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____: Tending to talk a lot or too much; talkative.
Loquacious (adj.)
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________: a person whos excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
Pedant noun
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________: a person who dislikes humankinds and avoids human society 79.
Misanthrope Noun
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________: to make less severe, serious, or painful 80.
Mitigate Verb
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________: wearisome uniformity, or lack of variety 81.
Monotony Noun
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________: pretentious and vulgar display.
Ostentation Noun
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________: not able to see through; not transparent 86.
Opaque Adjective
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________: lacking sophistication or experience 82.
Naive Adjective
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________: stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or course of action 83.
Obdurate Adjective
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________: overly submissive and eager to please 84.
Obsequious Adjective
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________: capable of being shaped, easily influenced 77.
Malleable Adjective
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clear and easily understood 75
Lucid Adjective
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full of light 76
Luminous Adjective
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capable of being shaped, easily influenced 77
Malleable Adjective
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extremely careful about details 78
Meticulous Adjective
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a person who dislikes humankinds and avoids human society 79
Misanthrope Noun
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to make less severe, serious, or painful 80
Mitigate Verb
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wearisome uniformity, or lack of variety 81
Monotony Noun
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lacking sophistication or experience 82
Naive Adjective
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stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or course of action 83
Obdurate Adjective
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overly submissive and eager to please 84
Obsequious Adjective
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involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome 85
Onerous Adjective
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not able to see through; not transparent 86
Opaque Adjective
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pretentious and vulgar display
Ostentation Noun
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a seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
paradox
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_____________ describes an action or behavior that is done with little or no effort .
_____________ describes an action or behavior that is done with little or no effort .
89\. perfunctory adjective
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To ___________ means to spread or seep through something, often implying that it has fully penetrated or saturated the material.
permeate verb
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