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fastidious

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giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

"a ~ and incisive intellect"; "~ about personal cleanliness"

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indelible

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cannot be removed, washed away or erased;

"an ~ stain"

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headlong

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hasty; w/ headfirst

"a ~ rush to sell"
"he fell ~ in love with his cousin"

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platitude

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a trite or obvious remark

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trite

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banal: repeated too often

"his remarks were ~ and commonplace"

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portentous

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fateful: ominously prophetic

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provident

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providing carefully for the future

"a ~ father plans for his children's education"

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furtive

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marked by quiet, caution, and secrecy

"a ~ manner"

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derisive

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abusing vocally

"~ laughter"

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unscrupulous

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w/o principles

"~ politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

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pliant

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elastic; bendable

"a ~ young tree"
"~ molten glass"

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cogitate

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consider carefully and deeply

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tepid

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lukewarm: moderately warm

"~ bath water"

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lackluster

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lacking luster or shine

"a dull ~ life"
"staring with ~ eyes"

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catatonic

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characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs

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mitigate

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make less severe or harsh

"~ circumstances"

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benediction

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blessing: the act of praying for divine protection

root = good

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perdition

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Hell

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sinister

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baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragedy;

OR the left side

"a ~ smile"
"~ storm clouds"

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anamoly

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deviation from the norm

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assuage

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pacify; relieve

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enigma

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mystery; something baffling

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equivocal

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open to two or more interpretations; misleading

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erudite

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showing knowledge

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fervid

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ardent: characterized by intense emotion

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lucid

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very clear; easily understandable

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opaque

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not clear

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precipitate

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bring about abruptly;

"The crisis ~d by Russia's revolution"

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prodigal

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extravagant: recklessly wasteful

"~ in their expenditures"

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zeal

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passionate support (of something)

"he felt a kind of religious ~"

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abstain

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to refrain from

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adulterate

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mix with impurities
corrupt

"~ liquor"

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audacious

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having no fear or intimidation
unconstrained

"~ explorers"
"an ~ trick to pull"

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capricious

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changeable
impulsive and unpredictable

"a ~ summer breeze"
"authoritarian rulers are frequently ~"

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corroborate

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to strengthen with other evidence, to make more certain

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desiccate

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dehydrate: remove water from
lifeless

"a ~ romance"
a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of ~d snobbery" -C.J.Rolo

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engender

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call forth
beget: make children

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

"the ~ joys of childhood"

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laconic

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brief and to the point

"the ~ reply; `yes'"

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loquacious

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chatty: full of trivial conversation

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propriety

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correct or appropriate behavior

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vacillate

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hover: be undecided
fluctuate

"the line on the monitor ~d"

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volatile

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easily evaporating
unstable

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antipathy

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intense dislike

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deride

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treat or speak of with contempt

"He ~d his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

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dissonance

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disagreement
disagreeable noise

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enervate

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# weaken mentally or morally
# faze: disturb the composure of

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garrulous

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# chatty: full of trivial conversation
# syn: loquacious

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ingenuous

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# not devious
# innocent

"an ~ admission of responsibility"
"his ~ explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

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lethargic

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deficient in alertness or activity

"bullfrogs became ~ with the first cold nights"

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misanthrope

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someone who dislikes people in general

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obdurate

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# cussed: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
# flinty: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;

"the child's misery would move even the most ~ heart"

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philanthropic

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beneficent: generous in assistance to the poor

"~ contributions"

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prevaricate

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beat around the bush: be deliberately ambiguous

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venerate

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reverence: regard with feelings of respect

"We ~ genius"

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syllogism

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deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

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ebullient

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joyously unrestrained

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frivolous

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not serious in content or attitude or behavior;

"a ~ novel"
"a ~ remark"
"a ~ young woman"

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assail

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attack someone physically or emotionally

"Nightmares ~ed him regularly"