Level F, Unit 14 (copy)

jejune

(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
*SYNONYMS:* vapid, childish
*ANTONYMS:* stimulating, mature

I discribed the jejune WallE as childish and immature.

obdurate

(adj.) stubborn, unyielding
*SYNONYMS:* obstinate, adamant
*ANTONYMS:* yielding, tractable, flexible

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Since the old man was so obdurate, no one could convince him to change his mind.

potpourri

(n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent
*SYNONYMS:* hodgepodge, medley
*ANTONYMS:* homogenous or uniform group

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In my flavorful soup I used a potpourri of different spices

precocious

(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
*SYNONYMS:* forward, gifted, advanced
*ANTONYMS:* backward, retarded, slow

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Shelden was was precocious in science as from a very young age he was already enjoying chemistry.

sadistic

(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
*SYNONYMS:* brutal, vicious, inhuman
*ANTONYMS:* masochistic, clement, humane, merciful

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Some of the most famous killers are known as being sadistic and cruel.

sententious

(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
*SYNONYMS:* moralistic
*ANTONYMS:* discursive, diffuse, episodic

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Im looking for real advice not your sententious words!

supplicate

(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly
*SYNONYMS:* plead, petition, implore, entreat

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Reilly yelled at me when I was supplicating. She yelled, “No matter how hard you beg no is NO!“

surfeit

(n.) an excess or overindulgence as in eating or drinking, causing disgust
*SYNONYMS:* (n.) excess, glut; (v.) cloy, satiate
*ANTONYMS:* (n.) dearth, paucity, lack

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Magali is surfeit in her starbucks as whenever she is done she feels completly stuffed and almost nausous.

tortuous

(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
*SYNONYMS:* circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine
*ANTONYMS:* direct, straight, straightforward

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I with the path was straight rather than tortuos. I get lost with all the twists.

turgid

(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
*SYNONYMS:* inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown
*ANTONYMS:* muted, understated, unadorned, austere

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Since the water went down the man hole the sewers were totally turgid.