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pedantic
putting unnecessary
lithe
limber and graceful
fiasco
a major disaster
drone
to make a continuous low buzzing or humming sound
abide
to tolerate
fluctuate
to move back and forth or up or down
harp
to talk or write about evasively
preeminent
superior in status or fame to all others
specious
seeming to be truthful on the surface but actually false
contract
to reduce in size by drawing together
inadvertent
unintentional
serendipity
unexpected gift or discovery
malicious
spiteful
inanimate
without any character or life
plainitive
expressing sorrow
thwart
`to prevent or frustrate
regress
to return to a previous state
adept
very skilled esp. natural talent improved by practice
idiosyncrasy
a particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait
uncouth
uncultured; crude
herald
to bear news; to announce
sparse
thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded
bifurcate
to divide into two parts
arbitary
determined by chance or individual prference
dais
a raised platform
