Affected and Balked

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Affected adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.

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Balked and affected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Balked" instead a verb "Affected".

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Affected and balked are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affected" instead a verb "Balked".

Nearby Words: balk, balky, balking

In the Anita Blake series, Anita starts sliding down the slippery slope of morality by the seventh or eighth book, noting how she's less affected by things as the series goes on, and can do things that morally she would have balked at earlier.

Source: Protagonist-Centered Morality

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