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voracious
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• having a very eager approach to an activity
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frenetic
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fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way
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maladroit
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ineffective or bungling; clumsy.
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Wanton
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deliberate and unprovoked
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Effete
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(of a person) affected, overrefined, and ineffectual
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gambit
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a device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage
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malevolent
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having or showing a wish to do evil to others
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wastrel
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a wasteful or good-for-nothing person.
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efficacious
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(typically of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective:
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gauche
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lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.
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mendacious
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lying
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wheedle
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employ endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something
To coax something out of something |
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elegy
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a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
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gratuitous
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uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted
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