492. pillory
    criticize/criticism
  493. rebuke
    criticize/criticism
  494. remonstrate
    criticize/criticism
  495. reprehend
    criticize/criticism
  496. reprove
    criticize/criticism
  497. revile
    criticize/criticism
  498. tirade
    criticize/criticism
  499. vituperate
    criticize/criticism
  500. bereave
    death/mourning
  501. cadaver
    death/mourning
  502. defunct
    death/mourning
  503. demise
    death/mourning
  504. dolorous
    death/mourning
  505. elegy
    death/mourning
  506. knell
    death/mourning
  507. lament
    death/mourning
  508. macabre
    death/mourning
  509. moribund
    death/mourning
  510. obsequies
    death/mourning
  511. sepulchra
    death/mourning
  512. wraith
    death/mourning
  513. abnegate
    denying of self
  514. abstain
    denying of self
  515. ascetic
    denying of self
  516. spartan
    denying of self
  517. stoic
    denying of self
  518. temperate
    denying of self
  519. authoritarian
    dictatorial
  520. despotic
    dictatorial
  521. dogmatic
    dictatorial
  522. hegemonic
    dictatorial
  523. imperious
    dictatorial
  524. peremptory
    dictatorial
  525. tyrannical
    dictatorial
  526. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  527. ambiguous
    difficult to understand
  528. arcane
    difficult to understand
  529. bemusing
    difficult to understand
  530. cryptic
    difficult to understand
  531. enigmatic
    difficult to understand
  532. esoteric
    difficult to understand
  533. inscrutable
    difficult to understand
  534. obscure
    difficult to understand
  535. opaque
    difficult to understand
  536. paradoxical
    difficult to understand
  537. perplexing
    difficult to understand
  538. recondite
    difficult to understand
  539. turbid
    difficult to understand
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