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zealous
- adj.
- enthusiastically devoted to a cause or idea
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willful
- adj.
- deliberate, obstinate, insistant on having one's own way
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volatile
- adj.
- highly unstable, explosive
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virulent
- adj.
- malignant, malicious, full of hate
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verbose
- adj.
- wordy, overly talkative
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vehement
- adj.
- strong, urgent, passionate
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unprecedented
- adj.
- happening for the first time; never seen before
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uniform
- adj.
- consistent throughout; the same for everyone or in every situation
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timid
- adj.
- shy, afraid of attention
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tentative
- adj.
- temporary; uncertain; experimental
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tenacious
- adj.
- dogged or determined in the persuit of an objective
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temperate
- adj.
- moderate or restrained
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tedious
- adj.
- boring, overly detailed for no reason
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tangible
- adj.
- touchable, not imagined or figurative
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taciturn
- adj.
- untalkative by nature
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superficial
- adj.
- on the surface only; shallow; not thorough
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supercilious
- adj.
- naughty, insultingly patronizing
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subtle
- adj.
- not obvious; aslo able to make fine distinctions
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stringent
- adj.
- scrict or restrictive
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stoic
- adj.
- outwardly inderfferent to circumstances, especially to bad or challenging times
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static
- adj.
- stationary or unmoving
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servile
- adj.
- submissive and subservient
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scrupulous
- adj.
- strict or careful in an ethical sense
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sage
- adj.
- wise or knowledgeable, usually from experience
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saccharine
- adj.
- overly sweet or flattering
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rigorous
- adj.
- strict, harsh, severe
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reticent
- adj.
- restrained, uncommunicative
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resolute
- adj.
- firm, determinded, unwavering in the face of challenges or obstacles
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reprehensible
- adj.
- worthy of blame; disgraceful
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relevant
- adj.
- important to the matter at hand; pertinent
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redundant
- adj.
- repetitive, unnecessary
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recalcitrant
- adj.
- stubbornly defient of authority or control
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prudent
- adj.
- careful, wisely cautious
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provocative
- adj.
- exciting; attracting attention or sparking controversy
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provincial
- adj.
- limited in out look to one's own small area; narrow; implies that the person also thinks that the rest of the world is just like his or her limited experience
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profuse
- adj.
- extravagant, free flowing
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prodigious
- adj.
- enormous, of extraordinary size
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prodigal
- adj.
- extravagant, rebellious, wasteful
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pretentious
- adj.
- pompous, self-important
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pragmatic
- adj.
- practical, based on experience rather than theory
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pivotal
- adj.
- crucial, result changing
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pious
- adj.
- reverent or devout; depending on context, can also mean falsely derout
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pervasive
- adj.
- a quality of being present throughout; permeating
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peripheral
- adj.
- unimportant, of little consequence
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orthodox
- adj.
- convenitional, adhering to extablished principle or practices, especially in religious matters
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obscure
- adj.
- unclear, clouded, parially hidden; hard to understand
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objective
- adj.
- without bias, analizing logically based on facts
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lucid
- adj.
- clear, easily understandable
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lax
- adj.
- careless, negligent, not diligent
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ironic
- adj.
- marked by an unexpected difference b/t what might be expected and what actually happens; usually words so as to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; satiric
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insipid
- adj.
- dull, meaningless, empty
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innocuous
- adj.
- harmless, insignificant
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infamous
- adj.
- having a bad reputation; disgraceful
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inevitable
- adj.
- unavoidable, especially when referring to a result of a course of action or decision
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indulgent
- adj.
- lenient, giving in to momentary desires or whims
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indifferent
- adj.
- not caring one way or the other; can also mean "mediocre"
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incongruous
- adj.
- inconsistent or inappropriate
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incoherent
- adj.
- jumbled, hard to understand
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incessant
- adj.
- unceasing, never-ending; usually implies an unpleasent condition
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impartial
- adj.
- fair; unbiased, neutral
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immutable
- adj.
- unchaneable, permanent
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hypothetical
- adj.
- unproven; used as a theretical example for the pupose of discussion
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hedonistic
- adj.
- pleasure seeking, overly indulgent
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gullible
- adj.
- overly trusting; willing to believe anything
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futile
- adj.
- hopeless, without effect or result
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furtive
- adj.
- secretive, trying to remain hidden
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frivolous
- adj.
- not serious; with levity; inconsequential
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fortuitous
- adj.
- luckily coincidental; accidentally advantageous
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flagrant
shocking or outrageous violation of a custom, expectation, rule, or law
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fickle
- adj.
- not faithful or consistent; unpredictable
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fastidious
- adj.
- meticulous; insistent on attention to detail
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fanatical
- adj.
- extremely devoted to or passionate about a cause or idea
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extraneous
- adj.
- irrelevant, extra, unnecessary
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expidient
meeting an immediate need; also, self-serving or granting immediate advantage
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exhaustive
- adj.
- very thorough and complete with great attention to detail
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exemplary
- adj.
- setting a superior example; outstanding
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esoteric
- adj.
- hard to understand; cryptic
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ephemeral
- adj.
- short-lived, fleeting, temporary
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elusive
- adj.
- hard to capture or pin down; can mean evasive
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elaborate
- adj.
- a result of great effor and attention to detail
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eccentric
- adj.
- unconventional, irregular
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dubious
- adj.
- doubtful or uncertain
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dogmatic
- adj.
- arrogantly or averconfidently claiming the truth of unproven ideas, or claiming that a belief system is beyond dispute
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dispassionate
- adj.
- without emotion; neutral
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disparate
- adj.
- different, varied; often with a connotation of incompatible
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diffident
- adj.
- timid; lacking in self-confidence
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cryptic
- adj.
- mysterious, hard to understand
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credulous
- adj.
- believing something outrageous; gullible
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contrite
- adj.
- genuinely and deeply apologetic or remorseful
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conspicuous
- adj.
- obvious, standing out, very noticeable
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concise
- adj.
- succinct; brief and direct
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complacent
- adj.
- smug, self-satisfied, content with the current situation
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caustic
- adj.
- like acid or corrosive; aslo, a very sharp or cutting insult or comment
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candid
- adj.
- honest, forthright, frank
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beligerent
- adj.
- combative, quarrelsome
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banal
- adj.
- unoriginal, ordinary to a fault, boring
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austere
- adj.
- unadorned, forbiddingly bare
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auspicious
- adj.
- favorable, seeming to point toward good results
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astute
- adj.
- perceptive, intellegent
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ascetic
- adj.
- austene, self-denying
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articulate
- adj.
- well-spoken, having a good command of the language
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arrogant
- adj.
- feeling superior to others and not hiding your high opinion of yourself
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apocryphal
- adj.
- of doubtful or uncertain origin
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ambivalent
- adj.
- undecided; wavering between alternatives
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aesthetic
- adj.
- having to dowl art or artistic beauty or sensibility
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abstract
- adj.
- theoretical or laking substence
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