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Vapid
- adjective
- 1. dull or uninteresting
- 2. lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless: vapid lecture
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unencumbered
- adjective
- 1. easy-going, trifle
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Candor
- noun
- 1. the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness: The candor of the speech impressed the audience.
- 2. unreserved, honest, or sincere expression; forthrightness
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expostulate
- verb
- to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.
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repine
- 1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
- 2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.
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endemic
- adjective
- 1. natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: endemic folkways; countries where high unemployment is endemic.
- 2. belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place: a fever endemic to the tropics.
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incongrous
- adjective
- 1. out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- 2. not harmonious in character; inconsonant; lacking harmony of parts: an incongruous mixture of architectural styles.
- 3. inconsistent: actions that were incongruous with their professed principles.
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sequester
- verb (used with object)
- 1. to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
- 2. to remove or separate.
- 3. Law. to remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner; seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied.
Synonyms: isolate.
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taciturn
- adjective
- almost always silent, not liking to talk
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miser
a greedy, stingy person who hoards money for its own sake.
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mendacious
not truthful, lying
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libertine
one who is sexually promiscuous
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larceny
theft, the ulawful taking of another person's property
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gimcrack
showy, but cheap and useless
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gild
to make or seem more attractive or valuable than it is.
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foment
to stir up (trouble); incite
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ephiphany
- 1. a flash of insight.
- 2. an experience that brings this about.
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petulance
impatient or irratable
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proscribe
- 1. to outlaw.
- 2. to bannish; exile
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propenisty
a natural inclination or tendency
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terse
free of superfluos words; concise; succint
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subvert
- 1. to corrupt, as in morals.
- 2. to overthrow or destroy
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