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Facetious |
Humorous; playful joking |
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Ostentatious |
Meant to impress others; flashy; showy |
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Optimum |
Best possible; most favorable; most desirable |
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Detriment |
Something that causes damage, harm, or loss |
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Vicarious |
Experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly |
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Dexterous |
Skillful in using the hands or body |
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Scrupulous |
careful about moral standards |
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Gregarious |
Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others |
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Discretion |
Good judgement or tact in actions or speaking |
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Sensory |
Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling |
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Instigate |
To bring about by moving others to action; stir up |
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Rudimentary |
Fundamental; necessary to learn first |
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Resilient |
Able to recover quickly from harm, illness, or misfortune |
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Collaborate |
To work together on a project; cooperate in an effort |
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Zealot |
A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause |
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Squelch |
To silence or suppress; crush |
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Venerate |
To respect deeply |
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Despondent |
Downhearted; hopeless; overwhelmed with sadness |
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Retrospect |
Reviewing the past; considering past events |
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Scoff |
To make fun of;mock; refuse to take seriously |
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Juxtapose |
To place together, especially in order to compare and contrast |
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Lethargy |
A great lack of energy; inactivity due to laziness; sluggishness |
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Ambiguous |
Able to be interpreted in more than one way; not clear |
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Inane |
Without sense or meaning ; foolish |
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Dissident |
A person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especially in politics or religion |
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Embellish |
To decorate; beautify by adding details |
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Subsidize |
To support financially; provide a grant or contribution |
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Fritter |
To spend or waste a little at a time |
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Inadvertent |
Unintentional; accidental |
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Sporadic |
Happening now and then |
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Relinquish |
to surrender (something); give (something) up |
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Impetuous |
Done or act in a hurr, with little thought, impulsive |
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Maudlin |
Tearfully sentimental; overly emotional |
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Berate |
To criticize or scold harshly |
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Ubiquitous |
Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time |
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Zenith |
The hoghrst point or condition; peak |
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Estrange |
To make unsympathetic or unfriendly; alienated |
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Infallible |
Not capable of error or failure; unable to make a mistake |
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Euphoric |
Overjoyed |
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Regress |
To return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior |
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Propensity |
A natural preference or tendency |
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Reprehensible |
Deserving of blame, criticism, or disappoval |
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Fortuitous |
Happening by chance, by accident, or at random; lucky |
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Solace |
Comfort in sorrow or misfortune; consolation |
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Liaison |
A person who serves as a connection between individuals or groups |
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Equivocate |
To be deliberately vague in order to mislead |
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Impeccable |
Faultless; perfect |
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Solicitous |
Showimg or expressing concern, care, or attention |
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Predisposed |
Tending toward or open to something beforehand |
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Sham |
A pretence or counterfeit; something meant to deceive |