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Pragmatic |
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. |
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Auspicious |
conducive to success; favorable. |
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Perquisite |
a thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position. |
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Stoic |
a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining. |
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Hackneyed |
lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite. |
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Jejune |
naive, simplistic, and superficial. |
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Solipsist |
the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. |
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Trite |
overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness. |
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Hubris |
excessive pride or self-confidence. |
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Didactic |
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. |
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Itinerant |
traveling from place to place. |
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Mawkish |
sentimental in a feeble or sickly way. |
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Ameliorate |
make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. |
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Archetype |
a very typical example of a certain person or thing |
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Egregious |
outstandingly bad; shocking. |
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Fastidious |
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. |
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Ephemeral |
lasting for a very short time. |
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Vacillate |
alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive. |
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Apocryphal |
of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. |
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Altruistic |
showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish. |