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Correlations: Completed Do It Yourself List

Be sure to correlate the “Do It Yourself” un-correlated word list before examining this!

Active (noun or adj.) Active (verb) Passive (antonym) Passive (antonym)
anger abandons fear restrains
anguish acts bliss hesitates
animal agitates plant sedates
artificial appears natural vanishes
certainty biases doubt balances
chaos clarifies order confounds
civilized clears primitive clouds
counterfeit compels authentic coaxes
cynicism confronts faith evades
elite contends riffraff yields
expert craves novice satiates
extreme decides conservative deliberates
fiction defines truth blurs
future detaches present adheres
gain deters loss invites
hell diverges paradise converges
human flows animal ebbs
hypocrisy forgets sincerity remembers
i gobbles that tastes
ignorance grows awareness stagnates
impassioned hates neutral loves
innocence hunts guilt eludes
liberal illuminates strict obscures
local indulges universal tempers
master intensifies slave mitigates
need kindles enough quells
objective misunderstands subjective knows
present moves past stops
pride narrows shame widens
radical pains moderate pleases
repulsion proceeds attraction pauses
seclusion quickens fellowship slows
skepticism rejects religion accepts
sophisticated replies naive asks
sorrow resists joy complies
specific sharpens general numbs
spontaneity shows constraint watches
superior liquifies inferior solidifies
teacher speaks student listens
tip tightens base loosens
transitory visits perpetual hosts
ugliness washes beauty soils
vertical wishes horizontal has
white wobbles black stabilizes
worldly worries spiritual soothes

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