mitigate abate, curtail, temper, ameliorate

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consensus accord
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vitriolic acerbic, opprobrium
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disciple adherent
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kindred affiliated
opulent affluent
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unsettle alarm
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benevolent altruistic, magnanimous
wondrous amazing
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comparable analogous
galvanize animate, rouse
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obscure anonymous, opaque, obfuscate
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inimical antagonistic, deleterious
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prefigure anticipate
indifferent apathy
extol applaud
fitting apposite
commendation approbation
adulation approbation, sycophant
pilfer appropriate
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taxing arduous
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slur aspersion
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propitious auspicious
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ungainly awkward
stale banal
raillery banter
untenable baseless
indebted beholden
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boon benefit
altruistic benevolent
signify betoken
orientation bias
unimpeachable blameless
insipid bland
brandish boast
buttress bolster
appropriate borrow
boast brandish
economy brevity
tolerate brook
pastoral bucolic
nascent budding, unformed
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no-nonsense businesslike
bolster buttress, prop up
circumvent bypass, sidestep, skirt
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heartless callous
solidarity camaraderie
mimic camouflage, replicate
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deft canny
shrewd canny, artful
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whimsical capricious
impulsive capricious, hasty
secure capture, earn
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chastise castigate
shriek caterwaul
relinquish cede
dispatch celerity
defend champion
espouse champion, advocate, defend
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stem check
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sidestep circumvent
bypass circumvent, skirt
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covert clandestine
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orderly coherent
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meld combine
civility comity
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analogous comparable
offset compensate
tractable compliant
knotty complicated
acknowledge concede
plausible conceivable
decry condemn
meet condign
circumscribe confine, limit
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square with conform to
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perplex confound
muddle confuse
speculation conjecture
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controversial contentious
circumstantial contingent
dwindle contract
dichotomous contradictory
violate contravene
contentious controversial
riddle conundrum, enigma, puzzle
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tortuous convoluted
upheaval convulsion
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enviable coveted
cunning crafty
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disintegrate crumble
unwieldy cumbersome
perfunctory cursory, casual
palliate damp
perilous dangerous, precarious
dim darken
formidable daunting
modicum dearth
paucity dearth
deterioration decay, decline
unmistakable decisive
senescence decrepitude
condemn decry
calumny defamation
blemish defect
champion defend, espouse, support
proponent defender, champion
scarce deficient
authoritative definitive, cogent
soothe deflate
disregard defy, contempt
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detrimental deleterious
relish delight in
lambaste denounce
witless dense
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mockery derision
ridicule derision
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annihilate destroy
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decay deterioration
govern determine
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rant diatribe
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remiss dilatory
sluggish dilatory, listless
industrious diligent
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detect discern
perceptible discernible
perspicacious discernible
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opprobrium disdain, vitriol
contemptuous disdainful
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crumble disintegrate
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temperate dispassionate
celerity dispatch
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untether divorce
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doctrinaire dogmatic
extinguish douse
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spectacular dramatic
elicit draw out
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humdrum dull
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dissemble duplicity
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keen eager
affable easygoing, cordial, genteel
wane ebb, decline
outdo eclipse
pecuniary economic
euphoria ecstasy
flagrant egregious
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plaintive elegiac
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extirpate eliminate
put to rest eliminated
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cryptic elusive
evasive elusive, equivocal
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revision emendation
effusive emotional
imitate emulate
captivate enamor
tribute encomium
polymath encyclopedic
exhaustive encyclopedic, comprehensive
sanction endorse
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hone enhance
inferable from entailed by
diverting entertaining
supplicate entreat, solicit
covet envy
short-lived ephemeral
transitory ephemeral, evanescent
parity equality
wayward errant, unpredictable
onetime erstwhile
shun eschew
recondite esoteric, arcane, abstruse
abstruse esoteric, arcane, recondite
arcane esoteric, recondite, abstruse
requisite essential
indispensable essential, crucial
lionize eulogize
ecstasy euphoria
momentary evanescent
impartial evenhanded, disinterested, fair, detachment
aggravate exacerbate
demanding exacting
prescriptive exacting
hyperbole exaggeration
valorize exalt
irascible exasperation
preternatural exceptional
crab excoriate
indict excoriate
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encyclopedic exhaustive, polymathic
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tenuous exiguous
absolve exonerate
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oust expel, banish
banish expel, oust
innovative experimental
augment extend, expand, enhance
douse extinguish
eliminate extirpate, put to rest
profligate extravagant, prodigal
zealot extremist, ideologue
forge fabricate
schism factiousness
objective fair
disinterested fair, impartial
eminent famous
shortcoming fault
enamor favor, captivate, hooked on
auspicious favorable
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volatile fickle, versatile, flighty, erratic, capricious
erratic fickle, versatile, volatile, flighty, capricious
impassioned fiery
apposite fitting, germane
obsessed fixated
egregious flagrant
wanting flawed
supple flexible
spurn flout
precursor forerunner
avert forestall
stave off forestall
daunting formidable, sensational, forbidding
canned formulaic
adopt foster
spur foster
bedrock foundation
inception foundation
restive fractious
malfeasance fraudulence
genial friendly
utilitarian functional
interchangeable fungible
facilitate further
synthesis fusion
pointless futile
animate galvanize, rouse, inspire
loquacious garrulous
reckon gauge
abstract general
inclusive generic, all-encompassing
obtain glean
cheerless gloomy
lugubrious gloomy
abundance glut
surfeit glut, plethora
imperceptible gradual
sociable gregarious
unwarranted groundless
devious guile, indirect
acclaim hail
impede hamper
impair hamstring, undermine, vitiate, compromise, undercut
helter-skelter haphazard
innocuous harmless, benign, inoffensive
callous heartless
buoy help
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dissimilar heterogeneous
disparate heterogeneous, diverse, dissimilar, variant
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inhibit hinder, bridle, suppress
snag hitch
patchwork hodgepodge
welter hodgepodge
resemblance homogeneity
enhance hone
venerate honor, respect
arrogant hubristic
exaggerate hyperbole, overrate
mendacity hypocrisy
heterodox iconoclastic
quixotic idealistic
chimera illusion
quaff imbibe
emulate imitate
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unbounded immoderate, expansive
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vitiate impair
compromise impair, concession
undermine impair, subvert, undercut
evenhanded impartial
neutrality impartiality
fiery impassioned
zealous impassioned, fervent, fiery, passionate
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hamper impede
indiscernible imperceptible
unyielding implacable
hasty impulsive, rapid
erroneous inaccurate
ominous inauspicious
innate inborn
foundation inception, bedrock
acute incisive, severe
all-encompassing inclusive
generic inclusive
inexplicable incomprehensible
discrepancy incongruity
immaterial inconsequential
trivial inconsequential, immaterial
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indubitable incontrovertible
beholden indebted
unseemly indecorous
excoriate indict, crab
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circuitous indirect
essential indispensable
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incomprehensible inexplicable
surmise infer
entailed by inferable from
provocative inflammatory
intrinsic inherent
benign innocuous, anodyne
experimental innovative
uninformative inscrutable
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nonchalant insouciant
abet instigate
meager insufficient, paltry
provincial insular
readable intelligible
fungible interchangeable
interrelated interdependent
compelling interesting
construe interpret
interdependent interrelated
stubborn intractable
obdurate intransigent, fortitude
convoluted intricate, tortuous
spontaneous intuitive
exasperation irascibility
paradoxical ironic
extraneous irrelevant
vacillation irresolution
peripatetic itinerant
complicated knotty
terse laconic, curt, taciturn, succinct
taciturn laconic, terse, curt
curt laconic, terse, taciturn
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nonspecialist layperson
erudite learned
cede to left to
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slumberous lethargic
rejection liberation from
confine limit, circumscribe
scant limited
pellucid limpid
eulogize lionize
mutable liquid
tilt list
perennial long-standing
garrulous loquacious
risible ludicrous
gloomy lugubrious, cheerless
respite lull, relief, break
rampant luxuriant
fraudulent malfeasant
plastic malleable
noisome malodorous
self-evident manifest
peripheral marginal
fringe marginal, peripheral
belie mask
precocious mature
nonconformist maverick
insufficient meager
paltry meager, insufficient
condign meet
hypocrisy mendacity, insincerity
painstaking meticulous
thorough meticulous
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diminutive minuscule
trepidation misgiving, apprehension
abuse misuse
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alleviate mitigate
curtail mitigate
inconsistent mixed
derision mockery
exemplary model
paradigm model
unostentatious modest
unassuming modest, humble
humility modesty
temper modulate, mitigate, neutralize
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fleeting momentary
acerbic mordant, vitriolic, caustic, cutting, scathing
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budding nascent
endemic native, domestic, indigenous
vague nebulous
forsake neglect
dexterous nimble
adroit nimble, dexterous, deft, acumen
businesslike no-nonsense
malodorous noisome
maverick nonconformist
unexceptional nondescript
layperson nonspecialist
original novel
unexampled novel
tyro novice, neophyte
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intransigent obdurate, resolute
fairness objectivity
anonymous obscure
opaque obscure, inaccessible
obfuscate obscure, mystify
sycophantic obsequious, adulating
fixated obsessed
fusty obsolete, outmoded
glean obtain
conspicuous obtrusive, prominent, salient, remarkable
displace obviate
sporadic occasional, fitful
numinous occult
universal omnipresent, ubiquitous
ubiquitous omnipresent, universal
burdensome onerous
erstwhile onetime
inaccessible opaque
timely opportune
disdain opprobrium, contempt
sanguine optimistic
stability order
coherent orderly
provenance origin
novel original, unexampled, unprecedented
generate originate
expel oust
eclipse outdo
overshadow outlast, obscure
obsolete outmoded, fusty
belabor overemphasize
dovish pacific
damp palliate
cure-all panacea
remedy panacea
ironic paradoxical
counterpart parallel
stingy parsimonious
apathy passivity
bucolic pastoral
hodgepodge patchwork, welter, pastiche
vacuous paucity
dearth paucity, modicum
economic pecuniary
limpid pellucid
faultless perfect
cursory perfunctory, casual
precarious perilous
itinerant peripatetic
marginal peripheral
porous permeable
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enigmatic perplexing
commonplace pervasive
conciliatory placatory
elegiac plaintive
malleable plastic
conceivable plausible
gratify please
futile pointless
contemplate ponder
permeable porous
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didactic preachy
sanctimonious preachy, didactic
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rule out preclude
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forerunner precursor
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anticipate prefigure, foresee
preconception prejudice
prophetic prescient
exacting prescriptive, rigorous, demanding
safeguard preserve
exigent pressing
exceptional preternatural
preclude prevent, rule out
rudimentary primitive, sketchy, embryonic, sketchy, elemental
unblemished pristine
profess proclaim
predilection proclivity, preference
voracious prodigious, insatiable
proclaim profess
trenchant profound, incisive
wealth profusion
abound proliferate
verbose prolix, long-winded
prescient prophetic
commensurate proportionate
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parochial provincial
insular provincial, private
inflammatory provocative
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truculent pugnacious, bellicose, combative, aggressive
design purposefulness
elude puzzle
imbibe quaff
abeyance quiescence
idealistic quixotic
banter raillery
luxuriant rampant
haphazard random, helter-skelter
diatribe rant
avaricious rapacious
reconciliation rapprochement
intelligible readable
verisimilitude realism
pragmatic realistic
repudiate recant
gauge reckon
shrink recoil
rapprochement reconciliation
esoteric recondite, arcane, abstruse
rehash recycle
liberation rejection
kinfolk relative
germane relevant, apposite
vestige relic
delight relish
loath reluctant, unwilling, disinclined
panacea remedy, cure-all
strip away remove
censure reprehend
deplorable reprehensible
recant repudiate
homogeneity resemblance, uniform
tenacity resolve, endurance
ring true resonate
hallow respect
deferential respectful
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relief respite
skittish restive, fractious
fractious restive, skittish
tonic restorative
rehabilitate restore
recrudescent resurgent
manifest reveal, self-evident, obvious
emendation revision
renaissance revival
eloquent rhetoric
conundrum riddle, puzzle, enigma
pervasive rife
resonate ring true
ludicrous risible
elemental rudimentary
embryonic rudimentary
primitive rudimentary, ancient
sketchy rudimentary, superficial, undeveloped
visible salient
preachy sanctimonious, didactic
endorse sanction, commend, support, authorize
factious schism
admonish scold
capture secure
narcissism self-flattery
decrepitude senescence
successive sequential
unerring settled
stifle shackle
superficial shallow
truncate shorten, foreshorten
artful shrewd
canny shrewd, deft
acumen shrewdness
caterwaul shriek
recoil shrink
deflect shrug off
betoken signify
artless simplistic
disparage slight
snub slight
elusive slippery, evasive, cryptic
dilatory sluggish, remiss, laggard
aspersion slur
hitch snag
staid sober
gregarious sociable
somber solemn
camaraderie solidarity
solemn somber
lethargic somnolent, slumberous
deflate soothe
sleazy sordid
unassailable sound
dramatic spectacular
conjecture speculation
vigorous spirited
intuitive spontaneous
diffuse spread, disperse, wordy
foster spur, adopt
artificial spurious
flout spurn, defy, disregard
conform to square with
sobering staid
banal stale
forestall stave off, avert, prevent
check stem
shackle stifle
parsimonious stingy, illiberal
hierarchical stratified
audacious striking
robust strong
hinder stymie, inhibit, block
obedience submission
nuance subtlety
undercut subvert, impair, undermine
triumph success
sequential successive
yield succumb, engender, output
surly sullen
plethora surfeit, glut
glut surfeit, plethora
sullen surly, grumpy
dubious suspect
obsequious sycophantic
figurative symbolic
tantamount synonymous
fusion synthesis
laconic taciturn, terse, curt
impolitic tactless
synonymous tantamount
dreary tedious
modulate temper
dispassionate temperate, analytical
resolve tenacity
exiguous tenuous
halfhearted tepid, lukewarm
meticulous thorough, exact, painstaking
frugal thrifty
list tilt
opportune timely
brook tolerate
restorative tonic
emblematic totemic
ephemeral transitory, short-lived
profound trenchant
misgiving trepidation, qualm
encomium tribute
inconsequential trivial, immaterial
pugnacious truculent, belligerent
credulous trusting
novice tyro
omnipresent ubiquitous, universal
unqualified unalloyed
sound unassailable, valid
modest unassuming, unostentatious
inevitable unavoidable, preordained, ineluctable
pristine unblemished
unremitting unceasing
quirky unconventional
unorthodox unconventional
irrefutable undeniable
nondescript unexceptional
counterintuitive unexpected
ignorance unfamiliarity
outmoded unfashionable, obsolete, fusty
unflagging unfatigued
adverse unfavorable
baseless unfounded, untenable
awkward ungainly
blameless unimpeachable
skeptical unimpressed
inscrutable uninformative, impenetrable, abstruse
singular unique
unfounded unjustified, baseless, groundless, unwarranted
estrange unlinked, disaffect
decisive unmistakable
composed unperturbed, collected, coolheaded
capricious unpredictable, impulsive, cavalier, versatile
unalloyed unqualified
undeniable unquestionable, irrefutable
unprepossessing unremarkable
unceasing unremitting
untrammeled unrestrained
divorced untethered, abstracted
groundless unwarranted
cumbersome unwieldy
reluctant unwilling, loath
implacable unyielding, inexorable
convulsion upheaval
irresolution vacillation
nebulous vague
exalt valorize
jejune vapid
fluctuate vary, vacillate
honor venerate
reverence veneration
prolix verbose, long-winded
long-winded verbose, prolix
protean versatile
fickle versatile, volatile, flighty, erratic, capricious
relic vestige
chagrin vexation
exculpate vindicate
contravene violate
salient visible, prominent, obtrusive, conspicuous
mercurial volatile, inconstant
prodigious voracious
insatiable voracious, quenchless
decline wane
ebb wane, decline
errant wayward
profusion wealth
prevalent widespread, extensive
engaging winning
quotidian workday
succumb yield
engender yield, induce
extremist zealot
ideologue zealot