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quixotic
Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
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equivocal
- 1. Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.
- 2. Uncertain or questionable in nature.
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assuage
- 1. Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense: "the letter assuaged the fears of most members".
- 2. Satisfy (an appetite or desire): "an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge".
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erudite
Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
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fervid
- 1. Intensely enthusiastic or passionate.
- 2. Burning, hot, or glowing.
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pedant
- a : one who makes a show of knowledge
- b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or
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capricious
Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
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engender
- 1. Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
- 2. Beget (offspring)
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ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time
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vicissitude
- 1. A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
- 2. Alternation between opposite or contrasting things
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salubrious
- 1. Health-giving; healthy
- 2. (of a place) Pleasant; not run-down
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opprobrious
2. Disgraceful; shameful
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imbue
Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
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eschew
Deliberately avoid using; abstain from
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histrionic
- 1. of or pertaining to actors or acting.
- 2. deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech
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inimical
- 1. Tending to obstruct or harm
- 2. Unfriendly; hostile
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panegyrical
- 1. A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
- 2. Elaborate praise or laudation
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ebullient
- 1. Cheerful and full of energy
- 2. (of liquid or matter) Boiling or agitated as if boiling
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phlegmatic
Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition
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timorous
Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence
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ambrosial
fragrant or delicious
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catholic
Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing
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ameliorate
to make better; improve
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ardor
intense and passionate feeling
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castigate
to punish or criticize harshly
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chicanery
deception by means of craft or guile
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credulous
too trusting; gullible
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deference
respect, courtesy
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desiccate
to dry out thoroughly
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desultory
jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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diffident
lacking self-confidence
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dissemble
to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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exculpate
to clear from blame; to prove innocent
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exigent
urgent; requiring immediate action
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florid
excessively decorated or embellished
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garrulous
tending to talk a lot
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iconoclast
one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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inchoate
not fully formed; disorganized
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ingenuous
showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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irascible
easily made angry
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malinger
to evade responsiblity by pretending to be ill
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mollify
to calm or make less severe
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obdurate
hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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occlude
to stop up; to prevent hte passage of
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paragon
model of excellence or perfection
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perfidious
willing to betray one's trust
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perfunctory
done in a routine way; indifferent
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prevaricate
to lie or deviate from the truth
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prodigal
lavish, wasteful
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propitiate
to conciliate; to appease
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soporific
causing sleep or lethargy
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specious
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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stolid
unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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tacit
done without using words
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taciturn
silent, not talkative
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torpor
extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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venerate
to respect deeply
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