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fledgling
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a baby bird; an inexperienced person; inexperienced.
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florid
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lushed with a rosy color, as in complexion; very ornate and flowery: "florid prose."
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floundering
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struggling: "We tried to save the floundering business."
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garrulous
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verbose; talkative; rambling: "We tried to avoid our garrulous neighbor."
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gossamer
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ine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine: "She wore a gossamer robe."
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guileless
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honest; straightforward (n: guilelessness)
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hapless
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unfortunate
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headlong
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headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought: "They rushed headlong into marriage."
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impecunious
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penniless; poor
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imperious
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commanding
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inchoate
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in an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized: "The act of writing forces one to clarify incohate thoughts."
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incorrigible
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not capable of being corrected: "The school board finally decided the James was incorrigible and expelled him from school."
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indelible
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permanent; unerasable; strong: "The Queen made an indelible impression on her subjects."
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ineffable
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undescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable
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ingenious
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clever: "She developed an ingenious method for testing her hypothesis."(n: ingenuity)
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