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nascent
(adj.) in the process of being born or coming into existence
obfuscate
(v.) to render incomprehensible
obstreperous
(adj.) noisy, unruly
officious
(adj.) offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed
ostensible
(adj.) supposed, apparent, seeming
palliate
(v.) to reduce the severity of
panacea
(n.) a remedy for all ills or difficulties
paragon
(n.) a model of excellence or perfection
parsimony
(n.) frugality, stinginess
paucity
(adj.) small in quantity
penurious
(adj.) miserly, stingy
perfidious
(adj.) disloyal, unfaithful
perspicacity
(noun) shrewdness, perceptiveness, showing keen insight
pithy
(adj.) concisely meaningful
portent
(n.) an omen
probity
(n.) virtue, integrity
prosaic
(adj.) plain, lacking liveliness
puerile
(adj.) juvenile, immature
querulous
(adj.) whiny, complaining
quixotic
(adj.) idealistic, impractical
recalcitrant
(adj.) defiant, unapologetic
reprove
(v.) to scold, rebuke
ribald
(adj.) coarsely, crudely humorous
rife
(adj.) abundant
sagacity
(n.) shrewdness, soundness of perspective through wisdom
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