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Extemperaneous
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1. Unrehearsed. Done or said without advance preparation or thought. 2. Prepared in advanced but delivered without notes or text:
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Capricious
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Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable.
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Pugnacious
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1. Quarrelsome or combative in nature; belligerant. 2. Expressing an argument or opinion very forcefully.
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Auspicious
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Marked by success; prosperous. Suggesting a positive and successful future:
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Voluminous
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Having great volume fullness, size, or number; ample or lengthy in speech
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Insipid
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Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty, lacking qualities that excite, stimulate or interest; dull
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Shellac (shuh-lak) (verb)
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to coat or treat with varnish. 2. To defeat easily or decisively 3. to strike repeatedly; batter.
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Spondulicks (spon-doo-liks) (noun)
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Cash; money
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Kleptomaniac (noun)
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A person having an obsessive urge to steal, driven by emotional disturbance rather than material need.
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Dissemble (di-SEM-buhl) (verb)
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to hide true feelings, motives or the facts.
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