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Phlegmatic
Placid
Serene

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adj. Calm

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Lucid

Perspicuous

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adj. Clear

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Cantankerous

Irascible

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adj. Easily angered

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Specious

Spurious

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adj. Fake

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Picayune

Trivial

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adj. Irrelevant, unimportant

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Jocund
Jovial
Mirthful

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adj. Joyful

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Insular
Parochial
Provincial

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adj. Narrow-Minded

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Copious (adj.)
Myriad (n. adj.)
Plethora (n.)

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adj. or n. Large amount

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Pragmatic

Prudent

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adj. Practical

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Guileless
Ingenuous
Naive

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adj. Showing childlike simplicity or innocence

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Aloof
Diffident
Reticent

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adj. Shy

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Intractable
Intransigent
Obdurate
Obstinate
Tenacious
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adj. Stubborn

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Chary

Wary

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adj. Suspicious

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Garrulous
Gregarious
Loquacious

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adj. Talkative, outgoing

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Prosaic
Pedestrian
Banal
Cliché
Trite
Hackneyed
Vapid
Vacuous
Quotidian
Mundane
Insipid
Derivative
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adj. Unoriginal, lacking in substance

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Capricious

Mercurial

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adj. Unpredictable

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Economical
Laconic
Perfunctory
Spare
Terse
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adj. Using few words