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affable (adj) AFF-uh-bull

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Warm and friendly; pleasant; approachable Think about how affable Monson is and how not so affable Mocogni is.

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alacrity (noun) uh-LACK-rit-tee

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Cheerful or speedy willingness

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arcane (adj) ar-CANE

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Know or understood by only a few/ obscure; secret

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artless (adj) ART-less

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Free of deceit or craftiness; natural ; genuine/ lacking skill or knowledge; crude; uncultured

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ascetic (adj; noun) uh-SET-ick

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Abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj)/ A person who leads an austere lifestyle (noun)

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assuage (verb) uh-SWAY-zh

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Make milder; relieve/ soothe; pacify; or calm

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audacious (adj) aw-DAY-shus

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Very bold or brave; often in a rude or reckless way/ extremely original

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austere (adj) aw-STEER

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Severe in manner or appearance/ very self-disciplined; ascetic/ without luxury or ease/ sober or serious

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belie (verb) bih-LIE

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Contradict or misrepresent

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boor (noun) BOO-er

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Rude; ill-mannered; or insensitive person/ a peasant or country bumpkin

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burgeon (verb) BER-juhn

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Grow or flourish rapidly/ put forth buds or shoots (of a plant)

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capricious (adj) cap-REE-shuss

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Acting on impulse; erratic

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coalesce (verb) coh-uh-LESS

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Come together/ unite/ fuse together

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craven (adj) CRAY-ven

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Very cowardly; lacking courage

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credulous (adj) CREDD-joo-luss

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Gullible/ prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence

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deleterious (adj) dell-uh-TEER-ee-uss

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Harmful; unhealthful

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desiccate (verb) DESS-ick-ayt

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Thoroughly dried up; dehydrated

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din (noun) DIN

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Loud; confused noise; esp. for a long period of time

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dispassionate (adj) diss-PASH-shun-it

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Unbiased; not having a selfish or personal motivation/ calm; lacking emotion

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enervate (verb) EN-er-vayt

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Weaken; tire

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ephemeral (adj) ee-FEM-er-ull

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Lasting only a short time

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erudite (adj) AIR-yoo-dite

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Scholarly; knowledgeable/ possessing deep; often systematic; knowledge

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esoteric (adj) ess-oh-TAIR-ick

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Understood by or intended for only a few/ secret

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exculpate (verb) ECK-skull-payt

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Clear from guilt or blame

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exponent (noun) eck-SPOH-nent

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Person who expounds or explains/ champion; advocate; or representative

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foment (verb) FOH-ment or FAH-ment

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Incite; instigate; stir up; promote the growth of/ apply medicated liquid to a body part

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gainsay (verb) gayn-SAY

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Declare false; deny/ oppose

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garrulous (adj) GAIR-ull-uss

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Talkative; wordy; rambling

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gauche (adj) GOH’sh

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Tactless; lacking social grace; awkward; crude

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germane (adj) jer-MANE

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Relevant and appropriate; on-topic

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glib (adj) GLIB

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Fluent and easy in a way that suggests superficiality or insincerity

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gregarious (adj) greh-GAIR-ee-uss

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Sociable; pertaining to a flock or crowd

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hackneyed (adj) HACK-need

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So commonplace as to be stale/ not fresh or original

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hedonist (noun) HEE-dun-ist

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Person devoted to pleasure

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incendiary (adj) in-SEND-ee-air-ee

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Setting on fire; pertaining to arson/ arousing strife; rebellion; etc./ inflaming the senses

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inchoate (adj) in-COH-it

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Just begun; undeveloped; unorganized

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incipient (adj) in-SIP-ee-ent

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Just beginning/ in a very early stage

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innocuous (adj) in-NOCK-yoo-uss

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Harmless; inoffensive

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intractable (adj) in-TRACT-uh-bull

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Difficult to control; manage; or manipulate/ hard to cure/ stubborn

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intrepid (adj) in-TREPP-id

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Fearless; brave; enduring in the face of adversity

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jocular (adj) JOCK-yoo-ler

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Joking or given to joking all the time/ jolly; playful

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laconic (adj) luh-CON-ick

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using few words; concise

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languid (adj) LANG-wid

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Drooping from exhaustion; sluggish; slow/ lacking in spirit

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lassitude (noun) LASS-it-tood

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Tiredness; weariness/ lazy indifference

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levity (noun) LEVV-it-tee

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lightness (of mind; spirit; or mood) or lack of seriousness; sometimes in an inappropriate way

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loquacious (adj) loh-KWAY-shuss

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Talkative; wordy

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mendacious (adj) men-DAY-shuss

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lying; habitually dishonest

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mercurial (adj) mer-CURE-ee-ull

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Quickly and unpredictably changing moods/ fickle; flighty

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mollify (verb) MAH-lih-fy

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Calm or soothe (an angry person)/ lessen or soften

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nascent (adj) NA-sent or NAY-sent

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Coming into existence/ still developing

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obsequious (adj) ahb-SEEK-wee-uss

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Servile/ very compliant; fawning

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obviate (verb) AHB-vee-ayt

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Prevent; eliminate; or make unnecessary

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officious (adj) uh-FISH-uss

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Excessively eager in giving unwanted advice or intruding where one is not wanted/ meddlesome; pushy/ Think about your mother-in-law

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opaque (adj) oh-PAYK

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Not translucent/ not allowing light; heat; etc. to pass through/ dark; dull; unclear or stupid

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paucity (noun) PAW-sit-ee

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Scarcity; the state of being small in number

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peccadillo (noun) peck-uh-DILL-oh

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Small sin or fault

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perfidious (adj) per-FIDD-ee-uss

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Disloyal; treacherous; violating one’s trust

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pith (noun) PITH

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Core; essence/ significance or weight

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precarious (adj) prick-CAIR-ee-uss

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Unstable; insecure; dangerous

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probity (noun) PROH-bit-ee

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Honesty; integrity

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profuse (adj) proh-FYOOSS

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Abundant; extravagant; giving or given freely

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pugnacious (adj) pug-NAY-shuss

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Inclined to fight; combative

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quotidian (adj) kwoh-TIDD-ee-un

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Daily/ everyday; ordinary

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requite (verb) rick-WHITE

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Reciprocate; repay; or revenge

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restive (adj) REST-iv

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Impatient or uneasy under the control of another/ resisting being controlled

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reticent (adj) RET-iss-sent

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Not talking much/ private (of a person); restrained; reserved

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sacrosanct (adj) SACK-roh-sank-t

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Sacred; inviolable; not to be trespassed on or violated/ above any criticism

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sagacious (adj) suh-GAY-shuss

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Wise/ showing good judgment and foresight

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salubrious (adj) suh-LOO-bree-uss

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Healthful; promoting health

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sanguine (adj) SANG-gwinn

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Cheerfully optimistic/ hopeful/ reddish; ruddy (as in rosy-red cheeks indicting health or vitality)/ Think of 2 Sam’s description of young David as ‘ruddy’

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sedulous (adj) SEDD-joo-luss

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Persevering; persistent; diligent in one’s efforts

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sentient (adj) SENT-shent

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Conscious; experiencing sensation or perceiving with the senses

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soporific (adj; noun) sah-per-RIFF-ick

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Causing sleep/ sleepy; drowsy (adj)/ something that causes sleep (noun)

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specious (adj) SPEE-shuss

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Seemingly true but actually false/ deceptively attractive

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stolid (adj) STAH-lid

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Unemotional; showing little emotion; not easily moved

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surfeit (noun) SURF-it

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Excess; excessive amount; overindulgence

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sycophant (noun) SICK-uh-fint

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Servile flatterer; parasitic person who fawns in order to get ahead Think about Tom Haverford who is the classic sycophant.

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timorous (adj) TIM-er-uss

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Fearful; timid

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torpor (noun) TORE-pore

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Sluggishness; lethargy; or apathy/ a period of inactivity

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torrid (adj) TORE-id

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Very hot; parching; burning/ passionate

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ubiquitous (adj) yoo-BICK-wit-uss

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Existing everywhere at the same time

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verbose (adj) ver-BOH-ss

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Wordy

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vituperate (verb) vye-TOO-per-ayt

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Verbally abuse; rebuke or criticize harshly

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