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intransitive verb: to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
Abstain
governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable; — ca·pri·cious·lyadverb
Capricious
1 very hot : burning; marked by often extreme fervor <a></a>
Fervid
: eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
Zeal
an obscure speech or writing; : something hard to understand or explain; an inscrutable or mysterious person
Enigma
the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun; deviation from the common rule : irregularity;something anomalous : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified
Anomaly
a: intrepidly daring : adventurous ; b: recklessly bold : rash ;contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent;marked by originality and verve — au·da·cious·lyadverb
Audacious
: easily duped or cheated; I’m not gullible enough to believe something that outrageous.
Gullible
worthy of praise : commendable; Improving the schools is a laudable goal.
Laudable
: full of excessive talk : wordy; given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous; loquacious and glib politician
Loquacious
: to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients; The company is accused of adulterating its products with cheap additives.
Adulterate
of the same or a similar kind or nature; of uniform structure or composition throughout <a>; having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out : having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered </a><a>; a fairly homogeneous collection of examples</a>
Homogeneous
