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affable-adjective


friendly,good-natured, or easy to talk to.

he would have us belive that his sexual advances were merely the charming excess of an affable rogue.

curtail-verb


reduce in extent or quantity

civil liberties were further curtailed

nefarious-adjective


wicked

the nefarious activities of the organization-crime syndicates

prodigal-adjective


spending money or resources freely and recklessly

prodigal habits die hard

furtive-adjective



attempting to avoid notice(attention, because of a guilt/belief that discovery would lead to trouble.

emulate

match /surpass (person/achievement) by imitation

idiosyncrasy

a mode/behavior of peculiar to an individual

obliterate

destroy utterly; wipeout

usurp

take a position of power illegally/ by force

rancor

bitterness; espcially when long-standing

parsimony

extreme willingness to spend money/ use resources.

garrulous

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.