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Deserted of people

Prodigious

Impressively great in extent size or degree

Eloquent

Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing

Ominous

Given the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Audacious

Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

Lucrative

Producing a great deal of money or profit

Enigma

A mystery

Candor or candid

The quality of being open and honest in expression

Melancholy

A feeling of sadness with no obvious cause

Prolific

Plentiful; producing much/a lot of fruit or offspring

Futile

Pointless

Zeal

Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective

Languish

To grow weak or feeble

Enthrall

To capture the fascinated attention of

Renown

The condition of being known or talked about by many people

Bombastic

Important sounding but with little meaning

Apathy

Lack of emotion or interest

Revere

To feel deep respect or admiration for someone or something

Disdain

Contempt the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect

Benevolent

Well-meaning and kind

Innocuous

Harmless

Augment

To increase

Reticent

Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily; uncommunicative

Banal

Obvious and boring

Ameliorate

To make something bad to better

D e r i s i o n

Contempt or ridicule

Pedantic

Eager to show off one's learning concerned with Minor Details

Pretentious

Attempting to impress

Indolent

Lazy

Dubious

Doubtful

Extol

To praise

Incessant

Continuing without pause or interruption

Frugal

Careful in spending money

Sagacity

Wisdom

Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent

Ricochet

To bounce one or more times off a surface

Acquiesce

To accept something reluctantly but without protest

Capricious

Inexplicable changes of mood or behavior

Insipid

Bland lacking flavor

Astute

Clever