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Pragmatic

dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

Auspicious

conducive to success; favorable.

Perquisite

a thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position.

Stoic

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

Hackneyed

lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.

Jejune

naive, simplistic, and superficial.

Solipsist

the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist.

Trite

overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.

Hubris

excessive pride or self-confidence.

Didactic

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

Itinerant

traveling from place to place.

Mawkish

sentimental in a feeble or sickly way.

Ameliorate

make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

Archetype

a very typical example of a certain person or thing

Egregious

outstandingly bad; shocking.

Fastidious

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Ephemeral

lasting for a very short time.

Vacillate

alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

Apocryphal

of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

Altruistic

showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.