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listless
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without energy or enthusiasm
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the heat made everyone tired and listless
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philistine
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one who lacks culture or taste
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Janie thinks everyone who lives in the suburbs is a philistine
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tentative
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not final; uncertain
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we have tentative plans for the weekend; it all depends on the weather
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adulation
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adoration
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the rugby player enjoyed the adulation of his fans
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Futile
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hopeless: without effect
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all our efforts proved futile
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ponderous
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very boring or dull; slow or awkward because of weight and size.
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the students struggled to stay awake during the ponderous lecture
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pious
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religious: devout
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the Puritan lived a quiet; pious life
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expedient
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providing am easy and quick way to solve a problem or do something
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Do the right thing not the expedient thing.
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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she became so dogmatic later that arguing with her is pointless.
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scrupulous
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very careful about doing something correctly; careful about doing what is honest and morally right
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The work requires scrupulous attention to detail
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