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Glib
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1. readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
2. easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners. 3. Archaic. agile; spry. |
Marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing that often suggests or stems from insincerity, superficiality, or deceitfulness.
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Gregarious
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Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable
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Altruistic
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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
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Exacting
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Making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
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Ensue
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To follow as a consequence or result
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Noxious
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Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting; injurious to health, toxic ,unwholesome
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Ensnare
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To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping,snare, trammel, trap, entrap
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Remiss
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Exhibiting carelessness or slackness
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Vivacious
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Full of animation and spirit, lively,vibrant
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Dire
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Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous,direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, horrific, fearful
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Cron
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A time unit equal to 1000000 years; used in reference to evolutionary processes
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Votary
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One zealously devoted to a religion
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Reek
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To have or give off a foul odor; to smoke, steam, or fume; to be pervaded by something unpleasant
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Germane
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Related to the matter at hand; appropriate
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Nocturnal
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Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
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BAT-A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the typical human schedule (diurnal). The intermediate crepuscular schedule (twilight activity) is also common. Some species are active both during the day and night.
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