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Anomalous

Different from the usual or standard, hard to identify or classify because of abnormality

Arduous

Involving hard labor, to test ones endurance

Factitious

Unauthentic or fabricated

Posthumous

Occurring after one's death

Culpable

Deserving blame

Overt

Observable without being concealed

Preclude

To make impossible by previous action, prevent

Recluse

One who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion, withdrawn from the world

Retrospect

A looking back on the part, a review of something past

Boon

A request or favor, blessing

Garish

Too bright or glaring, showy

Harangue

A long, noisy, or scolding speech

Intrinsic

Pertaining to the real nature of a thing, inherent

Lucrative

Producing gain or wealth, profitable

Mundane

Pertaining to the world, worldly as opposed to the spiritual and eternal

Nocturnal

Pertaining to the night, done or occurring in the night

Pragmatic

Concerned with facts or actual occurrences, practical

Sanguine

Of the color of blood, ruddy, cheerful, hopeful

Volatile

Changing unpredictably, tending to break out into violence

Copious

Yielding or containing plenty

Preemptive

The quality of preventing an anticipated circumstance

Taciturn

Habitually silent, not liking to talk

Conjure

To call or bring to mind, to summon using supernatural power

Covert

Concealed, hidden, secret, disguised. A covering, shelter, or hiding place

Demur

To delay because of doubts or obligations. To take exception to

Desultory

Jumping from one thing to another in a haphazard way. Unmethodical

Fortuitous

Happening by chance or accident

Optimal

Most desirable or favorable

Pernicious

Very destructive

Precocious

Developed or matured before the usual time

Sedentary

Involving much inactivity or sitting