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quiescent

quiet; still; inactive

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reticent

not talking much; reserved

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diffuse

spread out, not concise; wordy

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garrulous

talkative; loquacious

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voluble

talking a great deal with ease; glib

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contemptuous

lacking respect; scornful

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haughty

having a great pride in oneself and dislike for others

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insolent

boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude

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ostentatious

having to do with showing off; pretentious

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supercilious

looking down on others; proud and scornful

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insipid

lacking flavor or taste; unexciting

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platitude

quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original

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affable

easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind; amiable

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congenial

compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic

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convivial

sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company

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gregarious

sociable, outgoing

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jocular

liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun

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levity

lightheartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition, particularly when not appropriate

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cantankerous

bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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captious

made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

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polemical

inclined to argue or debate; controversial

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munificent

very generous

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prodigal

wasteful; lavish

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squander

to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion

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austere

having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries, frills; stern in manner or appearance avarice greed

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mercenary

greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making

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parsimonious

overly thrifty or miserly

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penurious

stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution

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conflagration

a huge fire, an inferno

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iniquitous

showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious

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odious

loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way

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pernicious

very destructive or harmful, usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way

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rancorous

deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious

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censure

to criticize strongly

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deprecate

to show mild disapproval

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aloof

uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant

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listless

lacking interest in something, usually because of illness, fatigue, or

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phlegmatic

hard to get excited or emotional; calm

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indolent

lazy; not wanting to do any work

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languor

weak or lifeless feeling

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lassitude

a tired feeling, usually resulting from depression or too much work

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lethargic

having little or no energy

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soporific

sleep-inducing; sleepy

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obsequious

obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner

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slavish

slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work

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sycophant

a self-server who tries to gain the favor of others through the use of flattery or by being overattentive

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ardent

full of passion and emotion

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effervescent

lively; full of uplifted spirit; vivacious

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adamant

unwilling to bend; unyielding

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dogged

stubborn; determined

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hidebound

strongly-opinionated; narrow-mindedly stubborn

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intractable

stubborn; hard to manage

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obdurate

resistant to persuasion or softening; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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recalcitrant

stubborn; disobedient; defiant

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resolve

firmness, determination

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cacophony

lack of harmony; loud and unpleasant noise; a racket

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din

ongoing loud sound; noise

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euphony

pleasing sound

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mellifluous

sweet and smooth-sounding

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raucous

coarse-sounding; loud and unruly

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strident

shrill; high-pitched

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vociferous

loud and noisy regarding one's own voice, especially shouting; demandingly clamorous

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adulate

to praise or flatter too greatly; fawn over

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panegyrize

to praise a person or event in a formal speech or in writing; to praise highly

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abstemious

holding back from eating or drinking too much

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alimentary

relating to food and nourishment

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delectable

delicious

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emaciated

very, very thin due to lack of adequate food

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epicurean

having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking ( epicure)

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ravenous

very hungry

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voracious

greedy; gluttonous; ravenous; insatiable

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chary

cautious; wary

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conscientious

relating to doing what one knows is right; scrupulous

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exacting

requiring a great deal of care or effort; painstaking

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gingerly

very carefully

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heedful

paying careful attention to

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scrupulous

showing great care and honesty, based on personal belief of what is right and proper

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itinerant

wandering about; tending to move around, travel

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peripatetic

moving or walking about; itinerant

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archaic

old; from a much earlier time; antiquated

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furtive

sneaky

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sly

underhanded, furtive

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surreptitious

done or made in a secret, stealthy way

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ascetic

a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures

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charlatan

a fraud; a quack or imposter

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raconteur

a skillful storyteller

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frivolous

not having substance or a sense of importance or seriousness; silly; trivial; trifling

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peripheral

only marginally connected to what is truly important; minor or incidental; relating to the field of vision

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astute

sharp-minded; very clear

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prudent

careful, cautious, and wise

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shrewd

insightful; clever

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acrid

bitter, harsh

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ascetic

a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures

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convalesce

to recover from an illness

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imprudent

careless; rash

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ponderous

very heavy or bulky; dull or lifeless

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candor

honesty, sincerity

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gratify

to please or indulge

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hamper

to hinder; to prevent something from happening

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intrepid

fearless