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didactic
educational
equivocal
questionable; allowing the possibility of several different meanings
ineffable
too great for words
magnanimous
kind
obsequious
submissive, obedient
pedantic
precise in teaching
quixotic
idealistic
sycophant
someone who flatters
aloof
remote
ingenuous
honest, trustful
duplicitous
deceptive
eschew
avoid, shun
heterogeneous
different in kind
iconoclast
person who attacks cherished beliefs
laconic
concise; using few words
substantiate
to establish by competent evidence
unsubstantiated
unproved
alleviate
mitigate, to make easier to endure
bellicose
inclined or eager to fight
cosmopolitan
worldly-wise
deleterious
harmful
obstinate
stubborn
paradigm
an example serving as a model
transitory
ephemeral, short-lived
wary
watchful
bombastic
high-sounding, pretentious, exaggerated
contemptuous
condescending, arrogant
derivative
not original, from another source
motley
great diversity
penchant
strong liking for something
provincial
local, limited
supercilious
arrogant, stuck-up
tout
to show off, brag
vitriolic
bitter
whimsical
playful
acumen
ability to understand and reason
acquiesce
to give in, agree with some reluctance
benign
not cancerous, mild
bucolic
rural, relating to shepards
caustic
capable of burning, corrosive
eclectic
broad, general
flippant
lacking seriousness
tractable
easy to control
intractable
stubborn
laud
extol, praise
trite
silly
vernacular
indigenous, native
acriminious
nasty in behavior or speech
anomaly
abnormal, odd situation
capitulate
give in, surrender
charlatan
a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses
heretic
anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle
immutable
unchangeable
insipid
dull, uninteresting
intrepid
brave
lucid
easily understood,clear
obdurate
stubborn
penury
extreme poverty
tenacious
persistent, stubborn
vindicate
prove one's innocence, exonerate
alacrity
liveliness
diffident
hesitant, unconfident
loquacious
talkative, garrulous
mirthful
joyous, jolly
prosaic
commonplace, dull
sedulous
diligent, assiduous
soporific
causing or tending to cause sleep, drowsy
tangential
slightly connected, extraneous
vapid
flat, full
zealot
enthusiast
abate
diminish, reduce in amount
belligerent
warlike
cacophonoy
dissonance, harsh discordance of sound
circumscribe
mark off
dilettante
lover of art or science
euphemism
nice way of saying something
jovial
happy, cheery
parochial
narrow-minded
perfidy
faithlessness, betrayal
pugnacious
inclined to fight, belligerent
vacuous
empty, lacking in ideas or intelligence
byzantine
complex
chary
cautious, careful
exculpate
to clear from a charge or guilt, vindicate
expedient
appropriate, worthwhile
fervid
passionate
fervent
burning with passion, enthusiastic
forestall
prevent, keep from happening
harbinger
anything that foreshadows a future event
interminable
unending, infinite
obtuse
slow to understand
paragon
outstanding example
prolific
producing offspring, fruitful, productive
serendipity
accidental discovery
cloying
sickly sweet, sappy
condone
to overlook, forgive, excuse
contentious
quarrelsome
digression
straying, deviating
idiosyncratic
peculiar, distinctive
inchoate
undeveloped, beginning