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hatred for, dislike of, aversion to
antipathy-noun
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lack of feeling, absence of emotion
apathy-noun
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frankness, outspokenness
candor-noun
-
trite, commonplace, uninspired
banal-adjective
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deviation from usual, out of the ordinary
anomaly-noun
-
constant, persistent
assiduous-adjective
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unyielding, absolutely firm
adamant-adjective
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Independent from outside control, self-governing
autonomous-adjective
-
whim, unmotivated decision
caprice-noun
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severely criticize
castigate-verb
-
trickery, subterfuge, deception
chicanery-noun
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Incorrigibly evil
depraved-adjective
-
rambling, digressive
discursive-adjective
-
discord, unharmonious effects
dissonance-noun
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sullen, sour, gloomy
dour-adjective
-
full of enthusiasm, bubbling with energy
ebullient-adjective
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overpowered by delight
ecstatic-adjective
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deprive of nervous energy, weaken
ennervate-verb
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cause produce
engender-verb
-
short lived, fleeting
ephemeral-adjective
-
hidden, secret
esoteric-adjective
-
to atone for, make amends for
expiate-verb
-
complete utter failure
fiasco-noun
-
flabby, weak
flaccid-adjective
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brief, terse
laconic-adjective
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unrevealed, unused
latent-adjective
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sluggish, drowsily lazy
- lethargic-adjective
- lethargy-noun
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ridiculously sorrowful, mournful
lugubrious-adjective
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dying, ending
moribund-adjective
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nearsighted
- myopic-adjective
- myopia-noun
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boisterous, unruly
obstreperous-adjective
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excessively frugal,penny pinching
parsimonious-adjective
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traitorous, treacherous
perfidious-adjective
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mechanical, indifferent
perfunctory-adjective
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clearness, lucidity
perspicuity-noun
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controversy, argumentative debate
polemic-noun
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postpone, put it off, delay
procrastinate-verb
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model, pattern
prototype-noun
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going backward
regressive-adjective
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full of old sayings, maxims, or proverbs
sententious-adjective
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unexpressed but understood
tacit-adjective
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thin, unsubstantial, flimsy
tenuous-adjective
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swollen, bombastic
turgid-adjective
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everywhere at the same time
ubiquitous-adjective
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oily, overly suave
unctuous-adjective
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empty, dull
vapid-adjective
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sensual, pleasure loving and giving
voluptuous-adjective
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twisted, indirect
wry-adjective
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cast down, spiritless
abject-adjective
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sensitive to beauty
aesthetic-adjective
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cheerful briskness
alacrity-noun
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lucky, pleasing, favorable
auspicious-adjective
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obvious, obtrusive
blatant-adjective
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surrender on terms agreed upon, yield
capitulate-verb
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persuasive, brilliantly compelling
cogent-adjective
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opinion, supposition
conjecture-noun
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hurried, rapid, superficial
cursory-adjective
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proper, becoming, suitable
decorous-adjective
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shy, timid
diffident-adjective
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think unworthy, despise
disdain-verb
-
obedient, manageable, unresisting
docile-adjective
-
composure, calm temper, eveness of mind
equanimity-noun
-
front, false exterior
facade-noun
-
inappropriately witty
facetious-adjective
-
particular, meticulous, hard to please
fastidious-adjective
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silly, complacently foolish
factuous-adjective
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display, show off, boast of
flaunt-verb
-
sly, stealthy, shifty
fertive-adjective
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thoughtlessly talkative, suspiciously fluent.
glib-adjective
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a good mixer, enjoy meeting people
gregarious-adjective
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noisy, pompous speech
harangue-noun
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oddness, eccentricity
idiosyncrasy-noun
-
unlawful, fertive
illicit-adjective
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insistently begged, persistently urged
importune-verb
-
skeptical, disbelieving
incredulous-adjective
-
inflexible, unyielding
inexorable-adjective
-
abuse, angry reproach
invective-noun
-
talkative, garrulous
loquacious-adjective
-
laughable, ridiculous
ludicrous-adjective
-
strict disciplinarian
martinette-noun
-
weakly setimental
maudlin-adjective
-
vague, hazy
nebulous-adjective
-
overly attentive, fawning
obsequious-adjective
-
banned from social and political favor
ostracize-verb
-
cure all
- panacea-noun
- panaceum-adjective
-
catered to his weakness
pander-verb
-
appease, pacify
placate-verb
-
huge, monstrous, mighty
prodigious-adjective
-
inventive, fertile, productive
prolific-adjective
-
leaning, bent, natural inclination
propensity-noun
-
wisely cautious
prudent-adjective
-
overly wordy, needlessly repetitive
redundent-adjective
-
unauthorized, sly, clandestine
surreptitious-adjective
-
reserved, habitually silent
taciturn-adjective
-
fierce, savage, cruel
truculent-adjective
-
hesitate, waver, change
vacillate-verb
-
slander, malign
vilify-verb
-
verbal abuse
vituperation-noun
-
hate, loathe, detest
abhor-verb
-
deduction, idea separate from specific objects
abstraction-noun
-
top, highest point of perfection
acme-noun
-
riches, abundance, opulence
affluence-noun
-
general pardon for offenses against the government, grant of immunity
amnesty-noun
-
lessen, pacify, mitigate
assuage-verb
-
sour, bad-tempered
bilious-adjective
-
bored, uninterested, satiated
blase-adjective
-
quibbling, sophistical, carping
captious-adjective
-
cautious, careful, unobjectionable
circumspect-adjective
-
smuggled goods, prohibited goods
contraband-noun
-
face, expression, features
countenance-noun
-
bad, harmful, injurious
deleterious-adjective
-
bully, dictator, tyrant
despot-noun
-
disagreeing, dissenting
dissident-adjective
-
nerve, boldness, presumption
afrontary-noun
-
well-read, scholarly
erudite-adjective
-
expand, enlarge
expatiate-verb
-
fitting, apt, appropriate
felicitous-adjective
-
talkative, chatty, loquacious
garrulous-adjective
-
make motions, make gestures.
gesticulate-verb
-
-
standstill, deadlock, insoluble
difficulty
impasse-noun
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certain, unavoidable, inevitable
ineluctable-adjective
-
stubborn, uncompromising, irreconcilible
intransigent-adjective
-
knowing, field of knowledge, congnizance
ken-noun
-
clear, enlightening, comprehensible
lucid-adjective
-
shirking work, evading duty, feigning incapacity
malinger-verb
-
memory improvements
mneumonic-adjective
-
crowds of, numerous, innumerable
myriad-adjective
-
self-centered, self-adulatory, egoistic
narcissistic-adjective
-
hateful, disgusting, offensive
odious-adjective
-
beat quickly, pounded
palpitate-verb
-
restatement, statement in other words
paraphase-noun
-
narrow-minded person, trivial person
pedant-noun
-
conclusion, summary, recapitulation
peroration-noun
-
idealistic, spiritual, unsensual
platonic-adjective
-
practical, business-like, factual
pragmatic-adjective
-
loose, sexually uncontrolled
promiscuous-adjective
-
resisting authority, uncooperative, refractory
recalcitrant-adjective
-
nervous, uneasy, restless
restive-adjective
-
sarcastic, biting, ironic, sneering
sardonic-adjective
-
physical, sensory
sensuous-adjective
-
not easily excited, unemotional, impassive
stolid-adjective
-
lover of luxury, voluptuary
sybarite-noun
-
antagonistic speech, outburst, denunciation
tirade-noun
-
whim, quirk, capriciousness
vagary-noun
-
corrupt, purchasable, mercenary
venal-adjective
-
second-hand, substitute, empathetic
vicarious-adjective
-
weakened, spoiled, marred
vitiated-adjective
-
renouncing, giving up ones right
abnegation-noun
-
difficult, deep
abstruse-adjective
-
bitingr, sharp, caustic
acrid-adjective
-
insulted, offended openly
affront-verb
-
join, combine, consolidate
amalgamate-verb
-
impressive, awe inspiring, dignified
aghaust-adjective
-
noise, discord, disharmony
cacophony-noun
-
embarrassment, mortification, discomforture
shagrin-noun
-
secret, fertive, surreptitious
cladestine-adjective
-
scorn, contempt, insolence
contemplemy-noun
-
oppose, plead earnestly against, disapprabate
deprecate-verb
-
occasion, random, haphazard
desultory-adjective
-
gathered from many sources
ecclectic-adjective
-
bad, obvious, flagrant
egregious-adjective
-
loving, fond
enamored-adjective
-
stay away from, shun, abstain from
eschew-verb
-
easily influenced, complacent
facile-adjective
-
changing, unstable, inconstant
fickle-adjective
-
common, widespread, general
generic-adjective
-
sign, foreteller, prestager
harbinger-noun
-
worried about ones health, taken with imaginary illnesses
hypochrondriac-adjective
-
charge, attribute, ascribe
impute-verb
-
clumsiness, unfitness, inefficiency
ineptitude-noun
-
brave, fearless, dauntless
intrepid-adjective
-
set together, put in proximity
juxtapose-verb
-
confusing pattern, entanglement, maze
labrynth-noun
-
sly, wily, astute
machiavellian-adjective
-
sweetly flowing, smooth, honeyed
manifluous-adjective
-
wanderer, itinerant
nomad-noun
-
showing off, pretentious
ostentatious-adjective
-
inconsistency, apparent contradiction
paradox-noun
-
pitifulness, sympathy evoking nature
pathos-noun
-
meditative, adsorbed
pensive-adjective
-
uncultured, unrefined, ignorant
philistine-noun
-
sharp, painful, keen
poignant-adjective
-
chatter, babble
prate-verb
-
nearness, closeness, proximity
propenquity-noun
-
repayment, remedy, reparation
redress-noun
-
reluctant to speak, reserved
reticent-adjective
-
fed up, wearied, surfeited
satiated-adjective
-
staccato adj.-sharp notes, disconnected
staccato-adjective
-
concise, compressed, laconic
succinct-adjective
-
flatterers, hangers on, toties
sychofant-noun
-
firm, fast-holding, pertenacious
tenacious-adjective
-
beginner, youngster, novice
tyro-noun
-
proud, pompous, inordinately elated
vainglorious-adjective
-
wordiness, redundency, superfluity of words
verbosity-noun
-
master of technique, accomplished performer, brilliant artist
virtuoso-noun
-
liveliness, animation, spriteliness
vivacity-noun
-
loose, immoral, lascivious
wanton-adjective
-
hate, loathes, abhors
abominate-verb
-
praise, honor, award
accolade-noun
-
bitter, harsh, caustic
acrimonious-adjective
-
delicious, delightful, divine
ambrosial-adjective
-
assurance, poise, nonchalance
aplomb-noun
-
quarrelsome, war-like, pugnacious
bellicose-adjective
-
outlandish, odd, eccentric
bizarre-adjective
-
coax, tease, wheedle
cajole-verb
-
fraud, fake, imposter
charlotteton-noun
-
dismay, terror, astonishment
consternation-noun
-
turns, windings, circumventions
convolution-noun
-
frighten, dismay, intimidate
daunt-verb
-
assume, infer, conclude by logical inference
deduce-verb
-
preachy, sermonizing, pedantic
didactic-adjective
-
tired, weak, unproductive
effete-adjective
-
thinned, wasted, unfleshed
emaciated-adjective
-
medicine which causes vomiting
emetic-noun
-
racial, pertaining to a group, cultural
ethnic-adjective
-
wrong, faulty, erroneous
fallacious-adjective
-
loyalty, faithfulness, devotion
fidelity-noun
-
closely related, pertinent, relevant
germane-noun
-
terrible, abominable, odious
heinous-adjective
-
attacker of traditional ideas
iconoclast-noun
-
silly, devoid of sense
inane-adjective
-
court order, command, enjoining
injunction-noun
-
necessary, essential, inherent
intrinsic-adjective
-
lustful, lude, wanton
lascivious-adjective
-
false, untruthful, prevaricating
mendacious-adjective
-
cheated out of, tricked out of, robbed of
mulct-verb
-
worthless, trifling, ineffectual
nugatory-adjective
-
rebuking, upraiding, chiding
abjugatory-adjective
-
harden, settle, rigidify
occify-verb
-
model, perfect example, type
paragon-noun
-
similarity, equality, equivalence
parity-noun
-
commanding, dictatorial, imperious
parentry-adjective
-
sluggish, inperturbable
phlegmatic-adjective
-
foretelling, prestaging, prodigious with news
portentous-adjective
-
ahead of ones age level, forward, prematurely
brilliant
precocious-adjective
-
quarrelsome, belligerent, combative
pugnacious-adjective
-
list of performance pieces, inventory
repetoire-noun
-
stay in the country, become rural
rusticate-verb
-
twinkled, sparkled, shone tremonously
scintillate-verb
-
correct, sober, decorous
staid-adjective
-
snobbish, vain, pompous
supersilious-adjective
-
combination, reconciliation
synthesis-noun
-
move up and down, rippled
undulate-verb
-
polite, refined, suave
urbane-adjective
-
live unthinkingly, merely exist
vegetate-verb
-
violent, passionate, furious
vehement-adjective
-
mean, spiteful, revengeful
vindictive-adjective
-
cancel, annul, repealed
abrogate-verb
-
approach with a greeting, salute
accost-verb
-
settle, adjudge, decide
adjudicate-verb
-
help, improve, better
ameliorate-verb
-
contrast, opposite
antithesis-noun
-
curved, hawk-like
aqualine-adjective
-
kindly, gracious
benignant-adjective
-
mild, smooth, suave
bland-adjective
-
hypocrisy, insincerity, meaningless phrases
cant-noun
-
fanatical pride, contempt of another group, jingoism
chauvinism-noun
-
those of the same age, co-evils
contemporary-noun
-
sociable, jovial, companionable
convivial-adjective
-
fat, obese, stout
corpulent-adjective
-
decaying, declining, deteriorating
decadent-adjective
-
scornful laughter, mockery, ridicule
derision-noun
-
confused, embarrassed, taken by surprise
disconcerted-adjective
-
lively, bubbling, vivacious
effervescent-adjective
-
entangle, implicate, involve
embroil-verb
-
boredom, the blues, melancholy
ennui-noun
-
passing, ephemeral, transitory
evanescent-adjective
-
thrift, economy
frugality-noun
-
varied, dissimilar, miscellaneous
heterogenious-adjective
-
shameful, dishonorable, despicable
ignominious-adjective
-
unsuitable, inharmonious, ill-assorted
incongruous-adjective
-
uninteresting, dull, vapid
insipid-adjective
-
jolly, humorous, playful
jocose-adjective
-
wise, sensible, well-advised
judicious-adjective
-
thoughtlessness, frivolity, flippancy
levity-noun
-
great-heartedness, generosity, nobility
magnanimity-noun
-
gauche, awkward, unskilled
maladrioit-adjective
-
philosophy of the origin and essential nature of life
metaphysics-noun
-
irrelevant, no longer important
moot-adjective
-
commonplace, practical, earthly
mundane-adjective
-
stubborn, inflexible, obstinate
obdurate-adjective
-
burdensome, troublesome, oppressive
onerous-adjective
-
subject to delusions of hostility
paranoic-adjective
-
triffling errors, faults, weaknesses
peccadillo-noun
-
destructive, harmful, noxious
pernicious-adjective
-
commonplaces, cliches, truisms40.
platitude-noun
-
medley, mixture, miscellany
potpurri-noun
-
unspoiled, fresh, uncontaminated
pristine-noun
-
dull, commonplace, unimaginative
prozaic-adjective
-
careful, proper, scrupulous
punctilious-adjective
-
elastic, rebounding, springy
resilient-adjective
-
lustful, lecherous
salacious-adjective
-
treason, inciting rebellion
sedition-noun
-
brave, unmoved, calm
stoic-adjective
-
unnecessary, needless, supererogatory
superfluous-adjective
-
truth, fact, reality
verity-noun
-
fashion, style, mode
vogue-noun
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