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1. Allude
2. Insinuate
3. Innuendo
Understood but not directly stated
1. Implicit
2. Tacit
1. Arduous
2. Exating
3. Taxing
4. Strenuous
5. Onerous
6. Laborious
7. Toilsome
8. Grueling
9. Painstaking
Present everywhere
1. Unbiquitous
2. Omnipresent
Different from each other
1. Divergent
2. Disparate
Not active
1. Dormant
2. Inactive
3. Abeyant
4. Quiescent
5. Latent
Lazy
1. Lackadesical
2. Indolent
3. Sluggish
4. Listless
5. Slothful
6. Idle
7. Languid
8. Lethargic
9. Languorous
State of feeling lazy
1. Languor
2. Lassitude
3. Lethargy
4. Torpor
5. Indolence
6. Sluggishness
7. Slothfulness
8. Idleness
9. Languidness
Tired /lacking energy
1. Lackluster
2. Prostrate
3. Weary
4. Flagging
To dry up /to deprive someone of physical and mental energy
1) Desiccate
2) Wizen
3) Enervate
4) Devitalize
Slow person
1) Laggard
2) Dilatory
3) Dawdler
4) Tardy
5) Leisurely
6) Ponderous
To do something slowly
1) Dally
2) Tarry
3) Dawdle
Skilled
1) Virtuoso
2) Consummate
3) Savant
4) Connoisseur
5) Cognoscente
To show respect
1) Venerate
2) Revere
3) Exalt
4) Hallow
5) Lionize
Respect
1) Homage
Delay/postpone
1) Adjourn
2) Protract
3) Procrastinate
4) Prorogue
5) Prorogate
6) Defer
Unintentionally
1) Inadvertent
2) Unwitting
Untrue statement meant to harm someone’s reputation /act of harming someone’s
repultation by making untrue statement
1) Aspersion
2) Calumny
3) Scurrility &scurrilous
4) Slander and slanderous
5) Libel & libelous
1) Asperse
2) Traduce
3) Libel
4) Slander
5) Slur
Brave
1. Audacious
2. Dauntless
3. Undaunted
4. Fearless
5. Doughty
6. Intrepid
7. Valiant
8. Valorous
9. Gutsy
10. Stout
11. Stalwart
Courage
1. Pluck
2. Valor
Genuine
1. Authentic
2. Legitimate
3. Veritable
Genuineness/truth
1. Veracity
Widespread
1. Pandemic
2. Epidemic
Unreal
1. Counterfeit
2. Factitious
Inborn/existing since birth
1. Intrinsic
2. innate
3. Inherent
4. Congenital
To persuade/to influence /to convince
1. Cajole
2. Coax
3. Wheedle
4. Exhort
5. Urge
6. Woo
7. Cogent
Perfect example
1. Paragon
2. Epitome
3. Apotheosis
4. Paradigm
5. Prototype
6. Archetype
7. Quintessence
To be a perfect example of something
8. Embody
To beg (someone)
1. Beseech
2. Implore
3. Importune
4. Supplicate
5. Solicit
6. Entreaty
1. Expediate
2. Catalyst
To stir up revolt
1. Incite
2. Instigate
3. Provoke
4. Foment
To embarrass
1. Mortify
2. Abash
3. Discomfit
4. Disconcert
5. Discountenance
Rule /official order
1. Protocol
2. Caveat
3. Canon
4. Edict
5. Rescript
6. Decree
7. Fiat
8. Doctrine
9. Dictum
Set of beliefs
1. Doctrine
2. Dogma
3. Tenet
Containing different varities
Of something
1. Assorted
2. Sundry
3. Motley
4. Multifarious
5. Eclectic
Sweet sound /pleasant to ear
1. Harmonious
2. Symphonious
3. Euphonious
4. Melodious
5. Canorous
6. Mellifluous
7. Dulcet
To support or help prove (a statement, theory etc)
1. Affirm
2. Clinch
3. Corroborate
4. Endorse
5. Substantiate
6. Validate
To make someone free from guilt
1. Exonerate
2. Exculpate
3. Absolve
4. Remit
5. Acquit
6. Pardon
7. Vindicate
Criticise
1. Admonish
2. Assail
3. Berate
4. Castigate
5. Chastise
6. Chide
7. Excoriate
8. Fulminate
9. Lambaste
10. lampoon
11. Malign
12. Pan
13. Pillory
14. Rail
15. Reprove
16. Revile
17. Upbraid
18. Vilify
19. Censure
20. Reproach
21. Rebuke
To praise someone highly
1. Acclaim
2. Exalt
3. Extol
4. Hail
Expression of praise
1. Acclaim
2. Hail
3. Accolade
4. Plaudit
5. Panegyric
6. Paean
7. Encomium
8. Eulogy
9. Citation
Not showing seriousness
1. Facetious
2. Frivolous
3. Flippant
4. Levity
To defeat
1. Pulverize
2. Rout
3. Subjugate
4. Vanquish
Cautious /careful about possible risk
1. Chary
2. Circumspect
3. Gingerly
4. Heedful
5. Wary
Feeling or showing lack of trust
In someone or something
1. Leery
2. Skeptical
3. Suspicious
4. Untrusting
5. Wary
Willing to do dangerous things /willing to take risk
1. Adventurous
2. Venturesome
3. Daredevil
4. Foolhardy
5. Rash
6. Reckless
Noisy quarrel
1. Altercation
2. Bicker
3. Brawl
4. Row
5. Squabble
6. Tiff
Small fight
1. Tiff
2. Scuffle
To confuse
1. Befog
2. Bemuse
3. Bewilder
4. Befuddle
5. Flummox
6. Addle
7. Gravel
8. Perplex
9. Muddle
10. Nonplus
11. Obfuscate
12. Confound
13. Stupefy
To surprise
1. Astound
2. Astonish
3. Bedazzle
4. Flabbergast
5. Confound
6. Stagger
7. Startle
8. Stupefy
Damaging /harmful
1. Deleterious
2. Precarious
3. Pernicious
4. Detrimental
5. Blight
6. Noxious
Causing serious destruction or damage /evil
1. Baneful
2. Baleful
3. Malignant
4. Scourge
5. Sinister
6. Menace
7. Vicious
To insult /to defame
1. Denigrate
2. Belittle
3. Disparage
4. Deprecate
5. Decry
6. Derogate
Insulting /defaming
1. Denigrative
2. Belittling
3. Contemptuous
4. Decrying
5. Disdainful
6. Deprecatory
7. Depreciatory
8. Demeaning
9. Derisory
10. Pejorative
11. Sarcastic
12. Sardonic
13. Satiric
14. Scornful
15. Uncomplimentary
Feeling of strong dislike or disapproval for someone
1. Disdain
2. Contempt
Sad
1. Bereaved
2. Crestfallen
3. Dejected
4. Despondent
5. Disconsolate
6. Doleful
7. Dolorous
8. Forlorn
9. Glum
10. Lugubrious
11. Melancholic
12. Morose
13. Mournful
14. Plaintive
15. Plangent
16. Saturnine
17. Sepulchral
18. Woe
19. Woeful
A situation in which no progress
Seems possible
1. Impasse
2. Stalemate
3. Deadlock
Mutual agreement
1. Consensus
2. Unanimous
1. Scrupulous
2. Conscientious
3. Puritanical
Usefulness /productiveness
1. Efficacy
2. Effectiveness
To hinder /to restrict the movement, progress or action of (someone or something)
1. Hamper
2. Trammel
3. Clog
4. Fetter
5. Shackle
6. Manacle
7. Constrain
1. Bigot
2. Xenophobic
3. Prejudiced
Strongly supporting his feelings, opinion etc
1. Bigot
2. Rabid
3. Dogmatic
4. Fanatic
Enjoying the company of others /social
1. Gregarious
2. Extrovert
3. Sociable
4. Convivial
To feel afraid
1. Quail
2. Cower
Very bad
1. Notorious
2. Flagrant
3. Egregious
Without preparation
1. Extemporaneous
2. Impromptu
3. Improvised
4. Adlib
Honesty /fairness
1. Probity
2. Equity
3. Integrity
Strong criticism
1. Vituperation
2. Obloquy
3. Opprobrium
4. Fulmination
Difficult situation
1. Predicament
2. Dilemma
3. Quandary
4. Quagmire
A person enjoying good food and drink or knowledge about food and drink
1. Epicure
2. Connoisseur
3. Gourmet
4. Gastronomist
5. Bon vivant
6. Gustatory
1. Timid
2. Timorous
3. Tremulous
4. Skittish
To spend money, resource carefully
1. Husband
2. Conserve
3. Steward
Skillful and clever while dealing with situation
1. Adept
2. Adroit
3. Deft
4. Dexterous
5. Agile
6. Nimble
7. Ingenious
Skill and cleverness while dealing with situation
1. Adeptness
2. Adroitness
3. Deftness
4. Dexterity
5. Agility
6. Nimbleness
7. Ingenuity
8. Legerdemain
9. Prestidigitation
Regret for sin or wrongdoing
1. Penitence
2. Contrition
3. Repentance
4. Compunction
5. Remorse
Producing large amount of something /fruitful
1. Prolific
2. Fecund
3. Fruitful
4. Fructuous
A person who does not agree with established belief
1. Heresiarch
2. Heretic
3. Iconoclast
4. Maverick
5. Heterodox
1. Aberrant
2. Anomalous
3. Unwanted
1. Ephemeral
2. Evanescent
3. Fleeting
4. Transitory
5. Fugitive
Hate
1. Abhor
2. Abominate
3. Despise
4. Detest
5. Execrate
6. Loathe
7. Odium
Bad and unpleasant /something deserved to be hated
1. Abhorrent
2. Abominable
3. Detestable
4. Egregious
5. Execrable
6. Horrendous
7. Loathsome
8. Obnoxious
9. Odious
Event or situation in which many people are killed
1. Holocaust
2. Slaughter
3. Carnage
4. Butchery
5. Massacre
6. Conflagration
7. Inferno
Done in secret way
1. Furtive
2. Stealthy
3. Surreptitious
4. Clandestine
5. Underhand
6. Sneaky
7. Covert
Easily seen or easily noticeable /undisguised
1. Transparent
2. Overt
3. Bald
4. Palpable
To steal money that you have been trusted with
1. Embezzle
2. Peculate
3. Defalcate
4. Malversation
Feeling or state of great happiness
1. Ecstasy
2. Rapture
3. Euphoria
4. Exhilaration
5. Paradise
To make someone happy
1. Elate
2. Exhilarate
3. Enrapture
Showing good ability to understand and notice
1. Astute
2. Perspicacious
3. Sagacious
4. Sapient
5. Shrewd
6. Discerning
7. Perceptive
8. Sage
9. Insightful
10. Keen
Not appropriate
1. Incongruous
2. Inappropriate
3. Infelicitous
4. Unapt
5. Unsuitable
Stubborn/determined not to change your mind
1. Adamant
2. Dogged
3. Obdurate
4. Obstinate
5. Pertinacious
6. Mulish
7. Inflexible
8. Intractable
9. Intransigent
10. Refractory
11. Tenacious
Refusing to obey /stubbornly disobedient
1. Recalcitrant
2. Contumacious
3. Defiant
Hardworking
1. Diligent
2. Assiduous
3. Laborious
4. Industrious
5. Indefatigable
6. Tireless
7. Sedulous
Producing wealth /flourishing
1. Lucrative
2. Profitable
3. Thriving
4. Remunerative
1. Obsolete
2. Outmoded
3. Antiquated
4. Archaic
5. Noachian
Old fashioned
1. Antediluvian
2. Quaint
Long journey
1. Odyssey
2. Voyage
3. Pilgrimage
4. Peregrination
5. Perambulation
To involve in something in unpleasant or annoying
1. Intrude
2. Obtrude
3. Meddle
4. Pry
5. Officious
Death notice
1. Obituary
2. Necrology
3. Obit
Fat
1. Obese
2. Rotund
3. Corpulent
4. Stout
5. Plump
Sign or warning of something that will happen in future
1. Omen
2. Augury
3. Portent
4. Prognostication
5. Harbinger
6. Herald
7. Presage
8. Bode
9. Portend
10. Forebode
Feeling or judgment something that will happen in future
1. Premonition
2. Prognosis
1. Clairvoyance
2. Foresight
3. Prescience
Foolish talk
1. Gibberish
2. Blather
3. Drivel
4. Jabber
5. Twaddle
6. Babble
Having twists and turns
1. Circuitous
2. Sinuous
3. Tortuous
4. Serpentine
5. Roundabout
6. Meander
7. Convoluted
8. Labyrinth
Causing horror or shocking
1. Ghastly
2. Grisly
3. Macabre
4. Gruesome
5. Horrid
6. Aghast
To make someone angry
1. Enrage
2. Incense
3. Infuriate
4. Nettle
Angry
1. Irate
2. Livid
3. Wrathful
Anger
1. Wrath
2. Ire
Bitter feeling or feeling of hatred toward other people
1. Malice
2. Malevolence
3. Grudge
4. Spleen
5. Rancor
6. Antipathy
7. Enmity
8. Acrimony
9. Hostility
10. Resentment
11. Vindictiveness
Feeling angry or hatred toward other people
1. Virulent
2. Vitriolic
3. Rancorous
Danger
1. Jeopardy
2. Pitfall
3. Snare
4. Peril
5. Endangerment
6. Imperilment
To put someone or something in dangerous situation
1. Imperil
2. Endanger
3. Jeopardize
Cheerful and happy
1. Vivacious
2. Blithesome
3. Ebullient
4. Mirthful
5. Winsome
6. Canty
7. Jocose
8. Jocund
9. Jovial
10. Jolly
11. Gleeful
12. Eupeptic
1. Ridicule
2. Mockery
3. Derision
4. Caricature
5. Parody
6. Travesty
7. Lampoon
To scorn at something /to insult someone in a way that shows feeling of disrespect or
disapproval
1. Sneer
2. Scoff
3. Jeer
4. Taunt
5. Fleer
6. Snicker
7. Snigger
8. Gibe
Argumentative /tending to fight
1. Bellicose
2. Belligerent
3. Contentious
4. Fractious
5. Pugnacious
6. Truculent
7. Confrontational
8. Fiesty
9. Brawly
10. Quarrelsome
11. Combative
12. Polemical
To prevent something from happening /to make something no longer necessary
1. Avert
2. Forestall
3. Preclude
4. Obviate
To make something worse/to make (an injury, problematic) more serious or more severe
1. Fester
2. Exacerbate
3. Worsen
4. Aggravate
To calm down someone /to satisfy someone
1. Appease
2. Assuage
3. Conciliate
4. Soothe
5. Mollify
6. Pacify
7. Placate
8. Propitiate
9. Reconcile
To reduce the effect of something /to make something such as injury, problem less severe
1. Mitigate
2. Palliate
3. Assuage
4. Alleviate
5. Ameliorate
Cure-all
1. Panacea
2. Elixir
Stupid /foolish /absurd
1. Inane
2. Fatuous
3. Imbecilic
4. Moronic
5. Asinine
6. Lunatic
7. Ludicrous
8. Preposterous
9. Farcical
Narrow minded
1. Parochial
2. Myopic
3. Provincial
4. Insular
Excessively flattering /overly obedient
1. Fawning
2. Fulsome
3. Obsequious
4. Sycophant
5. Servile
6. Slavish
7. Subservient
8. Adulatory
9. Truckling
10. Bootlicker
11. Cringing
12. Groveling
Not eating and drinking too much
1. Abstemious
2. Abstentious
Refrain from marriage or sexual intercourse
1. Celibacy
1. Palcid
2. Standoffish
3. Glacial
4. Frigid
Relaxed and calm/not worried about anything
1. Nonchalant
2. Insouciant
3. Complacent
Extremely important
1. Indispensable
2. Imperative
3. Vital
Impossible to defeat
1. Invincible
2. Indomitable
Not able to be stopped /continuing without becoming weaker
1. Inexorable
2. Relentless
3. Unrelenting
1. Impregnable
2. Unconquerable
1. Profusion
2. Abundance
3. Plethora
4. Plenitude
5. Glut
6. Myriad
7. Surfeit
8. Cornucopia
9. Argosy
10. Copious
11. Inordinate
12. Exorbitant
Unclear in meaning
1. Ambiguous
2. Equivocal
3. Ambivalent
4. Prevaricated
Super patriotism
1. Chauvinism
2. Jingoism
Very poor
1. Destitute
2. Impecunious
3. Penurious
4. Penniless
5. Impoverished
6. Indigent
7. Bankrupt
8. Insolvent
Rich
1. Affluent
2. Plush
3. Prosperous
4. Opulent
Relevant
1. Apposite
2. Pertinent
3. Germane
4. Apropos
To increase in size, number or amount
1. Accrue
2. Aggrandize
3. Augment
4. Balloon
5. Dilate
6. Proliferate
7. Wax
To become less strong ,less active or less intense
1. Abate
2. Attenuate
3. Ebb
4. Subside
5. Slacken
6. Slack
7. Wane
Present in small amount
1. Exiguous
2. Meager
3. Puny
4. Scanty
5. Skimpy
6. Sparse
7. Modicum
8. Iota
To make something shorter /smaller or to limit something
1. Syncopate
2. Elide
3. Truncate
4. Abbreviate
5. Abridge
6. Contract
7. Curtail
8. Constrict
Having good luck
1. Fortunate
Not having good luck
1. Unfortunate
2. Hapless
Happening by good luck
1. Fortuitous
2. Adventitious
3. Serendipity
1. Categorical
2. Conclusive
3. Categorical
4. Indubitable
5. Irrefutable
6. Incontrovertible
7. Emphatic
Feeling of certainty
1. Conviction
2. Certitude
Pain
1. Agony
2. Excruciation
3. Tribulation
4. Anguish
5. Torment
6. Woe
To cause (someone or something to feel intense pain )
1. Excruciate
2. Harrow
3. Agonize
4. Rack
5. Afflict
6. Torture
Powerful/important /respect
1. Eminent
2. Formidable
3. Redoubtable
4. Illustrious
5. Salient
6. Luminary
1. Apocryphal
2. Erroneous
3. Fallacious
4. Specious
5. Spurious
6. Fictitious
7. Feigned
8. Canard
Very unusual /strange
1. Bizarre
2. Outlandish
To energize /to make someone or something active again
1. Galvanize
2. Invigorate
3. Revitalize
4. Vivify
5. Rejuvenate
6. Revive
7. Resuscitate
8. Resurrect
Shy/lacking confidence
1. Coy
2. Diffident
3. Introvert
4. Reserved
Practical /Possible
1. Conceivable
2. Credible
3. Feasible
4. Plausible
5. Pragmatic
1. Loquacious
2. Garrulous
3. Voluble
Use lot of words or lengthy
1. Prolix
2. Verbose
3. Verbiage
Immature
1. Callow
2. Puerile
Beginner/inexperienced
1. Rookie
2. Novice
3. Neophyte
4. Naïve
5. Amateur
6. Dabbler
7. Dilettante
8. Fledgling
9. Greenhorn
10. Tyro
Disrespectfulness/boldness
1. Audacity
2. Temerity
3. Insolence
4. Impudence
5. Impertinence
6. Cheek
7. Effrontery
8. Gall
Easily fooled or cheated /innocent
1. Dupe
2. Credulous
3. Gullible
4. Artless
5. Guileless
6. Ingenuous
Kind/helping others
1. Altruist
2. Philanthropist
3. Beneficent
4. Benevolent
5. Magnanimous
Overly noisy /harsh and offensive sound
1. Raucous
2. Strident
3. Blatant
4. Boisterous
5. Obstreperous
6. Vociferous
7. Clamorous
8. Whooping
9. Yowling
10. Discordant
11. Clamant
12. Cacophony
13. Clangor
Having or showing strong sexual desire
1. Lewd
2. Lascivious
3. Lustful
4. Salacious
5. Licentious
6. Lecherous
7. Lubricious
8. Wanton
Relating to sex in rude and offensive way
1. Obscene
2. Ribald
Greedy
1. Avaricious
2. Acquisitive
3. Covetous
4. Grasping
5. Mercenary
6. Rapacious
7. Ravenous
8. Voracious
9. Gluttonous
10. Insatiable
11. Unquenchable
12. Avid
Eating a lot /greedy
1. Ravenous
2. Voracious
3. Gluttonous
4. Edacious
5. Esurient
Large/important /powerful
1. Colossal
2. Gargantuan
3. Gigantic
4. Humongous
5. Mammoth
6. Prodigious
7. Monolithic
8. Monumental
9. Titanic
10. Towering
11. Voluminous
12. Hefty
13. Walloping
14. Behemoth
15. Leviathan
16. Whopper
17. Whopping
1. Chicanery
2. Trickery
3. Deception
4. Subterfuge
5. Artifice
6. Guile
7. Skullduggery
Clever in usually dishonest or deceptive way
1. Crafty
2. Duplicitous
3. Wily
4. Bilk
To trick or deceive someone
1. Bilk
2. Beguile
3. Swindle
4. Fleece
5. Dupe
6. Hoodwink
1. Masquerade
2. Veneer
3. Gloss
4. Façade
5. Dissemble
6. Feign
Cloth for hiding or covering
1. Cloak
2. Mantle
3. Shroud
Act for hiding /to hide
1. Camouflage
2. Conceal
To break a law/or act of breaking a law
1. Transgress
2. Contravene
3. Flout
4. Violate
5. Infringe
6. Breach
7. infraction
To guess/infer/or to form an opinion
1. Surmise
2. Conjecture
3. Deduce
4. Extrapolate
5. Reckon
Generally believed idea/opinion
1. Putative
2. Conjectural
3. Hypothetical
4. Speculative
Small
1. Slight
2. Minuscule
3. Infinitesimal
4. Diminutive
To force someone to do something
1. Coerce
2. Compel
3. Goad
4. Dragon
5. Extort
1. Banish
2. Exile
3. Deport
4. Expatriate
5. Extradite
1. Alienate
2. Estrange
3. Disgruntle
4. Disaffect
To understand something
1. Apprehend
2. Assimilate
3. Comprehend
4. Construe
5. Fathom
6. Decipher
Head without real power
1. Figurehead
2. Nominal
3. Titular
To walk unsteadily or to start experiencing failure
1. Falter
2. Founder
1. Totter
2. Stagger
3. Wobble
4. Stumble
1. Shiver
2. Tremble
3. Quiver
4. Shudder
5. Judder
1. Capricious
2. Whimsical
3. Freakish
4. Fickle
5. Mercurial
6. Impulsive
7. Irresolute
8. Vacillating
Not planned or happening in an regular way
1. Erratic
2. Arbitrary
3. Inconsistent
4. Desultory
5. Haphazard
To support or strengthen
1. Bolster
2. Buttress
3. Fortify
4. Undergird
5. Underpin
6. Reinforce
7. Corroborate
Freedom to choose how to act /power to take correct decision
1. Autonomy
2. Sovereignty
3. Volition
4. Latitude
Hesitant and unwilling while doing something
1. Balking
2. Grudging
3. Reluctant
4. Loathe
To punish someone or put someone in prison
1. Immure
2. Imprison
3. Incarcerate
Always happening or existing /always doing something specified
1. Inveterate
2. Chronic
3. Habitual
Going off track
1. Astray
2. Awry
3. Askew
4. Amiss
5. Desultory
To deviate or to change direction /act of deviating or act of changing direction
1. Detour
2. Veer
3. Swerve
4. Digress
Beauty
1. Pulchritude
2. Comeliness
3. Aesthetic
Showing proper or polite behavior
1. Decorous
2. Demure
3. Prim
4. Propriety
5. Seemly
Marked by chaos /confusion or disorder
1. Bedlam
2. Pandemonium
3. Tumultuous
4. Turmoil
5. Turbulence
6. Tumult
Easily affected
1. Vulnerable
2. Prone
3. Sensitive
4. Susceptible
Careless
1. Lax
2. Negligent
3. Remiss
4. Slapdash
5. Slipshod
6. Slack
7. Derelict
8. Dereliction
Shining
1. Luminous
2. Scintillating
3. Refulgent
4. Resplendent
5. Effulgent
6. Lambent
Friendly
1. Affable
2. Amicable
3. Amiable
4. Genial
5. Cordial
6. Congenia
To think deeply
1. Contemplate
2. Ponder
3. Cogitate
4. Cerebrate
5. Ruminate
6. Mull
7. Muse
8. Meditate
9. Chew over
1. Exasperate
2. Crate
3. Nettle
4. Pester
5. Vex
6. Persecute
7. Disgruntle
8. Miff
9. Pique
10. Nag
11. Peeve