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This contains a complete word list with similar words grouped together.Studying words in groups can triple ur performance in GRE.\So all the best
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PREFACE
This “made easy” has been prepared to meet the requirements of those
GRE aspirants, who find it very difficult to learn isolated(unrelated) words. It is true that
its very tough to learn isolated words. This guide might help you to prepare in easier way
by using groups of “related” words. I prepared this to meet my own requirements during
my preparation for the GRE on sep 6, 2002. My friend Balaji.R has played an EQUAL
role in preparing this file. It is with his full consent that I am uploading this file on the
net. This file is a result of our hard work for 47 days(Jun 01 2002 to July 17 2002)..This
guide has helped me a lot. So I thought it “might” help others as well. Thats why I am
uploading this. BTW, for those of you who are curious to know, My GRE score is 2200
(V-690, A-710, Q-800).
Thanks goes to Prof.James of datamatics coaching centre, Chennai. Because, this file is
actually a soft copy of what he teaches in class(Of course, its NOT my work. I only
typed out whatever prof.James spoke.. Thats all). I know that there are some inadvertent
mistakes in this file. Kindly excuse me for that.
HOW TO USE THIS FILE:
1) First of all, if you are a datamatics student this file might be extremely useful. For
others, it might be helpful, only if you are prepared to work very hard.
2) Please get a hard copy of this file. Print it out. Get it hard bound.(Thats what I
did). This helps because you can write some sentences formed by you in the blank
space. Do some scratch work. Underline. That means you are actively working
with the words. It really helps. With soft copy you cannot do these things. Hope
you understand what I mean. You can skip this preface(while you print) if you
want. ☺
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3) This might be very difficult. Speak out each word group loudly and record it in
your PC as MP3. Well I did do it. This helps you to hear these words(by playing
these in winamp) even when you are not actually studying.(Like when you are
bathing, relaxing, reading newspaper, chatting with friends). This is helpful.
Because, your subconscious is listening to these words. You may not be
“consciously” listening. (Psychology guys, kindly excuse me if I am wrong here.
But I think I am right here.) Besides, using the same method for learning barron’s
also helps. But please kindly understand this is only my opinion and not
necessarily the best way to learn words. In fact, this is not “The” best way. The
best way is as stated in Barron, “read extensively in a variety of fields”. For those
of us “mortals” (Read “Non IIT-ians”) , who cannot do that, I think this way
might be helpful.
DISCLAIMER:
I sincerely hope I have helped people at least in a small way by preparing this file. Even
as I say so, I remain as circumspect as ever. Though this file is the result of my work, I
strongly maintain that I am not responsible for any mistake (whatsoever) found in this
file. But I earnestly request the person who finds the mistake to kindly point it out to me.
Any person with any doubt may feel free to mail me at [email protected]
.Or mail to this group. Mailing to the group is preferable because it might be read by
others and help them as well.-☺ But please note here that I might take some time to
reply. Please excuse me. I sincerely hope this helps. Bye.
S.K.M.Varadhan
P.S. For those of you who are cursing me for not uploading the MS word (“.doc”) file,
one little info. The MS word (“.doc”) file “size” is more than what one floppy can hold.
Since I access internet from net café, I am unable to transport it. I have to split, un-split
and go through a lot of hell to do it. Hence, I am sorry. I cannot help it. ☺
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WORD
SYNONYMS ANTONYMS NOTES
1,abate 2,abase 3,abash 4,abdicate (Technical term) 5, abet 6,abeyance 7,abhor
Allay Alleviate Mitigate Ameliorate Lessen Reduce Slacken Assuage Diminish Humiliate Degrade Demean Debase Lower Disconcert Discomfiture Mortify Embarrass Vexed Relinquish Renounce (Depose) Done under compulsion Complicity Indirect assistance Illegal, unlawful aid Suspended temporarily Put in cold storage Shelved Strong dislike Hatred Loathe Detest Abominate(very strong) Aversion(mild) Hate Abhor Odious
Aggravate Worsen Deteriorate Uplift Edify Ennobling Elevated Exalt Equanimity Composure Poise(mental balance) Seize Besiege(to try for a long time) Usurp Unhelpful Aloof Hinder Discourage Love Like Approve
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8,abject 9,abjuration(or)abjure 10,abnegate 11,abominate 12,abrade 13,abnegation
Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauper Destitution Privation SECONDARY: Servile(like that of slaves) Grovel Fawn Obsequious Cringing Renounce on oath Relinquish(very strong word) Deny pleasures of life Ascetic(person who practice self denial-Pain living-disciplined) Spartan Austere(person who is strict in manner) Strong dislike Hatred Loathe Detest Abominate(very strong) Aversion(mild) Hate Abhor Odious Scrape Scrimp Scrunch ** Deny pleasures of life Ascetic(person who practice self denial-Pain living-disciplined) Spartan Austere(person who is strict in manner)
Affluence Opulence Lucre Mammon Nouveau riche Purloin Aristocrat Love Like approve Aristocrat
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14,abridge 15,abrogate 16,absorbed 17,absolve 18,abstinence
Concise Synopsis (of an epic) Conspectus Compendium Gist (of a book) Abstract (of a thesis) Condensed Epitome Crux(the most important point) Compress Shorten Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish Annul, Invalidate Nullify Assimilate Imbibe SECONDARY: incorporate engrossed interested Shrive Shriven Exculpate Exonerate Vindicate Acquit Pardon Amnesty Condone Keeping away from food and drink Abstemious Celibate Temperate
Elaborate Exemplify Expatiate Expound Magnify Retain status quo Arraign Indict Inculpate Impeach Convict Prosecute Indulgence, sybaritic
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19,abstruse 20,accolade 21,accoutre 22,accrue 23,acerbity
24,acidulous
25,acme
Confound Unfathomable Recondite Profound, Arcane Incomprehensible Not understandable Prize Award Honor Array Equip Dress (Uniform) Nurse�white Police�Khaki Interest Proceeds Results Biting Stinging Caustic Acerbic Acidulous Vitriolic Trenchant(very strong) Acidic Waspish Biting Stinging Caustic Acerbic Acidulous Vitriolic Trenchant(very strong) Acidic Waspish Pinnacle Zenith Highest point Apex Summit
Clear manifest ostensible Mild Polite Equanimity Mild Polite Equanimity Nadir Lowest point
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26,acolyte 27,acquiesce
28,acrid
29,actuate
30,acumen
31,adage
32,addendum
Religious follower Lackey Flunky Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic Minion (Valet, Footman) Accept passively Comply Accede Agree Assent Pungent Acidic Vinegary Impel Motivate Mental keenness Shrewd Astute, Clever Skillful, Perspicacious Sophisticated(mild) Expertise Exceptionally gifted Adage Proverb Dictum Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm(Apophthegm- Br) Epigram Aphorism Pithy Sententious Precept Addition Accessory (Adjunct), Appendix
Reject Deny Refuse repudiate Arrest Stop Thwart Hinder Prevent Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed
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33,adduce 34,adjure 35,admonish 36,adroit 37,adulation 38,adumbrate 39,adventitious
Infer Quote Suggest Put forth To urge solemnly Beg Beseech Implore, Obtest Adjure Entreaty Importunate Supplication (Genuflection, Exhort, Hortatory) Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words: Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate Skillfully Deft Adept Adroit Dexterously Ambidextrous Shrewd Clever Expert Ingenious (Southpaw) High praise Adoration Umbrella like thing Canopy Cove Accidental Fortuitous , Supervene
Order Command Clumsy Maladroit Awkward Gauche
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40,affable 41,affection 42,affront 43,aggrandise 44,agile 45,allay 46,alleviate
Cultured Warm Refined Urbane Genial Congenial Polished Civil Suave Cordial Friendly Amiable Liking Love Regard Kindness Tenderness Fondness Affectionate Affront Insult, Rebuke Umbrage Outrage Unlawful acquisition of Wealth Lucre Mammon Avarice Pelf, Nouveau Riche, Parvenu Nimble Fleet footed Alacrity, Celerity Sprite, Sprightly Spry Verve, Vivacity, pep & bounce (women) Reduce Allay (of pain) lighten Lessen Reduce Lessen (Sufferings)
Boorish Bucolic Churlish Curt Rude Vulgar Pretense Feign Act Polite Civil Culture Refine Suave Compliment Flatter Slow Sluggish Tardy Slothful Lazy Lackadaisical
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47,altercate 48,altruistic 49,ambidexterous 50,ambiguous 51,ameliorate 52,analect 53,analeptic
Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy Spat Selfless person unselfish Philanthropic Like for humanity Gracious, Humane, Kind Benevolent, Benign Skillful use Of both hands Dexterous Skillful Deft Adept Clever Southpaw(left hand) Sinister Equivocation(deliberate) Palter Ambivalent Improve Better Promote Raise Advance Epitome Essence Crux Quintessence Tonic giving strength and vitality Strength Elixir Invigorating Rejuvenating
Composure Poise Selfish Egoist Egotistic Awkward Gauche Gaucherie Clumsy Maladroit Precise Concise Pointed Worsen Deteriorate Aggravate Enervated Effete Emaciate
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54,anathema 55,anchorite 56,anile 57,animadversion 58,animosity 59,anneal
Curse from church Ex-communication Gods curse by pope Imprecation Malediction Interdiction Proscribe Outlawry, ban Recluse Hermit Anchoret anchorite Solitary Eremite Senile (men) Anile (women) Dotard Dotage Decrepitude Enfeebled mentally Strong censure Strong criticism Zoilean* Hypercritical Deplore Ill-will hatred rancor animus acrimonious bitterness hostility inimical Transition from liquid state to solid state –Metals People attaining a strong position in society from a bad one.
Gregarious Social Friendly
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60,annul 61,anodyne 62,anomalous 63,antediluvian 64,apathy 65,ape 66,aplomb
Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish, Abrogate Annul, Invalidate Nullify Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative Soporific Somnific * Emollient Demulcent Balm -Gilead Opium, Opiate Minor discrepancy Irregular Primitive Ancient time Antiquated Anachronism(US) Indifferent nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless Heartless Merciless Troglodyte Simian->gorilla Imitating(v), mock(v) Confident Self assurance In total Control Self-possession
Stimulate rejuvenate Pity Empathy Sympathy Care Concern Compassion Solicitude Clemency Commiseration Diffident Nervous Unsure
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67,apocalyptic 68,apocryphal 69,apodictic 70,apollyon 71,apostasy or apostate
Prophet of doom Seer Oracular Delphic Epiphany Sibylline mystical visionary False Mendacious Mendacity unauthentic Apocryphal Fictitious Uncanonical * Mythical Legendary Beyond doubt Unquestionable Demonstrated Proved Indubitable empirical Axiom-self evident truth Incontrovertible Satan Lucifer apollyon Arch-fiend Devil Belial Baal Beelzebub Moloch Mammon Mephistopheles Caliban * Diabolic, Satanic, Fiendish Give up religious beliefs Recreant, Renegade Apostate Fugitive SECONDARY: Non- conformist, Recusant Heretic maverick Iconoclast, deserter, Turncoat
Truthful Canonical Authentic Factual Veracity, Veracious Verisimilitude Straight from horses’ mouth Solipsism Humane Kind Benign , Benevolent Angelic, Cherubic, Seraphic Altruistic Loyalty Allegiance fidelity(spouse)fealty
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72,apothegm 73,arraign 74, arrant 75,arrogate 76,asinine
Proverb Dictum Adage Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm Aphorism Epigram Pithy Sententious Precept Gnome, Byword Arraign Indict Inculpate Impeach Prosecute Convict Unscrupulous Rascal Scoundrel Knaves Scamp, Scullion Complete, total, consummate (-) Usurp Overthrow Take position unlawfully Changeling -False child Imposter Supplant Assert Silly, Foolish, Stupid, Obtuse Bovine, Asinine Fatuous, Doltish Nit-wit, Ninny Nincompoop, Numskull Dullard, Dunce Blockhead, Dunderhead Demented, imbecile Moronic, Cretin, Idiot
Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed Absolve Shrive shriven Exculpate Exonerated Vindicated-justify(sec meaning) Acquit Pardon Condone Amnesty Probity Integrity Wise Clever Sapient sagacious astute skillful
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77,aspersion 78,assay 79,assiduous 80,assuage 81,attenuate 82,audacious
Revile Malign Slur Aspersion To attempt Evaluate Test Industrious Hard working Diligent Assiduous Sedulous(am+)( br -) SECONDARY: Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable Console Soothing Grief Mitigate Soften Mollify Placate Pacify Appease Propitiate Make thin or Slender Rarify Diminish Bold Daring, Impudent Impertinent, Reckless Courageous, Dauntless Venturesome, Fearless, Intrepid Brave, Valiant, Valorous Adventurous, Plucky Gutsy, Spunky Foolhardy
Praise Laud Lazy Slothful Sluggish Indolent Lethargic Provoke Needle(US) Incite Instigate Meek Timid Timorous Cowardly Cowardice Dastardly Craven Poltroon(rank coward) Pusillanimous
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83,augment (+ve) 84,aver (US) 85,babel 86,badger 87,badinage 88,banter 89,barb
Increase Resources Aggrandize (-ve) Assert Declare Pronounce Opine(US) Affirm State Pandemonium Anarchy Confusion Chaos Din Tumult , Noise Bedlam Hubbub Pester Harass Annoying Vexation Baiting(stronger) Torment, Torture Clown, Buffoon merry-andrew Harlequinade Droll drollery Persiflage, Badinage Raillery Banter SECONDARY: Twit & Taunt Tease, Mock, Challenge & joke Joke Drollery Raillery Thorny Anything that pricks Stinging Laceration Prickly
Cosmos Order Harmony Understand Serious Grave Sober
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90,bashful 91,bask 92,baste 93,bastinado 94,bastion 95,bate 96,bathos
Young women who are shy Shy(both men and women) Coy(women) Demure(young maidens who are very shy) Meek, timid, timorous Take the warmth of the VIP parent luxuriantly reposing dallying enjoying lounging enjoy the sun Physical beating Clobber Pommel Pound Baste Beat Thrash Lambaste Bludgeon Cudgel Physical beating Thrashing Clobber Pommel Pound Baste Beat Thrash Lambaste Bludgeon Cudgel Impregnable Fortification Entrenchment Unconquerable Forte Defense Lessening your breath Holding your breath Anticlimax
Bold Aggressive Froward*
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97,bawdy 98,batter
Vulgar talk in sex Concupiscent-church word, Carnal Prurient Ribald Smutty, Bawdy(jokes) Risqué, Lewd Salacious Lascivious, Lecherous Licentious, Libidinous Lickerish, Lubricous Dissolute Depravity(dissipated) Debauch Profligate Philanderer Libertine Rake Roué Lothario Casanova Don Juan Satyr Women: siren seductress wanton Voluptuary rant nymphomaniac fan-fatalle: Circe the enchantress lamia the vampire medusa the gorgon Pommel Clobber Pound Batter Thrash Beat Flog Baste Lambaste Cudgel Bludgeon
Virtuous Pure Chaste Vestal Continence Celibate
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99,bay 100,beadle
Sound made by a hound Bark of dog, Bay of a hound at some distance hounds are after you (Church word) Church servitor apparitor *, Summoner * Sexton-Protestant church One who Serves the priest pardoner
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101,beatitude 102,bedlam 103,bedizen 104,begrime 105,beguile 106,behest
Highest form of Spiritual happiness Bliss Ecstasy Rapturous Happiness Holy joy Pleasure Mad-house Irrational Confusion, Chaos, Disorder Pandemonium Maniacal Anarchy Lunatic asylum Over adorned, over-decorative outlandish garish, tawdry dowdy Meretricious Bizarre, Gaudy Main Meanings: Damage a Man’s reputation Besmirch Besmear, Bemire Begrime Sully Tarnish Stigmatize Related word groups: Calumny Group of words Disparage Group of words Revile Group of words Cheat Dupe Gull Cozen Hood wink(milder) Defraud Deceive Order Decree Command Bidding Injunction, Mandatory
Harmony Cosmos Somber Sober Plain Praise Commend Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity
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107,behove 108,belabour 109,belated 110,belaud 111,beldam(UK) 112,bel espirit 113,belial
Suitable Proper, Propriety Decorous Verbal assault(US) Physical assault(UK) Pommel Pound Cudgel Delayed Postponed Defer Procrastinate (peripheral) High praise Praise -Approbation Applaud -Plaudits Commend -Commendation Laud, Belaud* -Laudation Extol -Encomium Eulogize -Eulogy Paean Panegyric Doxology Vicious old women Harridan crone Witch Hag Vixen (Middle aged) Termagant, Shrew (Young) Virago Xantippe Jezebel Witty person Bonhomie Satan Apollyon Lucifer Archfiend Belial, Beelzebub, Baal Moloch, Mammon, Mephistopheles Caliban
Punctual Lady Humane Kind Benign Benevolent Philanthropic Angelic Cherubic Seraphic
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114,bellicose 115,bemire 116,bemused 117,benign 118,berate
Pugnacious Belligerent Jingoism Warmongering Saber-Rattling Damage a Man’s reputation Besmirch Besmear, Bemire Begrime Sully Tarnish Stigmatize Confused confounded perplexed Puzzled Baffled Nonplused Flabbergasted Bamboozled, Mystify Stymied Stultified Stupefied Flummoxed Benevolent Kind Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish(UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words: Rate Berate Objurgate, Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate
Pacifist Wicked Malevolent
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119,besot 120,bevy 121,bewitch (of Beauty) 122,bias 123,bibulous (of Alcoholics)
Intoxicated Enchanted Come under some body’s spell (Inebriated) (Crapulous) Group of Pretty girls –Collective noun covey of witches(UK) covey of pretty girls(US) bevy of pretty girls(UK) Put under a Spell Enchanted Enthrall Ensnare Entrap, Bewitch Intoxicated Besot Lean Slant Inclination Bent Flair Predilection Penchant (+) Proclivity (-) Propensity Dipsomaniac Crapulous Toper Tippler Sloshed Sozzled Sot Inebriated Alcoholic Guzzler Quaffer
Repulsive Teetotaler
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124,bicker 125,bigot 126, Billet (v) 127,blanch 128,bland 129,blandishment
Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy Spat Extremist when it comes to religious intolerance Zealot Fanatic Fundamentalist Bigot Puritan Pharisaical Humbug Hypocrisy Humble position Just enough salary to keep one alive Soldiers’ lodge Billet-Doux (Love letter) White with fear Bleach (US) Etiolate (US) Blood Draining from face with fear Horrendous Blench Non-Spicy Harmless & Non-Irritant Mild & Gentle Compliment Flattery of sorts Gifts Blarney Cajole, Coax, Wheedle
Catholic Cosmopolitan Broadminded Secular Tolerant Eclectic Ruddy Rosette Robust Expressiveness
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130,blarney 131,blase 132,blatant 133,blench 134,blithe 135,bludgeon 136,bombastic
Flatter Adulation Gammon See also 129 Blandishment No longer needed Surfeited Satiated, Sated, Satiety Cloyed Otiose Redundant & Superfluous Hackneyed Excessive Loud & Clear Canard (When a nation lies) Shaking in fear Cowered in fear Tremble in fear Blanch in fear Quiver, Waver, Shake Trepidation Angelic Spirits(UK) Lively (US) Buoyant, Animated Vivacity (Women) Pep & Bounce (Women) Cheerful Gay Sprightly Elated Verve (US) (Women) Cudgel Clobber Pound Pommel Baste Lambaste Pompous Language High Sounding Flowery Turgid Euphuistic Johnsonian
Direct Simple Plain Lucid
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137,bonhomie (Of older men) 138,boor 139,bosh 140,bounden 141,bounty
Witty Good humor Sociable & Friendly Jolly & Bel esprit Uncultured Crude Rude Vulgar Churlish Rustic, Bucolic Bumpkin Curt, Brusque, Bumptious Abrasive, brash Uncouth Pure nonsense Prate, Prattle Gibber, Gibberish Jabber, Jabberwocky Tattle, Babble, Twaddle Palaver talk Balderdash Jargon Bosh Obligated Trussed Shackle Manacle Bonded Fetters Feign Munificence Largesse Bountiful Generous magnanimous Extravagant & Lavish
Cultured Warm Refined Urbane Genial, Congenial Polished Civil Suave Friendly Cordial Amiable Cogent Coherent Logical Rational Volitional Voluntary Mean Unkind
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142,bourgeoisie (Fr) (Special Word) 143,bovine
Trades folk, Trades people Merchant Class (UK) Vaisyas (Ind) Hot polloi Rabble Canaille Lumpkin Groundling Plebian Publican Yokel Common man Silly Foolish Stupid Obtuse Bovine Asinine Fatuous Doltish Nit-wit Ninny Nincompoop Numskull Dullard Dunce Blockhead Dunderhead Demented imbecile Moronic Cretin Idiot
Aristocrat Blue Blooded Patrician Scion Mandarin Noblesse-Oblige Intelligence Perspicacity Wise Clever Sapient sagacious astute
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144,brag 145,brash 146,brevity 147,brigand 148,broach 149,bromidic
Brag Boast Vaunt Gloat Swagger Thrasonical Gasconade Rodomontade Cock-a-hoop Roisterer Blusterer Vainglorious Braggart, Braggadocio &Swaggerer Hasty Rash Impetuous Bumptious Tactless Brusque Abrasive Rude Reckless In a nutshell Concise Shortness Tersely Succinct Brevity Highwaymen Marauder Foot-pad Mountebank Dacoit (Ind) Approach Begin Introduce a topic or a person Dull & Uninteresting Barren Dry Vapid Sterile Jejune Insipid
Humble Humility Modest Meek Timid Timorous Circumlocutive Lengthy Magnified Prolixity Verbiage Verbosity Exhilarating Stimulating Interesting
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150,bruit 151,brusque 152,bucolic 153,bumpkin 154,burgeon 155,cabal ( originally of the secret Jewish group who indulge in occult like clairvoyance, telepathy etc.,) 156,cabalistic
Rumor Hearsay Hoax Grapevine Unauthentic – Not dependable Uncultured Crude Rude Vulgar Churlish Rustic, Bucolic Bumpkin Curt, Brusque, Bumptious Abrasive, brash Uncouth See 151 BRUSQUE Clown Peasant Clodpoll Clodhopper See also 151 BRUSQUE Grow overnight Mushroom Sprout Conclave (of admirals) Caucus (of party people) Coterie (-) Clique (-) Cohorts (-) Junta->of disgruntled army man Insurgents Insurrectionary Gang Faction Confederacy League See 155 CABAL
Truthful Canonical Authentic From horses’ mouth Cultured Warm Refined Urbane Genial, Congenial Polished Civil Suave Cordial Friendly Cordial Amiable
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157,cacophony 158,cadaverous 159,caitiff 160,callous 161,callow 162,calumet
Creaking Croaking, Grating Jarring Unpleasant sound Staccato rhythm Of a Dead Body Pallid (US) Wan (US) Corpse (UK) I Meaning: Knave Scoundrel Rascal Scamp Scullion Caitiff II Meaning: Miser Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Codger Curmudgeon Insensitive to others’ feelings Indifferent Nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless, Heartless & Merciless Inexperienced person Fledgling Beginner Tyro Greenhorn Callow Neophyte, Novice, Proselyte Indian pipe-seen in north To promote fraternity A puff from the pipe
Euphonious Musical Melodious Mellifluent Dulcet Honest Integrity Pity Commiserate Sympathy Empathy Care Concern Solicitude Compassion Clemency Veteran Expert Master Virtuosity
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163,calumny 164,canard 165,canaille 166,candid 167,cant 168,capacious 169,caprice (of women)
Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile family of words. Rank Lie When a nation lies. Riotous mob Rabble Unruly Violent Plebian Publican Yokel Groundling Hoi-polloi Candor Open Frank Artless Ingenuous, guileless Extrovert Puritanism Hypocrisy of sorts Humbug Zealot Fanatic Bigot Pharisaical Fundamentalist Spacious Large Well read Whimsical Impulsive Importunate Without forethought SEC: Oddities, Singularities, Idiosyncrasies
Crafty Artful Cagey Cunning Vulpine Machiavellian Catholic Broad minded Eclectic Cosmopolitan Tolerant Secular Decisive Firm Steadfast Stern
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170,captious 171,carnage 172,carnal 173,carte blanche 174,castigate
Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe Killing Large no of innocent people Carnage Massacre Butchery Decimate Genocide Pogrom Abattoir Exterminate In a shambles Extirpation Holocaust Cataclysm Calamity Catastrophe Disaster Annihilation, Tragedy, Sanguinary Bloody battle, Slaughter See 97 BAWDY Total Freedom Total Authority Blank Check Scold, Chide, Upbraid, Reproach, Reprove, Admonish(UK), Censure Rebuke, Reprimand Stronger Words: Rate, Berate Objurgate, Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate
Equanimity Composure Poise
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175,cataclysm 176,catechise 177,cathartic 178,causerie 179,caveat (Latin) 180,cavil 181,celerity
See 171 CARNAGE Interrogate Impugn Inquisition SEC: Apostate, Renegade Recreant, Fugitive Purgative Laxative Bowdlerize Expurgate Inner moral cleansing Purge Cleanse Evacuant Idle talk Chat Gossip Caveat Emptor (buyer beware) Caveat Venditor (seller beware) Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe Nimble Agile Fleet footed Alacrity Celerity Sprite, Sprightly Spry
Equanimity Composure Poise Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent
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182,censure 183,cerulean 184,chafe 185,chagrin 186,choleric 187,changeling 188,charlatan
Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish(UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words: Rate Berate Objurgate, Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate Azure Blue colored sky Fret Vexed Chafe Fume See 180 CAVIL Choleric Splenetic Irascible Ill-tempered Ire False-child Usurper Take someone’s position unlawfully Imposter Charlatan Cheat Cozener Defrauder Mountebank Imposter Pretender
Cloudy Nebulous Turbid murky Composure Poise Equanimity
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189,charnel house 190,chary 191,chastise 192,chattel 193,chicanery 194,chide 195,chimera and 196,chimerical 197,churlish 198,cicatrice 199,circumspect 200,civility
Cemetery Ossuary Bloody Killing Wary Cautious Careful Circumspect See 182 CENSURE Furniture Passive Wives Property ménage Political deceit Duplicity Clap-trap Rel Word groups: Filch, purloin group Sophistry group See 182 CENSURE Fantasy Illusion Imagination Phantasmagoria Bizarre Mirage Rude Unpredictable Ill mannered Sullen Surly Grouchy Hidden Scar See 190 CHARY See 40 AFFABLE
Careless Carefree Cavalier Nonchalant
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201, Clap-Trap 202, Cleave 203, Clemency 204, Climacteric 205, Clog 206, Clutter 207, Cobble
Political deceit of sorts Duplicity Chicanery Cheat Rel Word groups: Filch, purloin group Sophistry group Hold on Adhere Stick Cleft Cleavage Pity, Commiseration Sympathy, Empathy Care, Concern, Solicitude Compassion, Forgiving Clemency Watershed for Indian Cross road of life Turning point Junction Menopause for women Phase of life which is important Stenosis Choke Block Stanch Impede Prevent Hinder Hamper Thwart Confusion Chaos Scattered around Pandemonium Anarchy Disarrangement Pebble stones with smooth surface Shoe mender(cobbler) –stitch shoes Metal mender -Tinker Cloth mender
Probity Integrity Upright Truthful Honest Indifferent Insouciance Nonchalant Apathetic Ruthless Careless Heartless Merciless
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208, Cock-A-Hoop 209, Codger 210, Cogent 211, Coiffure 212, Colligate 213, Collocate 214, Colloquy 215, Collude and 216, Collusive
Brag Boast Vaunt Gloat Swagger Thrasonical Gasconade Rodomontade Cock-a-hoop Vainglorious Braggart, Braggadocio &Swaggerer Roisterer, Blusterer –drunken boaster Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Logical Cohesive Cogent ratiocinate Syllogisms Hair style Head dress Artificial hair Join, Bind, Unite, Fuse Coalesce Amalgamate (companies) Concatenate (diversified facts) Agglomerate (ideas) Conglomerate Classify Tabulate Dialogue, Discussion Parley Harangue Diatribe Tirade Trenchant 2 people get together to harm the interests of 3rd person. Complicity, conspire
Humble Humility Modest Meek Timid Timorous Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Duck&Drake Soliloquy Monologue
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217, Comatose 218, Commend 219, Commensurate 220, Commingle 221, Commiserate and 222, Commiseration 223, Compendious
Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent Lackadaisical Languorous, Languid Lassitude Torpor, Torpid Inert Comatose Catatonic Death Praise -Approbation Applaud -Plaudits Commend -Commendation Laud, Belaud* -Laudation Extol -Encomium Eulogize -Eulogy Stronger: Paean, Panegyric, Doxology Equal Equivalent to Tantamount to Wages salary to the qualification Blend, Mix of different cultures Pity, Commiseration Sympathy, Empathy Care, Concern, Solicitude Compassion, Forgiving Clemency Concise Synopsis (of an epic) Conspectus Compendium Gist (of a book) Abstract (of a thesis) Condensed Epitome Crux(the most important point) Compress, Shorten
Nimble Agile Fleet footed Sprightly Alacrity Celerity Rebuke Censure Scold Chide Indifferent Insouciance Nonchalant Apathetic Ruthless Careless Heartless Merciless Elaborate Exemplify Expatiate Expound Magnify Prolific
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224, Complacent 225, Complaisant 226, Compunction 227, Concatenated 228, Conceited 229, Conciliate 230, Concomitant 231, Concord 232, Concupiscent 233, Condescend 234, Conduce
Satisfied Contented Smug Obliging Helpful Feign Qualms Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry Regret Remorse Repentant Contrition Penitent Unite Connect Join Fuse Arrogant Proud Imperious Brazen Reconcile Accompanying Harmony Understanding Détente Entente Comity of nations Agreement, Accord Unison See 97 BAWDY Stoop Deign Patronizing attitude Promote Aid Help, Assist Rel :Conducive
Disgruntled Unhappy Malcontent Discord Dissent
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235,Configuration 236, Confluence 237, Congeal 238, Congruous 239, Conjecture 240, Connoisseur 241, Connote 242, Conscientious 243, Conspectus
Pattern Design Gestalt Constellation, (malefic) Meeting Junction Union Conflux Freeze Anneal Solidify Curdle Congeal, Clot, Coagulate - for blood Harmony Agreement Understanding Guess Surmise Hypothesis Not factual Supposition Expert Critic, judge Appreciate of good things Gourmet, Epicurean Art, Music, Paint, Aesthetic Imply Denote Industrious Hard working Scrupulous Committed work Concise Synopsis (of an epic) Conspectus Compendium Gist (of a book) Abstract (of a thesis) Condensed Epitome Crux(the most important point) Compress Shorten
Philistine Down to earth Materialistic Pragmatic Practical Careless Inattentive Lax Slapdash Elaborate Exemplify Expatiate Expound Magnify Detailed
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244, Conspicuous 245, Constraint 246, Construe 247, Contumacious 248, Cozen 249, Credulous 250, Cryptic
Prominent by presence or absence Looks Dominant Inner compulsive force Obligation Interpret Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Intransigent Froward * Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable POS: Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable Cheat Gull Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin People who easily believe others Naïve, Simpleton Gullible, Ingenuous Frank, Open, Candid Guileless Artless Unfathomable, Profound, Arcane, Obscure, Difficult to understand Incomprehensible, Abstruse, Recondite, Secret, Hidden, Unseen
Misconstrue Misinterpret Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant Honest Upright Integrity Probity Truthful Crafty Vulpine Disingenuous Artful Shrewd Perspicacious Obvious Lucid Ostensible Edify Plain
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251, Curmudgeon 252, Dalliance 253, Dally 254, Dastard 255, Data 256, Daub 257, Daunt 258, Dauntless
Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Codger, Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Flirtation Coquette, Promiscuous Dawdle Doodle Waste time Dilatory Tarry Shilly-Shally Dilly-Dally Coward Meek, Timid, Timorous Dastardly Craven Poltroon Pusillanimous Information Plastering & Covering Painted women Splash Dash Overwhelming Intimidate Cow Frighten Insurmountable Fearless Valorous Brave Intrepid Valiant Courageous
Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Lavish Duck&Drake Brave Courage Dauntless Intrepid Valorous Neg: bold, Audacity Reckless Daring Foolhardy
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259, Dawdle 260, Dearth (of people) 261, Debase 262, Debauch 263, Decoy 264, Debilitate 265, Debonair
Dawdle Doodle Waste time Dilatory Shilly-Shally Dilly-Dally Fiddle Loiter Scarcity (of water) Paucity (of money) Shortage Deficiency Abased Degrade Demean Deep Humiliation See 97 BAWDY Bait Enticement Allurement Entrap Temptation Ensnare Loss of vitality Debilitate Enervated Effete Emasculated Etiolated Emaciated Gaunt looks Run down Washed out Well turned out Good looking Spruce Tidy Primp Debonair, Attractive Smart Adonis Chic-women
Abundant Plentiful Plentitude Copious Plethora Robust Ruddy Rosette Rubicund Vitality Salubrious Sap Wiry Slovenly Slatternly
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266, Decadence 267, Decamp 268, Deceived 269, Deciduous 270, Decimate 271, Declivity
Declining of morals standards Declivity Declension Runaway after robbing Bolt Escape Fly Flee Cheat Gull Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin Lack of moisture ,Vitality Slough, molt Defoliate, Desiccated Killing Large no of innocent people Carnage Massacre Butchery Decimate Genocide Pogrom Abattoir Exterminate In a shambles Annihilation Extirpation SECONDARY: Holocaust Cataclysm Calamity Catastrophe Disaster Tragedy, Sanguinary Bloody battle, Slaughter Come down from mountain Declension
Rectitude Evergreen Acclivity
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272, Decorous 273, Decorum 274, Decrepit 275, Decry 276, Defalcation 277, Defamation 278, Defer
Modest Demure->women Proper Suitable Seeming Propriety Decorous behavior Dress perfect for the perfect place See 272 DECOROUS Old Senile (men) Anile (women) Dotard Dotage Decrepitude Enfeebled mentally Censure (Strong) Deplore Denouncing (Strong) Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation Malfeasance Misappropriation Damage one’s reputation Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile, malign family of words Belittle, Disparage Family of words Postpone, Delay Procrastinate, Shelve Deep respect for Elders (as in Deference for father)
Coarse Crude Barbaric Rustic Bucolic Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity Disrespectful
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279, Defile 280, Definitive 281, Deflect 282, Defunct 283, Deify 284, Deign 285, Define 286,Delete 287, Delineation
Desecrate Defile Sacrilegious Profane Blasphemous Showing Disrespect for a place of worship 100% Definite Certitude Categorical Very sure, certain Off the course Swerve Ricochet (for bullets) Careen (for fast cars) Divert, Refract No longer valid –Dead Extinct (of animals ex: dinosaur) (Of defunct laws, newspapers, constitution) Elevate someone to the level of god (Demi-god) Apotheosize Come down to do a favor to somebody stoop condescend Patronize Explicate Clarify Manifested Erase Rub-out Delete Expunge Obliterate Blot-out Efface Deface Portray Depict Limn (-)
Consecrate Sanctify Sanctimonious Sanctum Sanctorum Sacrosanct purify Vague Indefinite Extant
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288, Delude 289, Deluge 290, Demeanor 291, Demur 292, Denigrate 293, Denizen 294, Deplete 295, Deprecate 296, Depravity 297, Depreciate
Dupe Deceive Gull Fool Cheat oneself Grandeur Hallucination Psychosis (Delusion) Inundation Downpour Cloudburst Cyclonic Cataclysm, Floods Noah’s Flood & Noah’s Ark Major upheavals Comport Mien Deportment Decorum, Decorous Appearance & Behavior Hesitate Dither Vacillate Demur Hedge Belittle Disparage Denigrate Derogatory Deprecatory Depreciatory Calumny Family of words (Stronger) Resident Habitué Drain off resources, Energy Exhausting (Tiring) Exhaust (Pipes) Exhaustive (Complete) See 292 DENIGRATE See 97 BAWDY See 292 DENIGRATE
Misdemeanor Misbehavior Praise Laud Extol
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298, Depredation 299,Derelict 300, Deride 301, Derogatory 302, Descry 303, Desecrate 304, Desiccate 305, Despoil
Large scale looting Spoliation Despoil Ravage Marauding Rapacious, Rapacity Rapine Plunder Loot Pillage (Of churches, temples) Disuse Desuetude Abandoned SECONDARY: Rickety Ramshackle Dilapidated (Ruins) Contemptuous Mock , Scorn Scoff, Sneer Deride, Derision, Derisive Jeer Fleer Gibe Ridicule (Twit & Taunt) See 292 DENIGRATE Espy Spot something with binoculars See 279 DEFILE Lack of moisture Hollow Gaunt Without vitality Deciduous See 298 DEPRADATION
Polite Cultured Suave Composure Poise Equanimity
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306, Despondent 307, Despotism 308, Desultory 309, Deteriorate (Law and order) 310, Detraction 311, Devious
Dejected Depressed Downcast Dispirited Despondent Sad Melancholic Doleful Dolorous Lugubrious Mope (US) Megrim Nadir Dictator Autocrat Tyrant Despot Totalitarian Aimless Casual Amble Unmethodical Stroll Saunter Jaunt Discursive Ramble Maunder Meander Digressive Worsen Aggravate Exacerbate See 277 DEFAMATION Indirect Circumlocutory Detour Periphrastic Innuendo Insinuation Allusive round about fashion Done in a tricky method Artful, Cunning, Cagey
Euphoria Lively Animated Effervescent Ebullient Buoyant Democrat Democracy Pointed Concise Precise Succinct
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312, Devout 313, Dexterous 314, Diabolic 315, Diaphanous 316, Diatribe 317, Dichotomy 318, Dictum
Pious Religious Holy Godly Skillful use of hands Ambidextrous – Skillful use of both hands Adept Adroit Clever Expertise Deft Ingenious South paw (Left handed) Satanic Diabolic Fiendish Devilish Apollyon, Lucifer, Satan, The arch fiend Lieutenants: belial, Beelzebub, Baal Moloch, mammon, Mephistopheles Caliban Transparent Gauzy Gossamer like Colloquy Parley Harangue Diatribe Tirade Trenchant Bisect Divide(cut in two) Dichotomize Adage Proverb Dictum Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm (Apophthegm- Br) Epigram Aphorism Pithy Sententious, Precept
Impious Ungodly Irreligious Irreverent Maladroit Clumsy Awkward Gauche Gaucherie Sinister Humane Kind Benign Benevolent Angelic Cherubic Seraphic Opaque Turbid Murky Nebulous Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed
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319, Diffidence 320, Diffuse 321, Digressive 322, Dilapidated 323, Dilatory 324, Dilemma 325, Dilettante
Unsure Nervous Uncertain Opposite for confidence Scatter Make thin Dilute Spread Discursive Digressive Desultory Rambling Meander Maunder SECONDARY: Cursory Perfunctory Casual Derelict Desuetude Rickety Ramshackle Dilapidated Deliberately delay Stalling for time (Delay, Defer, Postpone) Quandary Predicament Dire straits Harrowing Double minded Dithering Vacillate Indecisive Amateur hobbyist Dabbler Beginner
Confidence Aplomb Self-possession Succinct Pointed Precise Hurry Prompt Punctual Professional
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326, Diligent 327, Dingy 328, Dipsomaniac 329, Dire 330, Disclaim 331, Disconcert 332, Disconsolate
Hardworking Industrious Diligent Assiduous Sedulous SECONDARY: Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged, prod Indomitable No ventilation, No light Seedy(US) Dingy(UK) Crapulous Alcoholic Bibulous Toper Tippler Guzzler Quaffer Sloshed Sozzled Sot Inebriated Maudlin - A Sentimental Drinker A situation between Life and death See also 324 DILEMMA Deny Disavow Reject Embarrass Discomfiture Mortify Chagrin Unsettling Vexed Abashed Grief stricken Heart broken Forlorn Inconsolable
Lazy Slothful Lethargic Lackadaisical Tardy Teetotaler Sober Composure Poise Equanimity
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333, Discordant 334, Discreet 335, Discrepancy 336, Discrete 337, Discursive 338, Dishabille 339, Disingenuous 340, Disheveled
Not agreeing A note of dissent Lack of harmony Conflict Judicious Wise Prudent Cautious Circumspect Error Anomaly Foible Defect Separate Distinct See 321 DIGRESSIVE Transparent Diaphanous Thin Partly dressed Cagy Crafty Cunning Artful Wily Vulpine Machiavellian Tendentious Disingenuous Guile Clumsy Crumpled, Rumpled Unkempt Tousled Unruly Untidy Slovenly Slatternly
Amity Comity Détente Entente Concord (Armistice Ceasefire Truce) Candid Open Frank Artless Ingenuous Naïve Credulous Gullible Spruce Tidy Primp Nattily Debonair Chic
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341,Disinterested 342, Disparage 343, Dispel 344, Disperse 345, Dispirited 346, Dissemble 347, Disseminate 348, Divest 349, Ebullience
Altruistic Selfless Impartial Belittle Disparage Denigrate Derogatory Deprecatory Depreciatory Calumny Family of words (Stronger) Remove Scatter Dejected Depressed Downcast Dispirited Despondent Sad Melancholic Doleful Dolorous Lugubrious Mope (US) Megrim Nadir Cheat Feign Simulate Pretend Malinger Sham Fake Imposter Spread Scatter Broadcast Stripped Deprive Ebullience, Exuberance, Expansiveness Buoyant, Lively, Animated, verve vivacity, merriment, jocular, jocose Effervescence, Enthusiastic Bubbling with happiness
Praise Laud Extol Euphoria Lively Animated Effervescent Ebullient Buoyant Cheer
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350, Ecclesiastical 351, Éclat (Fr) 352, Eclectic 353, Eclogue 354, Ecumenical 355, Eddy 356, Edict 357, Edify 358, Educe
Priest Ecclesiast Cleric Prelate Episcopacy Cardinal Pontiff Pope Brilliance Outstanding Panache Élan Great Religious tolerance Select from everything Catholic Secular Cosmopolitan Broad-minded Pastoral poems written for shepherds Madrigal General Laity Common People Swirling Maelstrom Whirlpool Vortex Decree Injunction Mandate Proclamation Manifesto Ennobling Didactic Elevate Exhort Extracting something Elicit Infer Deduce
Fanatic Zealot Bigot Insular Puritanical Funda- -mentalist Provincial Colloquial Ecclesiastic
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359, Efface 360, Effigy 361, Efflorescence 362, Effluence 363, Effrontery 364, Effulgence 365, Effusion 366, Egregious
Erase Rub-out Delete Expunge Obliterate Blot-out Efface Deface Figure of a man who is unpopular made of straw. Flowering Blossoming Blooming That which flows out Frith Egress Estuary Effluence Back water, Water outlet Impudence Brazenness Insolence Effrontery Hauteur Supercilious Contumely Proud Arrogant Dazzling Scintillating Refulgent Effulgent Resplendent Transplendent * Bedizen Sudden gush outpouring of emotions Himalayan Prodigious Mammoth Massive Colossal Gigantic Gargantuan Huge in size
Polite Civil Cultured Suave Urbane Refined Coruscated Dull Opaque Turbid Murky Cloudy Nebulous Trivial Miniscule Atomic Petty
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367, Egress 368, Elegance 369, Elegy 370, Elf 371, Elide 372, Elite 373, Ellipsis 374, Elysian 375, Emanate
Exit Outlet Beautiful Regal Majestic Attractive Mournful Poem meant to speak about a dead person Mischievous sprits Puck Pixie Goblin Hobgoblin Gnome Imp Words drop down to something else (Brethren – Brother) Expunge Upper crust Cream Flower Gap(…) Lacuna Hiatus Omission Chasm Elliptical style Greek concept of heaven –paradise Heavenly Empyreal, Empyrean Celestial Issue forth Exude Comes out Radiates
Hoi-polloi Lumpkin Plebian Hell Limbo Limbus Hades Stygian Perdition Damnation
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376, Emasculate 377, Embellish 378, Embezzle 379, Embroil 380, Emend 381, Empiric 382, Empyreal and 383, Empyrean
Debilitated Enervated Emasculated Castrated Bobited Emaciated Etiolated Emancipated Washout appearance Pale, Bloodless, Anemic Adorning Bedeck Decorated Beautifying Bedizened (-) Garish (-) Outlandish (-) Dowdy (-) Tawdry (-) Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation * Malfeasance Misappropriation Entangled Enmeshed Ensnared Caught up in a controversy Correct Errata Emendation Universal Axiomatic Indubitable Apodictic Greek concept of heaven –paradise Heavenly Empyreal, Empyrean Celestial, Ethereal
Ruddy Robust Rubicund Rosette Florid Wiry Rejuvenated Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity Solipsism
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384, Encomiastic and 385, Encomium 386, Enervate 387, Enigma 388, Ennui 389, Ensconce 390, Enthrall 391, Ephemeral
High praise Praise -Approbation Applaud -Plaudits Commend -Commendation Laud, Belaud* -Laudation Extol -Encomium Eulogize -Eulogy Paean Panegyric Doxology See 376 EMASCULATE Puzzle Riddle Conundrum Mystery SECONDARY: Labyrinth Maze Rigmarole Boredom Lassitude Tedium Languor Monotonous Protected by a shell Harbor Aegis Shield Hypnotize Enslave Captivate Charm Bewitched Enchanted Ensnared Besotted Temporary Transient Transitory Fleeting Evanescent Ephemeral Fugacious
Ridicule Censure Denounce Deplore Criticize Animadversion Zoilean (K) Eternal Lasting Permanent Immortal
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392, Epigrammatic 393, Episcopal 394, Epitome 395, Equestrian 396, Equivocate 397, Eschew 398, Esoteric 399, Espirit De Corps 400, Estuary
Adage Proverb Dictum Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm(Apophthegm- Br) Epigram Aphorism Pithy Sententious Precept Priest Ecclesiast Cleric Prelate Episcopacy Cardinal Pontiff Pope In a Nutshell Quintessence Essence Condensed form SECONDARY: Abstract, Gist ,crux family Horse rider Cavalier (UK) Chevalier (Fr) Palter Deliberately confuse Ambiguous Shun Avoid Eschew Special select body of people Jargon Camaraderie, Fellowship Understanding Mouth of the river Water goes in to->frith, inlet Water outlet->effluence, egress
Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed Laity Ecumenical Precise Pointed Concise Succinct
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401, Etiolate 402, Exacerbate 403, Exacting 404, Ex cathedra 405, Exculpate (Church word) 406, Excoriate 407, Execrate 408, Exegesis
Debilitated Enervated Emasculated Castrated Bobited *(K) Emaciated Etiolated Emancipated Washout appearance Pale, Bloodless, Anemic Worsen Aggravate Deteriorate Demanding Fastidious Finicky Squeamish (women) Meticulous Pernickety Punctilious Authoritative Formal Pope’s authority Church order Absolve Shrive Shriven Exculpate Exonerate Vindicate Acquit Pardon Amnesty Condone Forgiving Excruciate Physical & Mental Pain Abhor Detestable Loathsome Denounce Hateful, Repulsive Translation of bible Solving of the problem
Ruddy Robust Rubicund Rosette Florid Wiry Rejuvenated Carefree Cavalier Nonchalant Indifferent Arraign Indict Prosecute Inculpate Impeach Convict
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409, Exigency 410, Exiguous 411, Exorable 412, Exorcise 413, Exordium 414, Exotic 415, Expatiate 416, Expedient 417, Expiate
Urgency Contingency Necessity Emergencies Small Thin Slender Gracious Merciful Forgiving Clemency Benevolent Kind Drive away the terror Expel Introduction Preface Prologue Proem Preamble Bizarre Foreign Strange Talk at length Explicate Expound Exemplify Detail lecture Expatiate Magnify Suitable Proper Politic Fit Atone Reparation
Heartless Cruel Epilogue Peroration Appendix Concise Terse Succinct
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418, Expletive 419, Explicate 420, Expostulate 421, Expurgate 422, Extenuate 423, Extrude 424, Facetious 425, Farraginous
Abusive language Severe, Biting, Caustic, Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Mordacious Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium, opprobrious Scurrilous Truculence Explain in detail Elucidate Protest Remonstrate Bowdlerize Cleanse Laxative Purgative Evacuant * Pure, Purify, Expurgate Catharsis (Moral Cleansing) Lessen Diminish Reducing Expel Discharge Banish Eject Barge in Laughter Humor Risible Sardonic Heterogeneous Farrago, Farraginous Mélange Pot-Pourri Hotch-potch Hodge-podge olla podrida
Pollute Contaminate Homogeneous Monolithic
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426, Fastidious 427, Fealty 428, Feculent 429, Fecund 430, Fetid 431, Flaccid 432, Flagitious 433, Flail 434, Flex
Hard to please Fussy Finicky Fastidious Squeamish (women) Meticulous Punctilious Dainty Demanding & Exacting Pernickety Loyalty Allegiance Faithful Fidelity ( of Spouse) Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential, Scourge Fertile SECONDARY: Prolific, Productive See 428 FECULENT Loose Flabby Flaccid Wicked Spiteful Flagitous Malevolent Baleful Insidious Treacherous Thresh, Thrash, Beat, Cudgel Physical beating Clobber, Pommel, Pound Baste, Lambaste, Bludgeon Getting ready for a fight Bend
Carefree Careless Nonchalant Cavalier Traitor Quisling Infidelity Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy Sterile Dry Arid Barren Fallow
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435, Fractious 436, Froward * 437, Furtive (of looks & Glances) 438, Funereal
Unruly rabble (US) canaille (UK) Destructive Riotous Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Froward * Intransigent Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable Unrelenting, Unyielding Pertinacious Tenacious Persevering Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable Covertly Surreptitious Stealthy Gingerly Clandestine Secretly Connected with funeral Rituals and ceremonies Exequies & Obsequies Lamentation Dirge Monody Threnody Epicedium Jeremiad Ululation Requiem Cortege Hearse Wreath Lilac (US), Chrysanthemum (UK) Yew tree
Pliable Flexible Amenable Pliant Suppliant Amicable Direct Open St.Forward Candid
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439, Gabble 440, Garrulous 441, Gauche 442, Germane 443, Gird 444, Glib 445, Gnostic 446, Gregarious 447, Grouchy
Pure nonsense Prate, Prattle Gibber, Gibberish Jabber, Jabberwocky Tattle, Babble, Twaddle Palaver talk Balderdash Jargon Bosh Talkative Multiloquent Voluble Garrulous men Loquacious women Clumsily Done with left hand South paw Maladroit Sinister Tactless Awkward More relevant Pertinent Apposition Kindred (SEC) Tie Smooth Lubricous Oily Unctuous Con man Oleaginous Shrewd in a Mystical sense Clairvoyant Extra Sensory Perception Mystic Sociable Disgruntled, Scowl faced Grumpy, Sullen
Sensible Rational Cohesive Coherent Logical Taciturn Reserved Reticent Laconic Skillful Clever Deft Adept Adroit Ingenious Irrelevant Anchorite Hermit Recluse Solitary Eremite
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448, Gull 449, Gyrate 450, Gyre 451, Halcyon 452, Harridan 453, Hauteur 454, Heterogeneous
Cheat Gull Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin Swaying motion Pirouette Spiral Manacle Fetter Chain Peace Calm Placid Serene Tranquil Beldam Harridan Crone Witch Hag Vixen (Middle aged) Termagant, Shrew (Young) Virago Xantippe Jezebel Impudence Brazenness Insolence Effrontery Hauteur Supercilious Contumely Proud, Arrogant Overbearing, Overweening Farrago, Farraginous Mélange, Pot-Pourri Hotch-potch, Hodge-podge olla podrida (Motley, Variegated, Diversified)
Homogeneous Monolithic
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455, Hoi-polloi 456, Homogeneous 457, Hoyden 458, Hubbub 459, Iconoclast 460, Idiosyncrasy 461, Ignis fatuus(L)
Riotous mob Rabble Unruly Violent Plebian Publican Yokel Groundling Hoi-polloi Monolithic Tomboy Romp Tramp Dull Noise Uproar Disturbance Tumult Clamorous Boisterous obstreperous Chaotic Din Pandemonium Babel Anarchy Imbroglio Rebel Maverick Unconventional Unorthodox Dangerous Malcontent Insurgent Insurrectionary Recusant Ideal breaker Johnsonian Eccentric Singular Oddities, Quixotic, Queer, Quaint Evil sprits which mislead Jack-a-lantern Willow-the-wisp
Calm Peace
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462, Ignoble 463, Ignominy 464, Ignoramus 465, Imbroglio (It) 466, Imbue 467, Immoderate 468, Immure 469, Immutable 470, Impassioned 471, Impeach
Mean Miserly, Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Disgraceful Infamous Shameful Beginner Simpleton, Naïve, Frank Violence Confusion Bloodshed & Chaos Senseless killing Permeate Percolate Intemperate Gluttonous Gourmandize Entomb Buried alive, (Incarcerate) Unchangeable Unalterable Constant Fixed Fervent Fervid Vehement Exhortation, Hortatory Arraign Indict Inculpate Impeach Prosecute Convict
Absolve Shrive shriven Exculpate Exonerated Vindicated Acquit Pardon Condone Amnesty
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472, Impeccable 473, Impecunious 474, Imperious 475, Impious 476, Implacable 477, Implicit 478, Importunate 479, Importunity 480, Impoverished
Faultless Immaculate Stainless Blameless Sinless, Spotless Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Arrogant Throw weight about Impudent Not religious Ungodly Irreverential Irreconcilable Understood Hidden Tacit Implied Compulsive in urge to do rash action Impulsive Beg Beseech Implore Obtest * Adjure Entreaty Importunity Supplication (Strong) Exhortation (Mild) Hortatory Genuflect See 473 IMPECUNIOUS
Riches Wealthy Affluence Opulence Pelf Nouveau riche Lucre Mammon Parvenu Upstart Devout Pious Holy Godly Religious Explicit Obvious Order Command At your behest
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481, Impugn (Strong) 482, Impute 483, Incarcerate 484, Incubus 485, Inculpate 486, Indite 487, Inert 488, Insidious
Punish religiously Interrogate Impugn Inquisition Blame indirectly Insinuation Hint Impute (Direct) Innuendo (Indirect) Allusive (Indirect) Imprison Immure Confine Entombed, Buried alive Burden, evil Nightmare Oppression Situation when breathing is difficult See 471 IMPEACH Write Compose Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent Lackadaisical Languorous, Languid Lassitude Torpor, Torpid Inert Comatose Catatonic Death Wicked, Spiteful Flagitious Treacherous, Perfidious Slyly, Malevolent (Baleful), Quisling, Malicious (SEC)
Nimble Agile Fleet footed Sprightly Alacrity Celerity Loyal Faithful Fealty
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489, Insouciant 490, Intractable 491, Intrepid 492, Jackanapes 493, Jackass
Indifferent Nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless Heartless Merciless Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Froward * Intransigent Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable Unrelenting, Unyielding Pertinacious Tenacious Persevering Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable Bold Daring Audacious Impudent Impertinent Reckless Courageous Dauntless Venturesome Fearless Intrepid Brave Valiant Valorous Adventurous Plucky Gutsy Spunky Foolhardy Monkey(Person resembling an ape) Male ass. Stupid(See also 76 ASININE)
Pity Empathy Sympathy Care Concern Compassion Solicitude Clemency Commiseration Pliable Flexible Amenable Pliant Suppliant Amicable Meek Timid Timorous Cowardly Cowardice Dastardly Craven Poltroon(rank coward) Pusillanimous
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494, Jacobin 495, Jaculate * 496, Jangling and 497, Jangle 498, Janitor 499, Jargon 500, Jaundiced
Black friars, who do not come out of monastery and translate the bible with hand, lived with a diet of bread & water. Dart Throw Hurl Launch Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy * Spat Porter Caretaker Doorkeeper, Doorman Technical language not understandable to others. SECONDARY: Pure nonsense Prate Prattle Gibber Gibberish Jabber Jabberwocky Tattle Babble Twaddle Gabble Palaver talk Bosh Balderdash Jargon Prejudiced Biased (See also 122 BIAS for secondary meanings)
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501,Jaunt 502,Jeer 503,Jujune 504,Jeopardy 505,Jeremiad 506,Jezebel
Holiday trip Stroll Saunter Amble Desultory Rambling Aimless talk Contemptuous Mock , Scorn Scoff, Sneer Deride, Derision, Derisive Jeer Fleer Gibe Ridicule (Twit & Taunt) Dull & Uninteresting Barren Dry Vapid Sterile Jejune Insipid Unnecessary risk or danger Risk, Risky, Perilous Lamentation Dirge Monody Threnody Epicedium Jeremiad Ululation Requiem Beldam Harridan Crone Witch Hag Vixen (Middle aged) Termagant, Shrew (Young) Virago Xantippe Jezebel
Polite Cultured Suave Composure Poise Equanimity Stimulating Exhilarating Interesting Lady
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507,Jocose 508,Junta 509,Keen 510,Kickshaw 511,Kleptomania 512,Knave 513,Knoll 514,Labyrinth 515,Lacerate 516,Lachrymose
Merry Jocular Humorous Witty, Jesting, Waggish Happy, Jolly, Bonhomie Jovial, Droll, Funny Disgruntled army man Malcontent Insurgent Insurrectionary Iconoclast, Maverick Rebellious people Coup detat NEG: Coterie, caucus, clique, cohorts Faction, gang POS: Conclave, cabal Eager, Anxious, Sharp edged Trifle Trivial thing like toy Mania for stealing Knave Scoundrel Rascal Scamp Scullion Caitiff Mound Hillock Sand-dunes(US) Take you in a cycle and you do not Understand Puzzle Maze Conundrum Rigmarole Labyrinth Cut (literally) Attack heavily Barb Tearful
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517,Lackadaisical 518,Lackey 519,Laconic 520,Lambent 521,Lampoon 522,Languidness 523,Largess
Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent Lackadaisical Languorous, Languid Lassitude Torpor, Torpid Inert Comatose Catatonic Death Flunky, Lackey Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic Minion Valet, Footman Acolyte(+) Reserved Reticent Taciturn, Incommunicado Laconic Gliding Glossing Touching lightly, Graceful movement Pasquinade (Attack against political rival) Squib Satire, Lampoon See 517 LACKADAISICAL Munificence Bounty Extravagant Largesse Bountiful, Generous Magnanimous, Lavish
Nimble Agile Fleet footed Sprightly Alacrity Celerity Garrulous Voluble
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524,Lascivious 525, Lassitude 526, Latitude 527, Latitudinarian and 528, Laxity 529, Lecherous 530, Legerdemain
Vulgar talk in sex Concupiscent-church word, Carnal Prurient Ribald Smutty, Bawdy(jokes) Risqué, Lewd Salacious Lascivious, Lecherous Licentious, Libidinous Lickerish, Lubricous Dissolute Depravity(dissipated) Debauch Profligate Philanderer Libertine Rake Roué Lothario Casanova Don Juan Satyr Women: siren seductress wanton Voluptuary rant nymphomaniac fan-fatalle: Circe the enchantress lamia the vampire medusa the gorgon See 517 LACKADAISICAL Slow & Gentle Laxity Flexible, Pliable Not a disciplinarian See 524 LASCIVIOUS Trickery Magic Juggling Conjuring
Virtuous Pure Chaste Vestal Continence Celibate Martinet
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531, Lenitive 532, Lenity 533, Leonine 534, Levity 535, Lewd 536, Libel 537, Libertine 538, Libidinous 539, Licentious 540, Limber 541, Limbo
Anodyne Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative Soporific Somnific * Emollient Demulcent Gilead Opium, Opiate Mild Gentle Soft Lenience Lion Like Discussing serious matters in a frivolous fashion See 524 LASCIVIOUS Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile family of words. See 524 LASCIVIOUS See 524 LASCIVIOUS See 524 LASCIVIOUS Exercise oneself, prepare for athletics Hell Limbo Limbus Hades Stygian Perdition Damnation
Stimulate Rejuvenate Elysian Empyreal Celestial Paradise Heavenly Salvation Redemption
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542, Limpid 543, Limn (-) 544, Linguist 545, Lithe 546, Litigious and 547, Logomachy 548, Loquacious
Clear Beautiful Lucid Pure Transparent Crystal Clear eyes Gelly-like Pellucid Delineated Portray in a bad light Depict in a bad light Limn (-) 1)Scientific study of a language 2)Speaks several languages but cannot read & write SEC: polyglot (Read, Write, Speak) Limber Graceful Flexible Supple Pliable Willowy Slender waist Svelte Lissome Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy * Spat Talkative Voluble Multiloquent Garrulous men Loquacious women Verbose Verbiage Prolixity
Turbid Murky Opaque Nebulous Composure Poise Equanimity Taciturn Reserved Reticent Laconic
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549, Lothario 550, Lout and 551, Lubber 552, Lucre 553, Ludicrous 554, Lugubrious 555, Lustful 556, Lusty
See 524 LASCIVIOUS Oaf Vagabond Waif Vagrant Wastrel Lubber Tramp Hobo Lout Wealth Nouveau Riche Parvenu Upstart Riches Affluence Opulence Pelf Aggrandize Lucre Mammon Avarice Ridiculous Absurd Silly Foolish Preposterous Fatuous Doltish Dejected Depressed Downcast Dispirited Despondent Sad Melancholic Doleful Dolorous Lugubrious Mope (US) Megrim Nadir See 524 LASCIVIOUS Vigorous, Robust Full throated cry of a baby
Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Rational Cogent Cohesive Euphoria Lively Animated Effervescent Ebullient Buoyant
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557, Lydian 558, Lynx-Eyed 559, Machiavellian 560, Machinate 561, Maelstrom 562, Maim 563, Maladroit 564, Malapert
Soft Gentle Effeminate Voluptuous Eagle-Eyed Hawk-Eyed Keen-Eyed Angus-Eyed Shrewd Businessman Cagy Crafty Cunning Artful Wily Vulpine Machiavellian Tendentious Disingenuous Guile Plot Maneuver Manipulate Machiavellian person indulges in Machinations Whirlpool Eddy Waters Swirling Maelstrom Vortex Air current that sucks you apart Loss of the use of either limb Cripple Mangle Mutilate Clumsy Awkward Gauche, Gaucherie Maladroit Inept Done with left hand South paw, Sinister , Tactless Pert Tart Slut, Saucy
Skillful Clever Deft Adept Adroit Ingenious
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565, Malcontent 566, Malediction 567, Maligner 568, Malversation 569, Mammon
Dissatisfied Disgruntled Malcontent Insurgent Insurrectionary Iconoclast, Maverick Rebellious people Coup detat NEG: Coterie, caucus, clique, cohorts Faction, gang POS: Conclave, cabal Anathema Curse from church Ex-communication Gods curse by pope Imprecation Malediction Interdiction Proscribe Outlawry, ban, Banishment To damage one’s reputation Revile Malign Slur Aspersion Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation Malfeasance Misappropriation Avaricious Riches Wealthy Nouveau riche Lucre Affluence Opulence Pelf Mammon Parvenu Upstart
Praise Laud Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Thrifty (+) Frugal (+) Husbandry (+)
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570, Manumit 571, Martinet 572, Matrix 573, Maudlin 574, Maxim 575, Meander 576, Mélange (Fr) 577, Melee (Fr)
Free Liberated (Country) Emancipate (Women) Disciplinarian Stickler Strict Person Rectitude Source Umbilical Sentimental Drinker SEC: Guzzler group Proverb Dictum Adage Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm Aphorism Epigram Pithy Sententious Precept Gnome, Byword I Meaning: Aimless, Casual Amble, Unmethodical Stroll, Saunter Jaunt, Discursive Ramble, Maunder Meander, Digressive II Meaning: Labyrinth, Maze, Rigmarole Heterogeneous Farrago, Farraginous Mélange Pot-Pourri Hotch-potch Hodge-podge olla podrida Fight Affray Fracas Skirmish
Enslave Latitudinarian Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed Homogeneous Monolithic
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578, Mellifluence 579, Ménage 580, Mendacious 581, Mephitic 582, Meretricious 583, Miasma 584, Milksop
Euphonious Musical Melodious Mellifluent Dulcet Furniture Chattel Household Passive Wives Property Ménage False Mendacious, Mendacity Unauthentic Apocryphal Fictitious Uncanonical * Mythical Legendary SEC: Parable, Fable, Allegory, Apologue Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential Scourge Bedizened Over adorned Over-decorative outlandish garish tawdry dowdy Meretricious Bizarre Gaudy See 581 MEPHITIC Mollycoddle Sissy Effeminate Males Namby-Pamby
Creaking Croaking Jarring Grating Staccato Truthful Canonical Authentic Factual Veracity, Veracious Verisimilitude Straight from horses’ mouth Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy Somber Sober Plain
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585, Minion 586, Misconstrue 587, Miscreant 588, Mite 589, Mitigate 590,Mollify 591, Morbific
Favorite Lackey Flunky Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic Minion (Valet, Footman) Acolyte- Religious follower (+) Misunderstand Misinterpret Felony Tiny Coin Atomic Particle Whit Modicum Iota Scintilla Abate Allay Alleviate Mitigate Ameliorate Lessen Reduce Slacken Assuage Diminish Soothing Language Placate Appease Propitiate Pacify Mitigate Soften Mollify Console See 581 MEPHITIC
Aggravate Worsen Deteriorate Provoke Needle(US) Incite Instigate
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592, Mordacious 593, Mormon 594, Motley 595, Mountebank 596, Multiloquence 597, Mummery 598, Mundane 599, Munificence 600, Mutable
Abusive language Severe, Biting, Caustic, Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Mordacious Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium, opprobrious Scurrilous Truculence Religious Godly People from diverse walks of life Variegated Pied Mottled Cheat Gull, Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct, Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin Talkative Multiloquent Voluble Garrulous men Loquacious women Ritualistic ceremony Ridiculous ceremonial; religious ritual regarded as silly or hypocritical Ordinary Commonplace Philanthropic Largesse, Bountiful, Munificence Generous, Magnanimous Extravagant & Lavish Flux, Change
Honest Upright Integrity Probity Truthful Mean Unkind
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601, Mutation 602, Muzzle 603, Myopic 604, Myth 605, Myriad (Of colors, Stars) 606, Mystify 607, Naiad 608, Naïveté 609, Namby-Pamby
See 600 MUTABLE Protective gear Snout Suppress Prevent SEC: Nozle Short sighted Near sighted Purblind See 580 MENDACIOUS Numerous Confused confounded perplexed Puzzled Baffled Nonplused Flabbergasted Bamboozled, Mystify Stymied Stultified Stupefied Flummoxed Allusive Water-nymph Fairy (Women who are hard to see) Credulous People who easily believe others Naïve, Simpleton Gullible, Ingenuous Frank, Open, Candid Guileless Artless Nonsense Hanky-Panky Silly Frivolous Senseless Shilly-Shally Dilly-Dally See also 584 MILKSOP
Crafty Vulpine Disingenuous Artful Shrewd Perspicacious
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610, Naught 611, Narcotic 612, Nebulous 613, Necrology 614, Necromancer 615, Necropolis 616, Neologism 617, Neophyte
Nothing Nought (Zero) Anodyne Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative Soporific Somnific * Emollient Demulcent Balm - Gilead Opium, Opiate Cloudy Opaque Turbid (Water) Murky (Night) Nebulous Obituary Witchcraft Theurgist Black Magic Shaman Sorcerer Voodoo Milder: Magician Juggler Wizard Conjurer (Merlin) Cemetery Burial ground Graveyard Mortuary Ossuary, Charnel house Coining new words Inexperienced person Fledgling, Beginner Tyro, Greenhorn, Callow Neophyte, Novice, Proselyte
Azure Transparent Clear Limpid Incandescent Luminescent Veteran Expert Master Virtuosity
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618, Neoteric 619, Nestle 620, Nicety 621,Niche 622, Niggardly 623, Nihilism, Nihility 624, Ninny
Contemporary Fashion Vogue Beau monde (Sartorial & Tonsorial) Cuddle Coddle Nurture Snuggle Accuracy Precision SECONDARY: Fastidious, finicky group Nook Corner Cranny Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious, Niggardly Curmudgeon, Codger Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Provident(+) Non-existent, Existentialism Nothingness Silly Foolish Stupid Obtuse Bovine Asinine Fatuous Doltish Nit-wit Ninny Nincompoop Numskull Dullard Dunce Blockhead Dunderhead Demented Imbecile Moronic Cretin Idiot
Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Duck&Drake Intelligence Perspicacity Wise Clever Sapient sagacious astute
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625, Noblesse 626, Nonage 627, Nonchalance 628, Nonpareil 629, Nosegay 630, Noxious 631, Nugget
Aristocrat Patrician Scion Mandarin Noblesse-Oblige Blue Blooded Minor Pupilage Tutelage Protégé Indifferent nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless Heartless Merciless No equal Unequalled Peerless Unparalleled sui generic * Outstanding Genius Bouquet Posy Posey Flowers Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential Scourge Words of wisdom Golden oar
Hot polloi Rabble Lumpkin Groundling Plebian Yokel Regent Guardian Pity Commiseration Sympathy Empathy Care Concern Solicitude Compassion Clemency Wreath Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy
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632, Nullify 633, Numskull 634, Nurture 635, Oaf 636, Obduracy and 637, Obdurate 638, Obeisance
Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish, Abrogate Annul, Invalidate Nullify See 624 NINNY Nourish Foster Feed Stupid Person Vagabond Waif Vagrant Wastrel Lubber Lout Tramp Hobo Oaf Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Intransigent Froward * Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable POS: Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable Curtsy Bow Salutation Respect
Retain status quo Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant
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639, Obelisk 640, Obese 641, Obfuscate 642, Objurgate 643, Oblige 644, Oblique 645, Obliterate 646, Oblivious
Pier Pillar Fat Obese Corpulent Portly Buxom Befuddle Obfuscate Unclear Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words: Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate Constrained Feign Compel Bounded Indirect reference Allusive Innuendo NEG: Insinuate Slant, Inclined Erase Rub-out Delete Expunge Obliterate Blot-out Efface Deface Forgetful Unaware
Volitional Voluntary Direct St. Forward Pointed
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647, Obloquy 648, Obnoxious 649, Obscene 650, Obscure 651, Obsequies
Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile family of words. Repulsive Loathsome Detestable Hateful Repugnant Odious, Odium Abominable (Invidious) Vulgar Coarse Obscene posture Crude Unfathomable Profound Arcane Obscure Difficult to understand Incomprehensible Abstruse Recondite Secret, Hidden, Unseen Connected with funeral Rituals and ceremonies Exequies & Obsequies Lamentation Dirge Monody Threnody Epicedium Jeremiad Ululation Requiem Cortege Hearse Wreath Lilac (US), Chrysanthemum (UK) Yew tree
Obvious Lucid Ostensible Edify Plain
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652, Obsequious 653, Obstinacy 654, Obstreperous 655, Obtest 656, Obtrude 657, Obtuse 658, Obviate 659, Occasional 660, Occlude 661, Oddity
Servile Fawning Obsequious Bondman Thralldom See 636 OBDURACY Boisterous (Children) Clamorous (workers) Obstreperous (Bosses), Tumultuous To urge solemnly Beg Beseech Implore, Obtest Adjure Entreaty Importunate Supplication (Genuflection, Exhort, Hortatory) Intrude Barge in Interference Invade someone’s privacy See 624 NINNY Preclude Remove Done infrequently Casually Not done often Sporadic (Violence) Block in the flow of blood Stenosis Occlusion Stanch Hinder, Hamper, Block, Trammel Eccentric Singularities Idiosyncrasies Oddities Queer Quaint Quixotic Johnsonian
Mandate Decree Behest Injunction Order Command Normal
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662, Odious and 663, Odium 664, Odorous 665, Offal 666, Offend 667, Officious 668, Ogee 669, Ogle 670, Ogre 671, Oily 672, Omen 673, Onerous 674, Opine
See 648 OBNOXIOUS Fragrant Scented Balmy Redolent Whiff Garbage Can Putrid matter, Putrefaction Umbrage Affront Insult Meddlesome Interfering Serrated Cyma Wavy Eyeing a women Leer Monster Hobgoblin Glib Tongued Smooth Talking Lubricous Oily Unctuous Con man Oleaginous Ominous Premonition Prescient Precognition Augury (Presage) Burdensome Responsible office Assert, Declare Pronounce, Opine(US) Affirm, State, Aver(US)
Malodorous Noxious Noisome
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675, Opportune 676, Opprobrious 677, Opulence 678, Oracular 679, Ordure
Right moment Timely Auspicious(Ind) Proper Suitable Politic Abusive language Severe, Biting, Caustic, Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Mordacious Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium, opprobrious Scurrilous Truculence Wealth Nouveau Riche Parvenu Upstart Riches Affluence Opulence Pelf Aggrandize Lucre Mammon Avarice Prophetic Seer Oracular Delphic Epiphany Sibylline mystical Visionary Apocalyptic Portentous Ominous Dung Excrement Faeces
Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Thrifty (+) Frugal (+) Husbandry (+)
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680, Orgies 681, Orifice 682, Orison 683, Ostentation 684, Ostracism 685, Otiose 686, Outré 687, Overture 688, Pacific 689, Pachyderm
Mixed party(men & women) Drinking heavily and indulging in sex Tiny opening Aperture Normally a woman who dress in white for the prayer with bible in hand Woman who is always praying Glamorous Flamboyant Decorated Flaunting Showing Lavish display of wealth Extravagant Outré Social boycott Redundant Excessive Superfluous Blasé Satiated, Sated, Satiety Cloyed Surfeited Otiose Lazy Indolent See 683 OSTENTATION Beginning of playing of musical instrument Make peace with friends Make pass at a women Calm Serene Tranquil Placid Halcyon Peace Thick skinned animal Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus Behemoth – mammoth animals (100 feet) Leviathan- Huge
Plain Ascetic Spartan Novel New Turbulent Agitated Violent
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690, Paean 691, Pagan (Archaic-old-not used) 692,Pageant 693, Palliate and 694, Palliative 695, Pallid(US) 696, Palter 697, Paltry 698, Panacea
High praise Praise -Approbation Applaud -Plaudits Commend -Commendation Laud, Belaud* -Laudation Extol -Encomium Eulogize -Eulogy Paean, Doxology Panegyric-Formal citation award at the National level. Used by early Christians for referring non-Christians(Jews) Heathen Infidel (used by Muslims) Spectacle Tableau Float Anodyne Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative Soporific Somnific * Emollient Demulcent Gilead Opium, Opiate Wan(US) Cadaver(UK) Corpse(UK) Equivocate Ambiguous (Ambivalent) Small Trivial Insignificant (Frivolous) Cure all, Magic cure Universal Medicine
Christian Loyalist Faithful Fidelity Fealty Allegiance Stimulate Rejuvenate Precise Concise Pointed Succinct
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699, Pander 700, Panegyric and 701,panegyrical 702,pantomime 703,parable 704,paradigm 705,paragon 706,paralogism 707,paramour 708,parasite
Procurer Pimp Solicitor, Lawyer (Tout) See 690 PAEAN Charade – dumb play Mime Masque Burlesque Parody Caricature Wise Saying(usually those found in bible) Fable Allegory Apologue A picture of perfection Example Model Exemplar, Paragon Women who is beautiful Man who is virtuous Exemplar Model Sophism Sophistry Specious reasoning False logic Lover (Illicit partner of a married person) Mistress Concubine Lackey Flunky Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic, Leech Minion Acolyte- Religious follower (+) (Valet, Footman) (Symbiotic(+) )
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709,parity 710,parlance 711 712,parody 713,paroxysm (Of anger, Of laughter) 714,parricide 715,parry 716,parsimonious 717,parvenu (Fr)
Equality Egalitarian Equity(Sometimes used for shares) Terminology (Jargon, Argot, Phraseology, Patter) Exaggerated situation that causes humor Burlesque Caricature Fit Convulsions Spasm Paroxysm Patricide(US) Killing a near relative(Like Father, Uncle, Nephew, Brother-in-Law)(UK) Treason(UK) Ward off Evade Fencing Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Codger, Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Provident(+) Wealth Nouveau Riche Parvenu Upstart Riches Affluence Opulence Pelf Aggrandize Lucre Mammon Avarice
Disparity Unequal Generous Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Duck&Drake Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation
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718,pasquin 719,passé 720,pastiche 721,patois (Fr) 722, patronymic 723,paucity (Of Money, Of funds) 724,pauperism 725,peccadillo 726,peccant
Attack against political rival Lampoon Pasquinade Squib Satire Out of fashion Outdated Outmoded Obsolete Antiquated Archaic Antediluvian Mosaic design of different things Collage Montage Mélange Medley Dialect (Patois is only spoken) Creole, Lingo (In a context) Surname Cognomen Deficiency of something Scarcity (of water) Paucity (of money) Dearth (People) Shortage, Scanty Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Minor Sin Venial Iniquity –Major sin Peccant – Faulty ( also Unhealthy) Erring Sinful, Guilty See also 725 PECCADILLO
Vogue Neoteric Beau monde Affluence Opulence Lucre Mammon Nouveau riche Purloin
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727,peculate 728,pellucid 729,penchant 730,penitence 731,perdition 732,peregrination
Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation Malfeasance Misappropriation Clear Beautiful Lucid Pure Transparent Crystal Clear eyes Gelly-like Pellucid Lean Slant Inclination Bent Flair Predilection Penchant (+) Proclivity (-) Propensity Regret Remorse Repentant Contrition Penitent SECONDARY: Qualms Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry Damnation Soul in hell –it is damned Limbo Limbus Hell Hades, Stygian Globe-trotter, Always on the move Traveling world over Peripatetic, Perambulate, Nomadic
Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity Turbid Murky Opaque Nebulous (Recidivist) Redemption Salvation
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733,perfidious 734,perfunctory 735,perigee 736,pernicious 737,persiflage 738,perspicacious 739,pert 740,pervious
Treacherous Insidious Spiteful Malevolent Flagitious Disloyal Dishonest Wicked, Perfidious, Slyly, (Baleful), Quisling, Malicious (SEC) Cursory Casual Off the cuff manner Prima-facie –superficial view Cavalier like Unmethodically Closest point from equator Nearest Lowest Deadly Fell Disease that has no cure (Ex: AIDS) Anemic Condition Clown, Buffoon (Wearing a Motley) Merry-andrew Harlequin, Harlequinade Droll, Drollery Persiflage, Badinage Raillery Banter SECONDARY: Twit & Taunt, Frivolous Tease, Mock, Challenge & joke Razor Sharp intellect Shrewd Astute Clever Sagacious Sapient Perspicacious (Stronger) Malapert Tart Slut, Saucy Seeps through Penetrates, Permeable
Loyalty Allegiance fidelity(spouse)fealty ASININE group Timid Polite Modest
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741,petulant 742,phlegmatic 743, Pharisaical 744,pique 745,pithy 746,plaintive 747,platitude
Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe Slow to react Stolid Lethargic, Dull witted person Zealot Fanatic Fundamentalist Bigot Puritan, Cant Pharisaical Humbug Hypocrisy See 741 PETULANT Proverb Dictum Adage Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm Aphorism Epigram Pithy Sententious Precept Gnome, Byword Melancholy Doleful Dolorous Sad Common place, Hackneyed Truism, Platitude, Banal, Trite Quotidian, Inane, Cliché
Equanimity Composure Poise Catholic Cosmopolitan Broadminded Secular Tolerant Eclectic Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed
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748,placate 749,plebian 750,polity 751,poltroon 752,portend 753,potentate 754,pragmatic
Soothing Language Mollify Placate Pacify Assuasive Appease, Propitiate, Mitigate Soften, Console Trades folk, Trades people Merchant Class (UK) Vaisyas (Ind) Hoi polloi (US) Rabble Canaille Lumpkin Groundling Plebian Publican Yokel Common man Method of government Meek Timid Timorous Cowardly Cowardice Dastardly Craven Poltroon(rank coward) Pusillanimous Impending calamity Ominous(writing on the wall) Augury Premonition Precognition, Prescient, Presage Omen Puissant Mighty king Powerful Practical Pragmatic Feet on terraform Down to earth Realistic
Provoke Needle(US) Incite Insinuate Aristocrat Blue Blooded Patrician Scion Mandarin Noblesse-Oblige Courageous Brave Intrepid Bold Audacity Reckless Daring Foolhardy Valorous Idealist Utopian Quixotic
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755,predilection 756,preface 757,preposterous 758,prevaricate 759,pristine 760,proclivity 761,procrastinate 762,profane 763,profligate 764,propinquity
See 729 PENCHANT Introduction Prologue Foreword Proem Preamble Exordium Preface Ridiculous Foolish Absurd Ludicrous Obtuse, Silly, Fatuous, Doltish, Stupid Preposterous Fact that is distorted Twisted Travesty Garble Convoluted Gnarled Warped Uncontaminated Pure and beautiful Unpolluted (Of a Vestal Virgin) See 729 PENCHANT Defer Delay Postpone Lag Adjourn Desecrate Defile Sacrilegious Profane Blasphemous Showing Disrespect for a place of worship Spendthrift, Extravagant, Prodigal, Lavish See also See 524 LASCIVIOUS Nearness, Proximity Closeness, Contiguous
Epilogue Peroration Appendix Sensible Rational Cogent Cohesive Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity Punctual Prompt Consecrate Sanctify Sanctimonious Sanctum Sanctorum Sacrosanct Purify
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765,proscription 766,proselyte 767,proxy 768,puerile 769,pugnacious 770,puissant 771,pulchritude 772,punctilious 773,purlieu 774,purloin 775,pusillanimous
Banishment, Anathema Ex-communication Gods curse by pope Imprecation Malediction Interdiction Proscribe Outlawry, ban Neophyte, Novice, Proselyte Inexperienced person Fledgling, Beginner Tyro, Greenhorn, Callow Substitute Deputy Surrogate (motherhood) Childish Immature, Foolish, Silly Bellicose Belligerent Pugnacious Jingoism War-mongering See 753 POTENTATE Ineffable beauty Beauty which Is indescribable Hard to please Fussy Finicky Fastidious Squeamish (women) Meticulous Punctilious Dainty Demanding & Exacting Pernickety Bounds Limits Level of jurisdiction See 727 PECULATE See 751 POLTROON
Veteran Expert Master Virtuosity Sophisticated Pacifist Calm Carefree Careless Nonchalant Cavalier
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776,putrefy 777,pyromaniac 778,quack 779,quaff 780,quagmire 781,quail 782,quaint 783,qualm 784,quandary
Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential Scourge Mania for starting fires Does not have credentials he claims to have. Imposter Charlatan Cheat Dipsomaniac Crapulous Toper Tippler Sloshed Sozzled Sot Inebriated Alcoholic Guzzler Quaffer Fen Morass Slough Marshy area Cower, Shrink, Blench, Blanch Dress in odd, funny fashion, but attractive Queer, Quixotic Oddity, Singularity, Idiosyncrasy Qualms Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry Dilemma, Predicament Dire straits, Harrowing, Double minded Dithering, Vacillate, Indecisive
Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy Teetotaler
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785,quash 786,quaver 787,queer 788,quell 789,quench 790,querulous 791,quibble 792,quid pro quo 793,quiescent 794,quirk
Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish Annul, Invalidate Nullify Tremble Shake, Trepidation Quiver See 782 QUAINT Suppressive forcibly Stop Prevent Sate (Thirst) Put out, Douse Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe Beat around the bush Evasive Circumlocution Verbiage, Verbosity On a reciprocal basis Tit for tat (Revengeful) (-) Dormant Inactive Twist Trick
Retain status quo Composure Equanimity Poise
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795,quietus (For a dying person) 796,quixotic 797,rabble 798,rabid 799,rack 800,radiance 801,ragamuffin 802,rake
Final settlement with god, Peace with god Acquittance Settlement Eccentric, Idealist(US) Singularities, Idiosyncrasies, Oddities Queer, Quaint, Quixotic Johnsonian See 749 PLEBIAN Maniacal Dislike Furious Implacable Hatred Torture Inner glow & Happiness Street urchin, Street Arab Vagrant, Gypsy, Hobo, Wastrel Tramp, Oaf, Oafish, Lout Vagabond, Waif, Lubber, guttersnipe Vulgar talk in sex Concupiscent-church word, Carnal Prurient, Ribald Smutty, Bawdy(jokes) Risqué, Lewd, Salacious Lascivious, Lecherous Licentious, Libidinous Lickerish, Lubricous Dissolute, Depravity(dissipated) Debauch, Profligate, Philanderer Libertine, Rake Roué Lothario Casanova Don Juan Satyr Women: siren seductress wanton Voluptuary rant nymphomaniac fan-fatalle: Circe the enchantress lamia the vampire medusa the gorgon
Virtuous Pure Chaste Vestal Continence Celibate
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803,raillery 804,rakish 805,ramble 806,ramification 807,rampant 808,rancid 809,rancour
Clown, Buffoon merry-andrew Harlequinade Droll, Drollery Persiflage, Badinage Raillery, Banter SECONDARY: Twit & Taunt Tease, Mock, Challenge & joke Slight hearted mirth Quaint fashioned dress See also 802 RAKE Wander Desultory Aimless Casual Amble Unmethodical Stroll, Saunter Jaunt Discursive Ramble Maunder, Meander Digressive Divergence Branching out Forking out Found everywhere Prevalent, Dominant Ubiquitous Rife, Widespread Putrid Putrefaction Stale Not Fresh Decompose Fusty Musty Bitter, Ill will Animosity, Animus Acrimonious Inimical Hostility
Serious Grave Sober . Pointed Concise Precise Succinct Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy
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810,rank 811,rant 812,rapacious and 813,rapine 814,rapt 815,rapturous 816,ratify 817,ratiocination 818,rationale 819,raucous 820,ravage
Total, Absolute, Complete Consummate Unscrupulous Scant, Scullion, Knave, Rascal Declaim Spout Shout at the top of voice, Spit Venom Rave Large scale looting Depredation Spoliation Despoil Ravage Marauding Rapacious, Rapacity Rapine Plunder Loot Pillage (Of churches, temples) Lost Transported Far away Very Happy Delirious Bliss, Beatitude, Holy joy Ecstasy Rapturous Pleasure Corroborate Confirm Reasoning Syllogism, Syllogistic Argumentation Deduction Reason raison d'être Laughter Drunken laughter 40 to 50 people laughing at the same time Guffaw See 812 RAPACIOUS
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821,ravenous 822,ravish 823,ravine 824,rebellious 825,rebuke 826,rebuff 827,recalcitrant
Voracious Appetite Hunger Gargantuan Gourmandize Deflower, Rape Canyon Gorge Gulch Chasm SEC: Abyss, Cleft Dissatisfied, Disgruntled Malcontent Insurgent, Insurrectionary Iconoclast, Maverick Rebellious people Coup detat, Junta NEG: Coterie, caucus, clique, cohorts Faction, gang SEC: Conclave, cabal, Non-Conformist Scold, Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words: Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate Insult Oppose Affront, Umbrage Stubborn, Obstinate Obdurate, Contumacious Intransigent, Froward * Refractory, Mulish(US) Wayward, Intractable POS: Pertinacious, Tenacious, Perseverance Indefatigable, Dogged, Indomitable
Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant
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828,recant 829,recherché 830,reciprocate 831,recluse 832,recondite 833,reconnoitere 834,recreant 835,rectitude 836,recumbent 837,recusant
Renounce Recusant Non-Conformist Apostate Renegade Recreant Rare, Uncommon Delicate Exquisite Research in a difficult area Quid pro quo Return a favor Hermit Anchoret anchorite Solitary Recluse Eremite Unfathomable, Profound, Arcane, Obscure Difficult to understand Incomprehensible, Abstruse, Recondite, Secret, Hidden, Unseen Spy Survey Inspect Examine Reconnaissance flight See 828 RECANT Morally upright Integrity Probity Stickler, Martinet Leaning Lying Backwards (Posture) A good for nothing fellow Posture Reclining Lounging See 828 RECANT
Fidelity Faithful Loyal Allegiance Fealty Obvious Lucid Ostensible Edify Plain Reprobate Turpitude Prostrate
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838,redolent 839,redress (For Grievance) 840,refluence 841,refractory 842,refulgent 843,refute 844,regale 845,regalia
Fragrance Sweet-scented Odoriferous Perfumed Social Justice One’s Grievance Backward flow of water Regurgitate Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Froward * Intransigent Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable Unrelenting, Unyielding Pertinacious Tenacious Persevering Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable Dazzling Scintillating Refulgent Effulgent Resplendent Transplendent * Bedizen Deny Reject Repudiate Retract Confute Volte-face Raconteur Nice Stories Medallions Heavily Decorated War heroes Insignia, Emblem Signet, Decorating
Stench Foul Malodorous Pliable Flexible Amenable Pliant Suppliant Amicable Coruscated Dull Opaque Turbid Murky Cloudy Nebulous Accept Accede
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846,regress 847,relegate 848,relent 849,relinquish 850,remonstrance 851, 852, 853,remorse 854,rendition 855,renegade 856,repartee
Backward step in time Retrocession Retrogression Transfer Power Delegate Assign Consign Yield after pressure Soften Capitulate Surrender Quit Waive Renounce Protest vociferously Expostulate Regret Remorse Repentant Contrition Penitent SECONDARY: Qualms Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry Translation Rendering Transcription Give up his religious beliefs Apostate Renegade Recreant Fugitive Renounce, Recusant, Non-Conformist Rejoinder Retort Wit, Witticism Sharp, Fits in very beautiful
Progress Dogmatic (Recidivist) Fidelity Faithful Loyal Allegiance Fealty
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857,repeal 858,repine 859,repletion 860,repository 861,requital 862,reprehend and 863,reprehensible 864,repress 865,reprieve 866,reprobate
Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish, Abrogate Annul, Invalidate Nullify Yearning for something which leads to nostalgic memories (UK) Reflect(US) Overflowing Replete Joy, Happiness Satiety, Surfeit People who are custodians of something Repository of Knowledge Container Depository(US) Magazine(US) Custodial (Confluence) Reciprocate (For love) Quid pro quo Tit for Tat Strong censure for band conduct or misdemeanor Unmoral (Decry, Deplore, Felony) Blamable Repression of urges Subdue Subjugate Trammel Suppress Crush Lease of life Relief Pardon Acquit Immoral, Laxity in morality Turpitude
Retain status quo Depletion Rectitude
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867,reproof and 868,reprove 869,repudiate 870,repugnance 871,requite 872,rescind 873,resplendent 874,retard
Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words: Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate Discard Deny Reject Refute, Retract Refuse, Repudiate Confute, Volte-face Repulsive Loathsome Detestable Hateful Repugnant Odious, Odium Abominable, Obnoxious (Invidious) Compensate Repay Quid pro quo Tit for tat Reciprocity See 857 REPEAL See 842 REFULGENT Hinder Prevent Hamper Thwart Retrogression Filibuster Trammel SEC: Stenosis, Choke, Block, Stanch Impede, Clog (of blood)
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875,retribution 876,retrocede and 877,retrogression 878,reveler 879,revile 880,ribald 881,rife (Rumors) 882,rigmarole 883,rile(US) 884,risible 885,rive
Divine justice Nemesis See 846 REGRESS Merry making Drink Heavily Celebrating Festive mood, Festive Occasion Noisy, Boisterous, Clamorous Jocose, Jocular, Jolly Revile Malign Slur Aspersion Rel groups: Slander, Calumny group : Disparage. Belittle See 802 RAKE Widely prevalent or predominant Dominant Rampant (Corruption) Ubiquitous (Cockroach) Omnipresent (God) Labyrinth Maze Rigmarole SEC: Puzzle, Riddle, Conundrum Mystery, Enigma Provoke Instigate Incite Rile Needle(US) (Foment) Mocking Laughter Facetious Risible Sardonic Raucous SEC: Jeer, Fleer, Leer Cut, Rend, Rent Shaping
Praise Laud
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886,rodomontade 887,roisterer 888,rublicund 889,sacrilege 890,sacrosanct 891,sagacity 892,sallow 893,salubrious
Brag Boast Vaunt Gloat Swagger Thrasonical Gasconade Rodomontade Cock-a-hoop Roisterer Blusterer Vainglorious Braggart, Braggadocio &Swaggerer Drunken Boaster See also 886 RODOMONTADE Ruddy, Good looks Reddish & Roundish Robust, Florid Rosette (Women) Desecrate Defile Sacrilegious Profane Blasphemous Showing Disrespect for a place of worship Sacred Holy Hallowed Sapient Sagacious Wise Razor Sharp intellect Shrewd Astute Clever Perspicacious (Stronger) Yellow Pale complexion, Anemic SEC: Pallid, Wan (US), Cadaverous Wholesome Healthy Salutary Salubrious
Humble Humility Modest Meek Timid Timorous Frail Feeble Weak Consecrate Sanctify Sanctimonious Sanctum Sanctorum Sacrosanct Purify ASININE group Ruddy Rosette Rubicund MEPHITIC Group
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894,sanguine 895,sardonic 896,saucy 897,savoir-faire 898,scintillate 899,scraggy 900,sententious 901,similitude 902,sine qua non 903,shibboleth (For Success) 904,slobber 905,smutty 906,sneer 907,snivel 908,solecism
Optimistic Hopeful See 884 RISIBLE Impudent, Brazen Pert, Malapert, Slut, Tart, Insolent Tactful (Diplomacy) Polish Polite See 842 REFULGENT Uneven Growth, Jagged Ragged See 745 PITHY Akin Similarity Alike Indispensable Essential Password (For Success) Secret Word for success Slaver Blabber Drivel Drool See 802 RAKE Contemptuous Mock , Scorn Scoff, Sneer Deride, Derision, Derisive Jeer, Fleer Gibe, Ridicule (Twit & Taunt) Whimper Whine Error in grammar Spoonerism Malapropism
Cynic Pessimistic Tidy Primp Cohesive Rational Polite Cultured Suave Composure Poise Equanimity
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909,somatic 910,sophism 911,soporific 912,specious 913,spume 914,squeamish 915,squib 916,staid
Bodily Corporal, Corporeal Specious reasoning False logic Sophism, Sophistry Paralogism, Casuistry, Quibbling Sleep Inducing Anodyne - Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative Soporific Somnific * Emollient Demulcent Balm -Gilead Opium, Opiate See 910 SOPHISM Froth Foam Waves lash against the rock a kind of foam is produced Hard to please Fussy Finicky Fastidious Squeamish (women) Meticulous Punctilious Dainty Demanding & Exacting Pernickety Attack Verbally Pasquinade (Attack against political rival) Squib, Satire, Lampoon Sedate &Dull Drab Staid, Stolid Dour, Dragness of life Sober, Serious, Grave, (Uninteresting)
Stimulate Rejuvenate Invigorating Carefree Careless Nonchalant Cavalier Indifferent Exciting Exhilarating Stimulating
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917,stentorian 918,stint 919,stolid 920,strait 921,strangle 922,stratagem 923,strident 924,stultify and 925,stupefy and 926,stymie 927,sublunary 928,subrosa
Booming voice Loud & Unpleasant Strident Clarion Time is limited in a particular job Short time Dull Phlegmatic Slow, Tardy A narrow path A situation in which one needs to be helped out (In “Dire Straits” ) Dilemma, Predicament, Quandary Dire straits, Harrowing, (Quagmire) Stifle Choke Strangle Smother Throttle Ploy Ruse Trick Deception, Inveigle, Strategy See 917 STENTORIAN Confused Confounded Bemused, Perplexed Puzzled Baffled Nonplused Flabbergasted Bamboozled, Mystify Stymied Stultified Stupefied Flummoxed Connected to moon Worldly as opposed to idealistic, temporal Secretly Confidential
Alacrity Celerity
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929,subterfuge 930,succinct 931,sully 932,sumptuous (Of Lunch, Dinner) 933,supercilious 934,supernumerary 935,supplicate
Evasive See 922 STRATAGEM Concise Precise Tersely Pointedly In a nutshell, Shortness, Succinct, Brevity Damage a Man’s reputation Besmirch Besmear, Bemire Begrime Sully Tarnish Stigmatize Related word groups: Calumny Group of words Disparage Group of words Revile Group of words Lavish meal or Dinner Luxurious Dinner Impudence Brazenness Insolence Effrontery Hauteur Supercilious Contumely Proud, Arrogant Haughty Contemptuous Overbearing, Overweening Redundant Excessive Superannuated Beg Beseech Implore Obtest * Adjure Entreaty Importunity Supplication (Strong) Exhortation (Mild) Hortatory Genuflect
Verbose Verbiage CircumlocutionProlixity Polite Civil Cultured Suave Urbane Refined Order Command At your behest Decree
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936,surly 937,surreptitious 938,surrogate ( Of mothers) 939,svelte 940, sycophant 941, sybarite 942, taciturn
Scowl Sullen Disgruntled look Menacing look Belligerent look Secretly Covertly Stealthily Furtive Clandestine Deputy Substitute Proxy Slender waist Willowy Slim Svelte Limber, Graceful, Flexible Supple, Pliable Lithe, Lissome Servile person Flunkey Lackey flatterer sycophant toady stooge parasitic minion acolyte(+) Hedonist Sensualist Voluptuary Cyrenaic* Reticent Incommunicado Laconic Silent Reserved Mute
Openly Overtly Artless Candidly Master leader captain Ascetic Spartan (Eremite Anchoret Stoic Teetotaler) Voluble Talkative Loquacious Multiloquent* Garrulous
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943, tart 944,tattle 945,tawdry 946, temerity 947,termagant
Pert Malapert Saucy Sluts OTHERS: Acerbity Acrimonious Snarling Sharp Bitter Pungent Sour Vinegary Meaningless talks Prate Prattle Gibberish Jabber Babble Tattle Twaddle Gabble Chatter Palaver Bosh Balderdash Women who dresses in outlandish fashion Garish Outlandish Tawdry Gaudy Bedizened(poetic word) Meretricious Flashy Rashness Audacity Recklessness Boldness Precipitancy Impudent Arrogant A quarrel some woman Beldam, Harridan, Crone, Witch Hag, Shrew Termagant Virago, Xantippe, Vixen Jezebel
Lady like Mild Harmless Somber Plain Sober Polite Civil Cultured Suave Polished Lady
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948,testy 949,theurgy 950,thrall 951,thrasonical 952,threnody
Irritable-voice will reveal it. Irritable Peevish Petulance Chagrin Waspish Fretful Black magic Necromancer Shaman Sorcerer Witchcraft MILD: Wizard Juggler Magician Conjure Hypnotize and keep under a spell Slavery - Thralldom Bondman Villain Serf Vain Brag Braggart Bragging Boast Gloat Vaunt Vainglorious Cock-a-hoop Rodomontade Swagger Swaggerer Gasconade Monody Jeremiad Epicedium Dirge Lamentation Requiem Ululation
Composure Poise Equanimity Lord Master Captain Leader Humble Humility Meek Timid Timorous
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953,tipple (or) tippler 954,tirade 955,titter 956,tittle 957,torpor
Alcoholic Dipsomaniac crapulous Bibulous Toper Tippler Guzzler Quaffed Slush Sozzled Inebriated Colloquy Parley Harangue Diatribe Tirade Trenchant Truculence Logomachy* Declamation Censure Invective Fulminate Fusillade Vituperative, (Philippic) Woman who laughs in a silly fashion Giggle Chuckle Snigger Snicker Small particle Iota, Whit, Particle Atom, Grain Speck, Scrap, Bit Scintilla, Modicum, Trace Slow, Sluggish MILD: Lazy, Lethargic, Indolent STRONG: lackadaisical languorous, lassitude The languid Torpor, torpid inert comatose catatonic dead
Teetotaler
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958,tortuous 959,trammel 960,transient 961,transplendent 962,transude 963,travesty
Roundabout Circumlocution Sinuous Serpentine Devious Winding Meandering Restrict Confine Clog Hamper Hinder Impede Shackle Cramp Evanescent Ephemeral Fugacious Fleeting Momentary Transitory Brief Impermanent Volatile Resplendent Dazzle Scintillate Exude (confidence) Strain Percolate Ooze Filter Permeate Distorted Prevaricate Garbled Convoluted Gnarled SECONDARY: Caricature Burlesque Parody (Humorous)
Permanent Lasting Durable
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964,trenchant 965,trepidation 966,trill 967,truncheon 968,trundle 969,tumbrel 970,tumid
Severe Caustic Biting Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium Scurrilous Truculence Tremble Quirk Blench Coward Sharp whistling sound made by a bird Warble Shake Quaver Steel rod-carried by police Club Bollard Pound Thrash Beat Move heavily or noisily Small wheel Roll Bowl Revolve Farmers cart Swollen Bloated Inflated Enlarged Turgid
Valorous Intrepid Courageous Brave Serene Tranquil
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971,turbulent 972,turgid 973,turpitude 974,tutelage 975,twit 976,ubiquity 977,ukase 978,ululation 979, umbilicus
Violent Agitated Clamorous Tumultuous Riotous Uproarious Swollen Enlarged Swelled Inflated Tumid Evil Wicked Shameful Depravity Vileness Villainy Baseness Meanness Ignoble Instruction Pupilage Protégé Aegis Protection Guardianship Care To tease Mock Taunt Challenging Ridicule reproach Omnipresent [Related words Omniscient Omnipotent] Russian court Wailing See 952 THRENODY Source Navel
Calm Serene Halcyon Quiet Placid Tranquil
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980,umbrage 981,unctuous 982,upbraid 983,uxorious 984,vacuous 985,vapid 986,vacuity 987,vaquero 988,vaunt
Affront Offence Resentment Pique Displeasure Servile Polite Hypocritical Glib-tongued, oily, greasy MILD: Rate Berate Chide Reprove Admonish(UK) Rebuke Censure Reprimand Reproach Taunt Condemn Scold STRONG: Objurgate Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate Fond of wife Void Empty Vacant Unfilled Dull Uninteresting Jejune Bromidic Stale Emptiness void Cow boy(Spanish) See 951 THRASONICAL
Bluebeard Wife beater Exhilarating Stimulate
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989,varlet 990,verdant 991,verisimilitude 992,vertigo 993,verve (for women) 994,vicissitude 995,viridity 996,vituperate 997,waft
Young rascal Rogue Rascal Knave Scoundrel Mountebank Charlatan, Gamine Street Arabs, Street Urchin (Guttersnipe) Green Fresh colored Lush Viridity* Appearance of truth Probability, Likeliness, Fiction Veracity, Canonical Authentic Dizziness giddiness Sickness Light headedness Muzziness* Vivacity Pep and bounce Vitality, Vigor, Exuberance Briskness Buoyant, Blithe(US),Lively, Animated Change Mutation Alternation Shift Greenness See also 990 VERDANT Defame Revile Abuse Obloquy See also 954 TIRADE Convey Transport Carry Bear
Barren Sterile Arid Dry Stable
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998,waggery 999,wainscot 1000,wassail 1001,waddle 1002,waive 1003,wallow 1004,wayward 1005,wean 1006,welter
Pixie Puck Mischievous Merriment Imp & Elf Wood paneling Bacchanalian Carousal Revelry Toast Heavy drinking during festive occasion Saturnalia Toddle On the verge of falling down Totter Wobble Relinquish Renounce Give up Falling and getting up and again falling Flounder Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Intransigent Froward * Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable POS: Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable To detach Accustom to food other than (esp. the mother's) milk. To roll about Flounder
Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant
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1007,wheedle 1008,whirlpool 1009,whirr 1010,wizened 1011,wince 1012,wistful 1013,woof 1014,wraith 1015,wroth 1016,wrangler 1017,xanthous 1018,xylographer
Coax Cajole Persuade someone to do something Eddy water Maelstrom Vortex Going round & round Old man with wisdom Contortion of face Flinch Wince in pain Reflective Contemplative Warp Texture Fabric Ghost Spook Zombie Dead Anger Ire Irascible Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy * Spat Very fair skinned Wood carver
Youthful
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1019,xylem 1020,xantippe 1021,xenodochium and 1022,xenodochy 1023,xiphoid (Of Cartilage& Bone) 1024,xylophagous 1025,xylotomous 1026,yap 1027,yokel 1028,zany 1029,zealot 1030,zebrine 1031,zephyr 1032,zetetic 1033,zoilean 1034,zygote 1035,zymotic
Tissue from plant Woody See 947 TERMAGANT Guest Chamber Guest room Related to Hospitality Sword shaped. Feeding on wood (Ex: termite) Cutting wood Puppy, Yelp Trades folk, Trades people Merchant Class (UK) Vaisyas (Ind) Hoi polloi (US) Rabble, Canaille Lumpkin, Groundling Plebian, Publican Yokel, Common man Nitwit (ASININE Group of words) Extremist when it comes to religious intolerance Zealot, Fanatic, Fundamentalist Bigot, Puritan, Pharisaical Humbug, Hypocrisy Zebra like striped West wind (used in poem) In search of truth, Investigating, Inquiring Hypercritical Cell formed by union of two gametes. Contagious Fermentative Bacterial, Infectious
Aristocrat Blue Blooded Patrician Scion Mandarin Noblesse-Oblige Catholic Cosmopolitan Broadminded Secular Tolerant Eclectic