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Bedlam
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Chaos confusion
It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding.
PANDEMONIUM
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chaos
There was pandemonium in the classroom till the head appeared.
Tumultuous
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very loud; involving strong feeling
Turbulance
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violent disorder
turmoil
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confusion
upheaval
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disturbance
felon
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one who has committed the crime
Menace
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Threatening thing
miscreant
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one who creates trouble
Rogue
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a violent person
Scoundrel
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Villan
artful
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skillfull in cunning way
Artifice
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trickery
Bilk
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cheat someone of money, possessions
A con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars.
Chicanery
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trickery
It can take several hours in large counties for the ballots to reach the counting station, giving ample opportunity for chicanery.
Crafty
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sly and decptive
Dupe
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a person who can easily be fooled
Duplicity
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double behaviour
Fleece
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cheat someone of money
Guile
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trickery
Gulled
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deceived
The immigrant was gulled because he trusted everyone very easily.
Hoodwink
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cheat or deceive
She was hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace.
Mislead
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deceive
Swindle
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cheat someone of money
wily
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cunning
The boss is a wily old fox.
Artless
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without deception
The artless sincerity of a young child.
Credence credible
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truthfulness, or believability
They could give no credence to the findings of the survey.
credulous
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believing things very easily
The law will afford relief to the credulous people who have been duped.
Guileless
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without deception
Jacobs, a sweet and guileless performer, is quite delightful.
ingenuous
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innocent
naive naivete
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inncoent
Recapitulate
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summarize
Rehash
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repeat or use again, with no or few changes
He just rehashes songs from the 60's.
Reiterate
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repeat
Calamitous
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disatrous
cataclysm
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a violent upheaval
The immediate cause for this cataclysm was the recession.
Catastrophe
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disaster
Debacle
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disaster
The revolution ended in a debacle.
coup
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clever action
At this point in time, no one can be sure as to whether the coup was justified.
Apprehensive
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worried nervous
You have no reason to be apprehensive about the future.
cynical
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always questioning or doubting people or their motives
Do you have to be cynical about everything?
dubious
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doubtfull
questionable
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doubtfull
skeptical
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doubtful
dignified
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dignified proper
Demure
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shy and reserved
She is a demure young lady.
prim
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formally precise or proper
She is much too prim and proper to be a host.
Propriety
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following what is socially acceptable in speech and behavior
Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.
Seemly
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dignified, proper, and in good taste
It was not considered seemly to talk in such a way in front of the children.
Arrogant
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too proud and looking down on others
Bombastic
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(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious
There were bombastic speeches by party members.
Braggart
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one who brags
I am not trying to be a braggart, but the editors mentioned me frequently in their journals.
Bravado
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a bold or brave manner
Don't threaten me, she whispered with false bravado.
Conceited
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very proud
He is a very conceited person.
Egotistical
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very proud or self-centered
His egotistical behavior prevented him from really loving anyone but himself.
Haughty
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very arrogant or proud
He replied with haughty disdain.
Hubris
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excessive pride
His failure was brought only by hubris.
Pompous
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arrogant or conceited
His speech sounded very pompous and self congratulatory.
Supercilious
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displaying arrogant pride, scorn, or indifference
The jewelry store clerk was very supercilious.
Swagger
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walk or behave in a very arrogant or proud way
He swaggered into the room, looking very pleased with himself.
Vanglorious
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very proud and boastful
He has always come across as deeply untrustworthy and extremely vainglorious.
unassuming
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modest
Sachin Tendulkar is a very unassuming cricketer.
altruist
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omeone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
Benefactor
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one who gives money or other support for a good cause
He is a generous benefactor.
beneficent
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kind or generous
benevolent
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kind or generous
Humane
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kind or compassionate
Campaigners claim that the animals are not being kept in humane condition.
Magnanimous
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generous
Munificent
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generous
We are extremely grateful for your munificent gift to our cause.
Patron
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one who gives money or other support
She also selects buyers carefully, preferring a patron who is willing to donate works to a museum.
PHILANTHROPIST
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someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
abstemious
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not eating and drinking too much
abstinence
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self control
celibacy
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the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.
forbear
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to choose not to do (something that youcould do): to avoid doing or saying(something)
He carefully forbore any mention of hername for fear of upsetting them.
refrain
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to stop yourself from doing something thatyou want to do
temperae
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having temperatures that are not too hot or too cold.?....... emotionally calm and composed
indulge
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to allow (yourself) to have or do somethingas a special pleasure
conceivable
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imaginable orpossible
credible
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able to be believed
feasible
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able to be believed
plausible
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acceptable
pragmatic
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practical
verisimilar
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having the appearance of truth
viable
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capable of being done or used
Audacious
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vary bold
Brazen
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shamlessly bold
She had become brazen about the whole affair.
cheeky
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slightly rude or disrespectful
Effrontery
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insolent or impertinent behaviour.
He had the effrontery to accuse me of lying.
Gall
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bold and rude
impertinent
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rude
Would it be impertinent to ask why you are leaving?
impudent
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rude
During the examination, his conduct was impudent.
insolent
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rude
Her insolent attitude cost her the job.
Nerve
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boldness
presemptuous
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bold
Would it be presumptuous of me to ask to borrow your car?
temerity
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excessive boldness
He had the temerity to call me a liar.
Flamboyance
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extravagant and conspicuously dashing display
He was flamboyant on and off the stage.
Flaunt
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showoff
He did not believe in flaunting his wealth.
GRANDILOQUENT
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pompous or bombastic
His grandiloquent speech impressed no one.
GRANDIOSE
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grand, striking or magnificent
He could no longer live the grandiose lifestyle to which he had become accustomed.
ostentatious
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characterized by pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others
She wore ostentatious gold jewelry.
Panache
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Show off
She carried off the performance with panache.
Pretentious
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assume great importance for oneself
Bureaucrats are generally lazy, pretentious, and vindictive individuals.
Garrulous
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very talkative
He became garrulous whenever he was extremely happy.
Loquacious
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very talkative
She is a loquacious lady who never runs out of stories to tell.
Prolix
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using more words than are required
This prolix article is telling you more than you want to know.
Verbiage
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speech or writing using more words than are required
The verbiage devoted to the denigration of spell-check could fill a dictionary.
Verbose
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using more words than are required
Voluble
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very talkative
Evelyn was very voluble on the subject of woman rights.
Abbreviated
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Shortened
Abridge
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shorten
She has been asked to abridge the movie for television.
Brevity
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Shortness or conciseness
Condense
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Shorten
Laconic
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using few words
Monosyllabic
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very brief
A monosyllabic reply.
Pithy
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short but expressed well and full of meaning
The book is full of pithy observations about how we behave when we travel abroad.
Reticent
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Quiet not speaking a lot
SUCCINCT
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to the point
Taciturn
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quiet not speaking
Cant
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statements, especially about moral or religious issues, that are not sincere and that you cannot trust
is speech was full of political, social and religious cant.
HYPOCRITICAL
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pretense of having virtues, beliefs, etc., that one does not actually possess
SANCTIMONIOUS
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pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess
They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
Prig
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a hypocritical person
He was a prig so no one listened to his advice.
Prude
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a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable

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