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precocious
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exceptionally eraly in development; characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement"
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child
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apex
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pinnacle;
vertex: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" |
tip
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gusto
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enthusiasm;
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment |
yeah!
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phlegmatic
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easy-going
showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man" |
little
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deprecation
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disapproval;
the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) |
sorrow
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avaricious
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greedy;
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" |
desire
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pertinacious
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persistent;
dogged: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion |
persist
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voluminous
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immense;
large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt" |
big
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idiosyncrasies
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unusual mannerisms;
peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting" |
peculiar
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sardonic
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bitter or scornful;
Like sarcastic, but more in order to cause amusement than insult. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- |
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inveigle
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beguile;
wheedle: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" |
urge
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impresario
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director;
showman: a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments |
tour manager
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expostulate
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to reason earnestly;
reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion |
debate
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wizened
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ages;
shriveled: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; |
shrink
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apoplexy
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a stroke caused by a borken blood vessel in the brain
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sickness
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