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synonym for abeyance
a. obedience
b. discussion
c. excitement
d. suspended action
e. editorial
abeyance - suspended action
d. suspended action
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antonym for alacrity
a. slowness
b. plenty
c. filth
d. courtesy
e. despair
alacrity - cheerful promptness
a. slowness
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antonym for alleviate
a. endure
b. worsen
c. enlighten
d. maneuver
e. humiliate
alleviate - to relieve
b. worsen
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antonym for amalgamate
a. equip
b. separate
c. generate
d. materialize
e. express
amalgamate - to combine
b. separate
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antonym for ambiguous
a. salvageable
b. corresponding
c. responsible
d. clear
e. auxiliary
ambiguous - unclear or doubtful in meaning
d. clear
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antonym for ameliorate
a. make slow
b. make sure
c. make young
d. make worse
e. make able
ameliorate - to improve
d. make worse
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synonym or antonym for appease
a. agitate
b. qualify
c. display
d. predestine
e. interrupt
appease - to pacify or soothe, relieve
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synonym for attenuate
a. appear
b. be absent
c. weaken
d. testify
e. soothe
attenuate - make thinner, weaker or lessen
c. weaken
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synonym for audacity
a. boldness
b. asperity
c. strength
d. stature
e. anchorage
audacity - daring, bold
a. boldness
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synonym for banal
a. philosophical
b. trite
c. dramatic
d. heedless
e. discussed
banal - hackneyed, commonplace, trite, lacking orginality
b. trite
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synonym for bombastic
a. sensitive
b. pompous
c. rapid
d. sufficient
e. expensive
bombastic - pompous, using inflated language
b. pompous
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synonym for boorish
a. brave
b. oafish
c. romantic
d. speedy
e. dry
boorish - rude, insensitive
b. oafish
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antonym for capricious
a. satisfied
b. insured
c. photographic
d. scattered
e. steadfast
capricious - unpredictable, fickle
e. steadfast
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antonym for castigation
a. commendation
b. patience
c. generosity
d. understatement
e. honesty
castigation - punishment, severe criticism
a. commendation
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synonym or antonym for compliant
a. numberous
b. veracaious
c. soft
d. adamant
e. livid
compliant - yielding, conforming to requirements
- antonym
- d. adamant ( inflexible)
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synonym or antonym for conciliate
a. defend
b. activate
c. integrate
d. quarrel
e. react
conciliate - reconcile, soothe
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synonym or antonym for condone
a. build
b. evaluate
c. pierce
d. infuriate
e. overlook
condone - overlook, forgive, give tacit approval, excuse
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synonym for connoisseur
a. gourmand
b. lover of art
c. humidor
d. delinuent
e. interpreter
connoisseur - person competent to act as a judge of art, lover of art
b. lover of art
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synonym for contentious
a. squealing
b. suprising
c. quarrelsome
d. smug
e. creative
contentious - quarrelsome
c. quarrelsome
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antonym for dauntless
a. stolid
b. cowardly
c. irrelevant
d. peculiar
e. particular
dautness - intimidate, frighten
b. cowardly
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synonym for decorous
a. momentary
b. emotional
c. suppressed
d. proper
e. unexpected
decorous - propriety, orderliness and good taste in manners
d. proper
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synonym for default
a. failture to act
b. tendency to err
c. desire to remedy
d. debt
e. misunderstanding
default - failure to act
a. failure to act
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synonym for denigrate
a. refuse
b. blacken
c. terrify
d. admit
e. review
denigrate - blacken
b. blacken
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atonym for diatribe
a. mass
b. range
c. eulogy
d. elegy
e. starvation
diatribe - bitter scolding, invective
c. eulogy
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antonym for diffidence
a. sharpness
b. boldness
c. malcontent
d. dialogue
e. catalog
diffidence - shyness
b. boldness
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synonym or antonym for disingenuous
a. uncomfortable
b. eventual
c. naive
d. complex
e. enthusiastic
disingenuous - lacking genuine candor, insincere
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synonym or antonym for disinterested
a. prejudiced
b. horrendous
c. affected
d. arbitrary
e. bored
disinterested - unpredjudiced
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synonym or antonym for disjointed
a. satisfied
b. carved
c. understood
d. connected
e. evicted
disjointed - lacking coherence, separated at the joints
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synonym or antonym for distend
a. bloat
b. adjust
c. exist
d. materialize
e. finish
distend - expand, swell out
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synonym or antonym for dogmatic
a. benign
b. canine
c. impatient
d. petulant
e. arbitrary
dogmatic - opinionated, arbitary, doctrinal
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synonym for embellish
a. doff
b. don
c. abscond
d. adorn
e. equalize
embellish - adorn, ornament, enhance as a story
d. adorn
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antonym for ephemeral
a. sensuous
b. passing
c. popular
d. distasteful
e. eternal
ephemeral - short lived, fleeting
e. eternal
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antonym for equanimity
a. agitation
b. stirring
c. vovlume
d. identity
e. luster
equanimity - calmness of temperament, composure
a. agitation
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antonym for erudite
a. professional
b. stately
c. short
d. unknown
e. ignorant
erudite - learned, scholarly
e. ignorant
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antonym for exculpate
a. blame
b. prevail
e. acquire
d. ravish
e. accumulate
exculpate - clear from blame
a. blame
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synonym or antonym for fatuous
a. fatal
b. natal
c. terrible
d. sensible
e. tolderance
fatuous - brainless, inane, foolish, yet smug
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synonym or antonym for fledgling
a. weaving
b. bobbing
c. beginning
d. studying
e. flaying
fledgling - inexperienced
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synonym for foment
a. spoilt
b. instigate
c. interrogate
d. spray
e. maintain
foment - stir up, instigate
b. instigate
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synonym for frugality
a. foolishness
b. extremity
c. indifference
d. enthusiasm
e. economy
frugality - thrift, economy
e. economy
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synonym for garrulous
a. arid
b. hastly
c. sociable
d. quaint
e. talkative
garrulous - loquacious, wordy, talkative
e. talkative
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antonym for gregarious
a. antisocial
b. anticipatory
c. glorious
d. horrendous
e. similar
gregarious - sociable
a. antisocial
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antonym for gullible
a. incredulous
b. fickle
c. tantamount
d. easy
e. stylish
gullible - easily decieved
a. incredulous (unable to believe)
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antonym for hyperbole
a. velocity
b. climax
c. curve
d. understatement
e. expansion
hyperbole - exaggeration, overstatement
d. understatment
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synonym or antonym for immutable
a. silent
b. changing
c. articulate
d. loyal
e. varied
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synonym or antonym for impair
a. separate
b. make ammends
c. make worse
d. falsify
e. cancel
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synonym or antonym for impassive
a. active
b. demonstrative
c. perfect
d. anxious
e. irritated
impassive - without feeling, imperturbable ( not easily excited), stoical (seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain)
b. demonstrative(given to or marked by the open expression of emotion)
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synonym for indigent
a. lazy
b. pusillanimous
c. penurious
d. affluent
e. contrary
indigent - poverty
c. penurious (not having enough money to pay for necessities)
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synonym for indolence
a. sloth
b. poverty
c. latitude
d. aptitude
e. anger
indolence - lazy
a. sloth
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synonym for ingenuous
a. clever
b. stimulating
c. naive
d. worried
e. cautious
ingenuous - naive and trusting, young, unsophisticated
c. naive
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synonym for innocuous
a. not capable
b. not dangerous
c. not eager
d. not frank
e. not peaceful
innocuous - harmless
b. not dangerous
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synonym for insinuate
a. resist
b. suggest
c. report
d. rectify
e. lecture
insinuate - hint, imply, creep in
b. suggest
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synonym for insipid
a. witty
b. flat
c. wily
d. talkative
e. lucid
insipid - lacking flavor, dull
b. flat
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synonym for intractable
a. culpable
b. flexible
c. unruly
d. efficient
e. base
intractable - unruly, stubborn, unyielding
c. unruly
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synonym for intransigence
a. lack of training
b. stubbornness
c. novelty
d. timidity
e. cupidity
intransigence - refusal to comprise, stubbornness
b. stubbornness
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synonym for inundate
a. abuse
d. deny
c. swallow
d. treat
e. flood
inundate - overwhelm, flood, submerge
e. flood
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antonym for laconic
a. milky
b. verbose
c. wicked
d. flagrant
e. derelict
laconic - brief and to the point
b. verbose
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antonym for latent
a. trim
b. forbidding
c. execrable
d. early
e. obvious
latent - potential but underdeveloped, dormant, hidden
e. obvious
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antonym for laudatory
a. dirtying
b. disclaiming
c. defamatory
d. inflamatory
e. debased
laudatory - praise
c. defamatory (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
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antonym for lethargic
a. convalescent
b. beautiful
c. enervating
d. invigorating
e. interrogating
lethargic - drowsy, dull
d. invigorating
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antonym for levity
a. bridge
b. darn
c. praise
d. blame
e. solemnity
levity - lack of seriousness or steadiness
e. solemnity (a trait of dignified seriousness)
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antonym for loquacious
a. taciturn
b. sentimental
c. soporific
d. soothing
e. sedate
loquacious - talkative
a. taciturn (habitually reserved and uncommunicative)
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synonym or antonym for malleable
a. brittle
b. blatant
c. brilliant
d. brownish
e. basking
malleable - capable of being shaped by pounding, impressionable
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synonym for meticulous
a. steadfast
b. recent
c. quaint
d. painstaking
e. overt
meticulous - excessively carefuly, painstaking, scrupulous
d. painstaking
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synonym for misanthrope
a. benefactor
b. philanderer
c. man hater
d. aesthete
e. epicure
misanthrope - man hater
c. man hater
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synonym for mollify
a. avenge
b. attenuate
c. attribute
d. morify
e. appease
mollify - soothe
e. appease
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synonym for mundane
a. global
b. futile
c. spatial
d. heretic
e. worldly
mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual, everyday
e. worldly
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antonym for negation
a. postulation
b. hypothecation
c. affirmation
d. violation
e. anticipation
negation - cancel out, nullify, deny
c. affirmation
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antonym for neophyte
a. veteran
b. satellite
c. desperado
d. handwritting
e. violence
neophyte - recent convert, beginner
a. veteran
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antonym for obdurate
a. yielding
b. fleeing
c. finite
d. fascinating
e. permanent
obdurate - stubborn
a. yielding
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antonym for obsequious
a. successful
b. democratic
c. supercilious
d. ambitous
e. lamentable
obsequious - slavishly attentive, servile, sycophantic (attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery)
c. supercilious (the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior)
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antonym for opprobrium
a. delineation
b. aptitude
c. majesty
d. freedom
e. praise
opprobrium - infamy, vilification
e. praise
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antonym for ostentatious
a. inactive
b. unassuming
c. impolite
d. illicit
e. irrational
ostentatious - showy, pretentious, trying to attract attention
b. unassuming (modest)
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antonym for penchant
a. distance
b. imminence
c. dislike
d. attitude
e. void
penchant - strong inclination, liking
c. dislike
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antonym for penurious
a. imprisoned
b. captivated
c. generous
d. vacant
e. abolished
penurious - severe poverty, stinginess
c. generous
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antonym for perfunctory
a. official
b. thorough
c. insipid
d. vicarious
e. distinctive
perfunctory - superficial, not thorough, laking interest, care or enthusiasm
b. thorough
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antonym for permeable
a. perishable
b. effective
c. plodding
d. impenetrable
e. lasting
permeable - penetrable, porous, allowing liquids or gas to pass through
d. impenetrable
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synonym for phlematic
a. clam
b. cryptic
c. practical
d. salivary
e. dishonest
phlematic - calm, not easily distrubed
a. calm
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synonym for placate
a. determine
b. transmit
c. pacify
d. allow
e. define
placate - pacify, conciliate
c. pacify
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synonym for platitude
a. fatness
b. bravery
d. dimension
d. trite remark
e. strong belief
platitude - trite remark, commonplace statement
d. trite remark
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synonym for precarious
a. priceless
b. premature
c. primitive
d. hazardous
e. unwelcome
precarious - uncertain, risky
d. hazardous
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antonym for precipitate
a. dull
b. anticipatory
c. cautious
d. considerate
e. welcome
precipitate - rash, premature, hasty, sudden
c. cautious
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antonym for presumption
a. assertion
b. activation
c. motivation
d. propostion
e. predatory
presumption - arrogant, talking liberties
e. predatory (living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain)
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antonym for pristine
a. cultivated
b. condemned
c. irreligious
d. cautious
e. critical
pristine - characteristic of earlier times, primitive
a. cultivated
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antonym for probity
a. regret
b. assumption
c. corruptibility
d. extent
e. upswing
probity - uprightness, incorruptibility
c. corruptibility
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antonym for prodigal
a. large
b. thrifty
c. consistent
d. compatible
e. remote
prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money
b. thrifty
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synonym or antonym for recalcitrant
a. grievous
b. secretive
c. cowardly
d. thoughtful
e. cooperative
recalcitrant - obstinatley stubborn, determined to resist authority, unruly
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synonym or antonym for recluse
a. learned scholar
b. mocker
c. social person
d. careful workers
e. daredevil
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synonym or antonym for recondite
a. unfriendly
b. easily coprehensible
c. closely juxtaposed
d. broadminded
e. sardonic
recondite - abstruse (incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge), profound, secret
- antonym
- b. easily conprehensible
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synonym for refractory
a. articulate
b. singalbe
c. vaunted
d. useless
e. unmanageable
refractory - stubborn, unmanageable
e. unmanageable
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synonym for repudiate
a. besmirch
b. appropriate
c. annoy
d. reject
e. avow
repudiate - disown, disavow
d. reject
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antonym for reticence
a. fatigue
b. fashion
c. treachery
d. loquaciousness
e. magnanimity
reticence - reserved, uncommunicative, inclined to silence
d. loquaciousness
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antonym for revere
a. advance
b. dishonor
c. age
d. precede
e. wake
revere - respectful, worshipful
b. dishonor
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antonym for salubrious
a. salty
b. bloody
c. miasmic
d. maudin
e. wanted
salubrious - healthful
c. miasmic ( of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution)
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synonym or antonym for soporific
a. dining
b. austic
c. memorial
d. awakening
e. springing
soporific - sleep causing, makring by sleepiness
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synonym or antonym for tacit
a. spoken
b. allowed
c. neutral
d. impertinent
e. unwanted
tacit - understood, not put into words
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antonym for tractable
a. unmanageable
b. irreligious
c. mortal
d. incapable
e. unreal
tractable - docile, easily managed
a. unmanageable
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antonym for truculent
a. juicy
b. overflowing
c. peaceful
d. determined
e. false
truculent - aggressiveness, ferocity
c. peaceful
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synonym or antonym for venerate
a. revere
b. age
c. reject
d. reverberate
e. degenerate
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synonym or antonym for veracious
a. worried
b. slight
c. alert
d. truthful
e. instrumental
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synonym or antonym for viable
a. moribund
b. salable
c. useful
d. foolish
e. inadequate
viable - practical or workable, capable of maintaining life
- antonym
- a. moribund (being on the point of death; breathing your last)
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synonym for welter
a. heat
b. greeting
c. recovery
d. universe
e. tumult
welter - turmoil, bewildering jumble
e. tumult (a state of commotion and noise and confusion)
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synonym for zealot
a. beginner
b. patron
c. fanatic
d. murderer
e. leper
zealot - fanatic, person who shows excessive zeal
c. fanatic
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