Adverbs
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adorable, adventurous, aggressive, alert, attractive, average, beautiful, blond,
blonde,
blue-eyed, bloody, blushing, bright, clean, clear, cloudy, colorful, crowded, cute,
dark, drab, distinct, dull, elegant, excited, fancy, filthy, glamorous, gleaming,
gorgeous, graceful, grotesquee, handsome, homely, light, long, magnificent,
misty, motionless, muddy, old-fashioned, plain, poised, precious, quaint, shiny,
smoggy, sparkling, spotless, stormy, strange, ugly, ugliest, unsightly, unusual,
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| FEELINGS (BAD) ADVERBS |
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afraid, angry, annoyed, anxious, arrogant, ashamed, awful, bad, bewildered, black, blue,
bored, clumsy, combative, condemned, confused, crazy, creepy, cruel,
dangerous, defeated, defiant, depressed, disgusted, disturbed, dizzy, embarrassed,
envious, evil, fierce, flipped-out, foolish, frantic, frightened, grieving, grumpy, helpless,
homeless, hungry, hurt, ill, itchy, jealous, jittery, lazy, lonely, mysterious,
nasty, naughty, nervous nutty, obnoxious, outrageous, panicky, repulsive, scary,
selfish, sore, tense, terrible, testy, thoughtless, tired, troubled, upset,
uptight, weary, wicked, worried.
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| FEELINGS (GOOD) ADVERBS |
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agreeable, amused, brave, calm, charming, cheerful, comfortable, cooperative,
courageous, delightful, determined, eager, elated, enchanting, encouraging,
energetic, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, fair, faithful, fantastic, fine,
friendly, funny, gentle, glorious, good, happy, healthy, healpful, hilarious, jolly,
joyous, kind, lively, lovely, lucky, nice, obedient, perfect, proud, relieved, silly,
smiling, splended, successful, thankful, thoughtful, victoriuos, vivations, witty,
wonderful, zealous, zany.
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| ADVERBS |
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accidentally, afterward, almost, always, angrily, annually, anxiously, awkwardly,
badly, blindly, boastfully, boldly, bravely, briefly brightly, busily, calmly,
carefully, carelessly, cautiously, cheerfully, clearly, correctly, courageously,
crossly, cruelly, daily, defiantly, deliberately, doubtfully, easily, elegantly,
enormously, enhusiastically, equally, even, eventually, exactly, faithfully,
far, fast, fatally, fiercely, fondly, foolishly, fortunately, frantically,
gently, gladly, gracefully, greedily, happily, hastily, honestly, hourly,
hungrily, innocently, inquisitively, irritably, joyously, justly, kindly,
lazily, less loosely, loudly, madly, merrily, monthly, more, mortally,
mysteriously, nearly, neatly, nervously, never, noisily, not, obediently,
obnoxiously, often, only, painfully, perfectly, politely, poorly, powerfully,
promptly, punctually, quickly, quietly, rapidly, rarely, really, recklesly,
regularly, reluctantly, repeatedly, rightfully, roughly, rudely, sadly, safely,
seldom, selfishly, seriously, shakily, sharply, shrilly, shyly, silently,
silently, sleepily, slowly, smoothly, softly, solemnly, sometimes, soon,
speedily, stealthily, sternly, successfully, suddenly, suspiciously, swiftly,
tenderly, tensely, thoughtfully, tightly, tomorrow, too, truthfully, unexpectedly,
very, victoriously, violently, vivaciously, warmly, weakly, wearily, well,
wildly, yearly, yesterday.
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Verbs
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accomplilshed, achieved, administered, advised, assessed, assigned, assisted, attained,
communicated, compiled, completed, composed, conducted, consulted, coordinated, created,
defined, delivered, demonstrated, determined, developed, discovered, displayed,
documented, established, evaluated, examined, expanded, expedited, explained,
facilitated, formulated, gathered, illustrated, implemented, imporved, influenced,
informed, initiated, interpreted, introduced, launched, maintained, mediated, mentored,
modified, monitored, motivated, observed, obtained, operated, optimized, organized,
originated, participated, performed, planned, predicted, prepared, prepared, presented,
preserved, processed, produced, programmed, protected provided, recommende, recorded,
reduced, reorganized, reported, represented, researched, responded, reviewed, revised,
scheduled, selected, served, simplified, streamlined, strenghened, structured, updated,
utilized.
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| HUMAN SERVICES/EDUCATION VERBS |
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adapted, advised, applied, appraised, assessed, assigned, accurately, actively, ambitiously,
analytically, artistically, assertively, competently, competitively, confidently,
conscientiously, consistently, coordinated, counseled, delivered, documented, educated,
evaluated, cooperatively courteously, creatively, diligently, effectively, efficiently,
energetically, imaginatively, independently, intellectually, intelligently, instructed,
lectured, managed, motivated, observed, organized, logically, meticulously, patiently,
perseveringly, pleasantly, practically, precisely, proficiently, progressively,
rationally, realistically, reviewed, supervised, taught, tutored, reliably, resourcefully,
responsibly, significantly, steadily, strongly, substantially, successfully, supportively,
technically, thoroughly.
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| MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION/LEADERSHIP VERBS |
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accelerated, advertised, anticipated, calculated, contracted, coordinated, created,
cultivated, designed, developed, established, exceeded, generated, increased, initiated,
marketed, motivated, persuaded, projected, promoted, proposed, publicized, resolved.
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Adjectives
| CONDITION ADJECTIVES |
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alive, bad, better, beautiful, brainy, breakable, busy, careful, cautious, clever,
clumsy, concerned, crazy, curious, dead, different, difficult, doubtful, easy,
expensive, famous, fragile, frail, helpful, helpless, horrible, important, impossible,
inexpensive, innocent, inquisitive, modern, mushy, odd, open, outstanding, poor,
powerful, prickly, puzzled real, rich, shy, sleepy, stupid, super, talented, tame,
tender, tough, uninterested, vast, wandering, wild, wrong.
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| QUANTITY ADJECTIVES |
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abundant, empty, few, heavy, light, many, numerous, substantial.
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| SIZE ADJECTIVES |
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average, big, colossal, fat, giant, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large,
little, long, mammoth, massive, miniature, petite, puny, short, small, tall,
teeny, teeny-tiny, tiny.
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| SHAPE ADJECTIVES |
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broad, chubby, crooked, curved, deep, flat, high, holow, low, narrow, round, shallow,
skinny,, square, steep, straight, wide.
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| SOUND ADJECTIVES |
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cooing, deafening, faint, harsh, high-pitched, hissing, hushed, husky, loud,
melodic, moaning, mute, noisy, purring, quiet, raspy, resonant, screeching,
shrill, silent, soft, squealing, thundering, voiceless, whispering.
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| TASTE/TOUCH ADJECTIVES |
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bitter, delicious, fluttering, fresh, fuzzy, greasy, grubby, hard,
hot, icy, juicy, loose, melted, nutritious, plastic, prickly,
ripe, rotten, rough, salty, scattered, shaggy, shaky, sharp, shivering,
silky, slimy, slippery, smooth, soft, solid, sour, spicy, steady, sticky,
strong, sweet, tangy, tasteless, tasty, tender, thirsty, tight, uneven, weak, wet, wooden,
yummy.
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| TIME ADJECTIVES |
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ancient, brief, early, fast, late, long, modern, old, old-fashioned, quick, rapid,
short, slow, swift, young.
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| TOUCH ADJECTIVES |
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boiling, breezy, broken, bumpy, chilly, cold, cool, creepy, crooked, cuddly,
curly, damaged, damp, dirty, dry, dusty, filthy, flaky, fluffy, freezing,
hot, warm, wet,
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| PERSONALITY - POSITIVE ADJECTIVES |
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adaptable, adorable, agreeable, alert, alluring, ambitious, amused, boundless, brave,
bright, calm, capable, charming, cheerful, coherent, comfortable, confident,
cooperative, courageous, credible, cultured, dashing, dazzling, debonair, decisive,
decorous, delightful, detailed, determined, diligent, discreet, dynamic, eager,
efficient, elated, eminent, enchanting, encouraging, endurable, energetic,
entertaining, enthusiastic, excellent, excited, exclusive, exuberant, fabulous,
fair, faithful, fantastic, fearless, fine, frank, friendly, funny, generous, gentle,
glorious, good, happy, harmonious, helpful, hilarious, honorable, impartial,
industrious, instinctive, jolly, joyous, kind, kind-hearted, knowledgeable,
level, likeable, lively, lovely, loving, lucky, mature, modern, nice, obedient,
painstaking, peaceful, perfect, placid, plausible, pleasant, pleasant, plucky,
productive, protective, proud, punctual, quiet, receptive, reflective, relieved,
resolute, responsible, rhetorical, righteous, romantic, sedate, seemly, selective,
self-assured, sensitive, shrewd, silly, sincere, skilful, smiling, splendid,
steadfast, stimulating, successful, succinct, talented, thoughtful, thrifty,
tough, trustworthy, unbiased, unusual, upbeat, vigorous, vivacious, warm, willing,
wise, witty, wonderful, zany, zealous.
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| PERSONALITY - NEGATIVE ADJECTIVES |
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abrasive, abrupt, abusive, afraid, aloof, ambiguous, angry, annoyed, anxious,
arrogant, ashamed, awful, bad, belligerent, bewildered, boorish, bored, boring,
callous, careless, clumsy, combative, confused, cowardly, crazy, creepy, cruel,
cynical, dangerous, deceitful, defeated, defective, defiant, demonic, depressed,
deranged, disagreeable, disillusioned, disturbed, domineering, draconian,
embarrassed, envious, erratic, evasive, evil faded, fanatical, fierce, filthy,
finicky, flashy, flippant, foolish, forgetful, frantic, fretful, frightened,
furtive, greedy, grieving, grouchy, gruesome, grumpy, guarded, gullible, helpless,
hesitant, homeless, horrible, hungry, hurt, ignorant, ill, irresolute, jealous,
jittery, lacking, lazy, lonely, malicious, materialistic, mean, mysterious, naive,
nasty, naughty, nervous, noisy, outrageous, panicky, pathetic, possessive,
quarrelsome, repulsive, ruthless, sad, scary, secretive, selfish, silly, slow,
sneaky, snobbish, sore, spendthrift squeamish, stingy, strange, sulky, tacky, tense,
terrible, testy, thick-skinned thoughtless, threatening, tight, timid, tired
tiresome, troubled, truculent typical, undesirable, unsuitable, unsure, upset,
uptight, vague, vengeful, venomous, volatile, voracious, vulgar wary, wasteful,
weak, weary, wicked, worried, worthless, wretched.
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| PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES |
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aback, abaft, abandoned, abashed, aberrant, abhorrent, abiding, abject,
ablaze, abnormal, aboard, aboriginal, abortive, abounding, abrasive,
abrupt, absent, absorbed, absorbing, abstracted, absurd, abusive, acceptable,
accessible, accidental, accurate, acoustic, acrid, actually, ad hoc, adamant,
adaptable, addicted, adhesive, adjoining, adorable, afraid, agonizing, ahead,
alcoholic, alert, alike, alive, alleged, alluring, aloof, ambiguous,
ambitious, amuck, ancient, animated, apathetic, aquatic, aromatic, aspiring,
assorted, astonishing, auspicious, available, average, aware, axiomatic.
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b
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bad, barbarous, bashful, bawdy, beautiful, befitting, belligerent, berserk,
better, big, billowy, bizarre, black, boiling, boorish, boring, boundless,
brash, brawny, breezy, brief, bright, broad, broken, bumpy, burly
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C
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cagey, callous, capable, capricious, ceaseless, changeable, cheerful,
childlike, chilly, chivalrous, chubby, chunky, clammy, classy, cloistered,
cloudy, clumsy, coherent, cold, colossal, combative, comfortable, cooing,
cool, cooperative, courageous, cowardly, crabby, craven, crazy, credible,
creepy, crooked, cuddly, cultured, curly, curved, cynical
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D
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daffy, daily, damaged, damaging, damp, dapper, dashing, dazzling, deadpan,
debonair, decisive, decorous, deep, deeply, defective, delightful, demonic,
deranged, deserted, detailed, determined, devilish, didactic, diligent,
direful, dirty, disagreeable, discreet, disillusioned, dispensable,
divergent, dizzy, domineering, draconian, dramatic, drunk, dry, dull,
dusty, dynamic, dysfunctional
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E
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eager, early, earsplitting, earthy, eatable, economic, educated, efficacious,
efficient, elated, elderly, elfin, elite, eminent, empty, enchanting,
encouraging, endurable, energetic, entertaining, enthusiastic, equable,
erect, erratic, ethereal, evanescent, evasive, evil, excellent, excited,
exclusive, exotic, expensive, exuberant, exultant
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F
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fabulous, faded, fallacious, fanatical, fancy, fantastic, fascinated,
fast, fat, faulty, fearless, feigned, fertile, festive, filthy, finicky,
flagrant, flashy, flawless, flippant, flowery, foamy, foregoing, forgetful,
fortunate, frail, fretful, friendly, functional, funny, furtive, futuristic
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G
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gabby, gainful, gamy, gaping, garrulous, gaudy, gentle, giant, giddy,
gigantic, glamorous, gleaming, glib, glorious, glossy, godly, good, goofy,
gorgeous, graceful, grandiose, gratis, great, greedy, green, groovy,
grotesque, grouchy, gruesome, grumpy, guarded, guiltless, gullible, gusty,
guttural
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H
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habitual, half, hallowed, halting, handsome, handsomely, hapless, happy,
harmonious, heady, healthy, heartbreaking, heavenly, heavy, hellish, helpful,
hesitant, high, highfalutin, hilarious, historical, holistic, hollow,
honorable, horrible, hospitable, huge, hulking, humdrum, humorous, hungry,
hurried, hurt, hypnotic, hysterical
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I
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icky, idiotic, ignorant, illegal, illustrious, imaginary, immense, imminent,
impartial, imperfect, imported, incandescent, incompetent, inconclusive,
industrious, innate, instinctive, internal, invincible, irate, itchy
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J
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jaded, jagged, jazzy, jealous, jittery, jobless, jolly, joyous, judicious,
jumbled, jumpy, juvenile
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K
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kaput, kind, kindhearted, knotty, knowing, knowledgeable, known
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L
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labored, lackadaisical, lacking, lamentable, languid, large, late, laughable,
lavish, lazy, lean, learned, legal, lethal, level, lewd, light, likeable,
literate, little, lively, long, longing, lopsided, loutish, lovely, loving,
low, lowly, lucky, ludicrous, lush, luxuriant, lying, lyrical
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M
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macabre, macho, maddening, madly, magenta, magical, magnificent, majestic,
makeshift, malicious, mammoth, maniacal, many, marked, massive, materialistic,
mature, measly, meek, melodic, merciful, mere, mighty, mindless, miniature,
minor, miscreant, moaning, modern, moldy, momentous, muddled, mundane, murky,
mushy, mysterious
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N
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naive, nappy, narrow, nasty, nauseating, nebulous, needless, needy,
neighborly, nervous, new, nice, nifty, noiseless, noisy, nonchalant,
nondescript, nonstop, nostalgic, nosy, noxious, null, numberless, numerous,
nutritious
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O
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oafish, obedient, obeisant, obscene, obsequious, observant, obsolete,
obtainable, oceanic, odd, offbeat, old, omniscient, onerous, optimal, orange,
ordinary, organic, ossified, oval, overconfident, overjoyed, overrated, overt,
overwrought
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P
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painful, painstaking, panoramic, parched, parsimonious, pastoral, pathetic,
peaceful, penitent, perfect, periodic, permissible, perpetual, petite, phobic,
picayune, piquant, placid, plant, plant, plausible, pleasant, plucky, pointless,
political, possessive, precious, premium, pretty, prickly, productive, profuse,
protective, proud, psychedelic, psychotic, puffy, pumped, puny, purple
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Q
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quack, quaint, quarrelsome, questionable, quick, quickest, quiet, quixotic,
quizzical
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R
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rabid, racial, ragged, rainy, rambunctious, rampant, rare, raspy, ratty,
rebel, receptive, recondite, red, redundant, reflective, relieved,
reminiscent, resolute, resonant, rhetorical, righteous, rightful, ritzy,
roasted, robust, romantic, roomy, round, royal, ruddy, rural, rustic,
ruthless
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S
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sable, sad, sassy, satisfying, savoy, scandalous, scarce, scary, scientific,
scintillating, scrawny, secretive, sedate, seemly, selective, shallow,
shocking, short, shrill, silly, sincere, skillful, skinny, sloppy, slow,
small, smelly, sneaky, snobbish, snotty, soggy, somber, sordid, spectacular,
spicy, spiffy, spiritual, splendid, spooky, spurious, squalid, square,
squeamish, staking, standing, statuesque, steadfast, stereotyped, stimulating,
stingy, strange, subdued, subsequent, successful, succinct, sulky, supreme,
swanky, sweltering, symptomatic, synonymous
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T
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taboo, tacit, tacky, talented, tall, tame, tan, tangible, tangy, tart,
tasteful, tawdry, tearful, telling, temporary, tender, tenuous, tested,
testy, therapeutic, thinkable, threatening, tight, tightfisted, tiny,
tiresome, toothsome, torpid, tough, towering, tranquil, trashy, tricky,
trite, truculent, typical
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U
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ubiquitous, ugliest, ugly, ultra, unable, unaccountable, unadvised, unarmed,
unbecoming, unbiased, uncovered, understood, undesirable, unequaled, uneven,
unsightly, unsuitable, unusual, upbeat, uppity, upset, uptight, used, utopian,
utter, uttermost
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V
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vacuous, vagabond, vague, various, vast, vengeful, venomous, verdant,
versed, victorious, vigorous, vivacious, voiceless, volatile, voracious,
vulgar
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W
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wacky, waggish, wakeful, wanting, warlike, warm, wary, wasteful, wasteful,
watchful, watery, weak, wealthy, weary, wee, wet, whimsical, whispering,
wholesale, wicked, wide, willing, wiry, wise, wistful, woebegone, womanly,
wonderful, wooden, woozy, workable, worried, worthless, wrathful, wretched,
wry
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X
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x-rated
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Y
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yellow, yielding, young, youthful, yummy
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Z
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zany, zealous, zippy, zonked
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