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| Having mixed or opposing feelings at the same time |
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| Deviation from the norm or what is expected (ATYPICAL, full of ANOMALIES) |
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| Mocking, derisive, taunting, and stinging (SARDONIC, SNIDE) |
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| Mocking, derisive, taunting, and stinging (SARCASTIC, SNIDE) |
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| Mocking, derisive, taunting, and stinging (SARCASTIC, SARDONIC) |
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| A scarcity or shortage of something (PAUCITY) |
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| To speak in a foolish manner; to babble incessantly |
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| Dry; humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony (DROLL) |
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| Dry; humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony (WRY) |
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| Not ordinary ir typical; characterized by avoiding customary conventions and behaviors (UNORTHODOX:) |
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| Not ordinary ir typical; characterized by avoiding customary conventions and behaviors (UNCONVENTIONAL) |
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| Extremely careful; very EXACTING (PAINSTAKING, FASTIDIOUS) |
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| Extremely careful; very EXACTING (METICULOUS, FASTIDIOUS) |
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| Extremely careful; very EXACTING (METICULOUS, PAINSTAKING) |
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| Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold |
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| Marked by a lack of interest or concern (APATHETIC) |
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| Marked by a lack of interest or concern (INDIFFERENT) |
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| Hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence; unassertive (SELF-EFFACING) |
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| Hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence; unassertive (DIFFIDENT) |
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| Practical; sensible; NOT idealistic or romantic |
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| An imaginative re-creation of something; a calling forth |
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| Taking liberties; brashly overstepping one's place; impertinently bold |
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| Stubbornly resistant and defiant; OBSTINATE; OBDURATE; REFRACTORY; disobedient |
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| A timely benefit; blessing |
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| Secret; covert; not open; NOT ABOVEBOARD (SURREPTITIOUS) |
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| Secret; covert; not open; NOT ABOVEBOARD (CLANDESTINE) |
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| Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly (AMIABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS) |
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| Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly (AFFABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS) |
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| Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly (AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GREGARIOUS) |
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| Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly (AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GENIAL) |
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| Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare; not ORNATE |
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| Great self-denial, economy, discipline; lack of adornment |
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| A source of harm and ruin |
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| Unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
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| The quality or state of having more that one possible meaning |
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| Unclear; uncertain; open to more than one interpretation; not definitive |
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| To express disapproval; scold; rebuke; CENSURE (REPROACH, CASTIGATE) |
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| To express disapproval; scold; rebuke; CENSURE (UPBRAID, CASTIGATE) |
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| To express disapproval; scold; rebuke; CENSURE (UPBRAID, REPROACH) |
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| A WISTFUL sentimental longing for a place or time in the past |
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| An inference based upon guesswork; a SUPPOSITION |
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| No longer in use; outmoded in design or style (ARCHAIC, ANTIQUATED) |
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| No longer in use; outmoded in design or style (OBSOLETE, ANTIQUATED) |
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| No longer in use; outmoded in design or style (OBSOLETE, ARCHAIC) |
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| Very favorable (PROPITIOUS) |
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| Very favorable (AUSPICIOUS) |
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| Very depressed, DESPONDENT, mournful |
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| A deadlock; stalemate; failure to reach an agreement |
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| The false assignment of an event, person, scene or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist |
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| To contradict; to misrepresent; to prove to be false |
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| To relieve; to lessen; to ease (MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE) |
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| To relieve; to lessen; to ease (MITIGATE, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE) |
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| To relieve; to lessen; to ease (MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ALLEVIATE) |
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| To relieve; to lessen; to ease (MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE) |
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| To strongly desire; to crave |
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| Grasping, greedy, eager to obtain something; AVARICIOUS |
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| The direct opposite; extreme contrast; ANTIPODE |
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| Exactly opposite; ANTIPODAL |
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| An original model; an initial design |
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| Detached; distant physically or emotionally; reserved; standing near but apart |
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| Unoriginal, commonplace, overused; CLICHÉD (HACKNEYED, BANAL, PLATITUDINOUS, INSIPID) |
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| Unoriginal, commonplace, overused; CLICHÉD (TRITE, BANAL, PLATITUDINOUS, INSIPID) |
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| Unoriginal, commonplace, overused; CLICHÉD (TRITE, HACKNEYED, PLATITUDINOUS, INSIPID) |
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| Unoriginal, commonplace, overused; CLICHÉD (TRITE, HACKNEYED, BANAL, INSIPID) |
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| Unoriginal, commonplace, overused; CLICHÉD (TRITE, HACKNEYED, BANAL, PLATITUDINOUS) |
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| A preceding event; a FORERUNNER; a PRECURSOR |
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| Careful; cautious; sensible |
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| Relating to the nature of beauty, art, and taste; having a sense of what is beautiful, attractive, or pleasing |
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| A seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses a truth |
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| Mysterious; puzzling; unfathomable; baffling (INSCRUTABLE |
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| Mysterious; puzzling; unfathomable; baffling (ENIGMATIC) |
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| To comply, agree, give in |
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| Unaffectedly simple; lacking worldly expertise; overly CREDULOUS; unsophisticated (GULLIBLE) |
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| Unaffectedly simple; lacking worldly expertise; overly CREDULOUS; unsophisticated (NAÏVE) |
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| Independent; not controlled by others; self-governing |
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| Acting independently, or having the freedom to do so |
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| Completely useless; doomed to failure, in vain |
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| Native to an area (ENDEMIC) |
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| Native to an area (INDIGENOUS) |
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| Characterized by being everywhere; omnipresent; widespread; PERVASIVE (PREVALENT) |
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| Characterized by being everywhere; omnipresent; widespread; PERVASIVE (UBIQUITOUS) |
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| An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population |
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| Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage |
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