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130 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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audacious
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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axiomatic
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taken as a given, possessing selv evident truth
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canonical
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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exigent
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urgentl pressingl requiring immediate action
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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inured
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acustomed to accepting something undersirable
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rascible
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easily angered; prone to temeramental outbursts
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp in forgiving (adj. form magnanimous)
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martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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nascent
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coming into being in early developmental stages
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neologism
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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noxious
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harmful, injurious
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanskigivng
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empthy and idle manner
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precipitate (adj.)
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(adj.) acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate (verb)
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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prediliection
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj.. form prescient)
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qualms
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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adulation
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excessive praise; intesne adoration
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self denial, esp as an act of religious devotion
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avarice
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greed, esp. for wealth
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral, characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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castigation
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self criticism or punishment
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caustic
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burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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chary
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wary;cautious;sparing
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contrite
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regrestful, penitent; seeking forgiveness
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culpable
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deserving blame
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dearth
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smallness or quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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demur
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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intented to teach or instruct
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discretion
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cautios reserve in speech, ability to make responisbile decisions (adj. discrete)
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj. ebbulient)
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emmolient
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soothing, esp. to the skin
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enigmatic
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an enigima, mysteriousl obscure
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facetious
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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; suureptitious
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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hyperbole
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exageration
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impecunious
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lacking funds without money
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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morose
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sad; sullen melancholoy
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty
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peruse
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to examine with great care (noun: perusal)
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pious
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actremvely reverent or devout
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preen
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to dress up; to primp
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prodigious
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abundant in size, force, or extent
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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redoubtable
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awe-insipring; worthy of honor
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sanction
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official permition or approval; or a penalty intenteded to enforce
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urbane
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sophisticated; refined; elegant
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viscous
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thick; sticky
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aver
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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endemic
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chracteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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evanescent
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tending to disapear like vapor, vanishing
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fortuitious
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happening by accident or chance
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hackneyed
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redered trite or commonplace by requent usage
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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idolatrous
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giving to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun form: idolatry)
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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inchoate (adj.)
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in an initial state; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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insip
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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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mendacity
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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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obdurate
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractible
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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predagogy
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a profession or principles of teaching or instructing
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penury
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povertyl destitution
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pine
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to yearn intensely; to languish to lose vigor
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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platitiude
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superficial remark
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polemical
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controversial, argumentative
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querulous
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prone to complaining or grumbling, peevish
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter long lasting resentment (noun rancor_
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority, dificult to amanage
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reverent
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marked by feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun form: reverence)
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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specious
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seeming true, but actually being fallacious misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity
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surfeit
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an overabundant supply, excess to feed or supply to excess
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste or character
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue
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credulous
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tending to believe to readily; gullible
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derision
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scorn, redicul (derrisive)
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a brach of knowledge
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flout
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to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative, talking to much
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glib
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marked by eas or informality
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impetuous
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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inimical
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damaging; harmful
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intractable
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not easily managed or directed
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intrepid
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steadfast and courageous
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mercurial
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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in modd
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neophyte
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a recent convert; a beginner; a novice
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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probity
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adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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proclivity
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a natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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prosaic
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dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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quixotic
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foolishly impratical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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quotidian
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occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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recondite
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hidden; conealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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spendthrit
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one who spends money wastefully
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terse
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brief and conise in wording
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tout
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to publicly praise or promote
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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unfeigned
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genuine; not false or hypocritical
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veriegated
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multicolored; chracterized by a varierty of patches of diferent color
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vexation
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annoyance; irritation
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely
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