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Prolific
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marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity
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Caustic
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1 : capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : CORROSIVE
2 : marked by incisive sarcasm |
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Laconic
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using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
synonym see CONCISE |
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Inexorable
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not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : RELENTLESS
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Fulsome
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3 : exceeding the bounds of good taste : OVERDONE
4 : excessively complimentary or flattering : EFFUSIVE |
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Odious
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arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : HATEFUL
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Crux
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1 : a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
2 : an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome 3 : a main or central feature (as of an argument) |
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Desiccate
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1 : to dry up
2 : to preserve (a food) by drying : DEHYDRATE 3 : to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality intransitive verb : to become dried up |
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Insouciance
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lighthearted unconcern : NONCHALANCE
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Extraneous
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1 : existing on or coming from the outside
2 a : not forming an essential or vital part b : having no relevance 3 : being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of the equation |
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Maudlin
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1 : drunk enough to be emotionally silly
2 : weakly and effusively sentimental |