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chary

(CHAIR-ee)

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adj. cautious; wary
* chary wary rhymes

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circumspect

(SUR-km-spekt)

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adj. careful and cautions before acting
* look around before doing something

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conscientious

(kahn-shee-EN-shus)

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adj. relation to doing what one knows is right

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exacting

(ig-ZAK-ting)

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adj. requiring a great deal of care or effort; painstaking
* it is hard to be exact

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gingerly

(JIN-jer-lee)

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adj. very carefully

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heedful

(HEED-ful)

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adj. paying careful attention to

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scrupulous

(SKROO-pyoo-lus)

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adj. showing great care and honesty based on personal belief of what is right and proper

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vigilant

(VI-juh-lunt)

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adj. carefully alert and watchful

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ephemeral

(ih-FEM-rul)

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adj. lasting a short time

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evanescent

(eh-vuh-NEH-snt)

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adj. vanishing quickly
* vanish

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fleeting

(FLEE-ting)

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adj. short-lived
* to flee is to run fast

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itinerant

(eye-TIH-nuh-runt)

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adj. wandering about; tending to move around
* iter in latin means journey or road

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peripatetic

(per-uh-puh-TEH-tik)

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adj. moving or walking about

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transient

(TRAN-shee-unt)

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adj. lasting for a short time; temporary

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transitory

(TRAN-suh-tawr-ee)

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adj. fleeting

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volatile

(VAH-luh-tl)

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adj. explosive or changing very quickly
* volatile volcano

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antediluvian

(an-tih-dul-LOO-vee-un)

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adj. very, very old

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antiquated

(AN-tuh-kway-tud)

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adj. very old and no longer in use
* antique

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antiquity

(an-TIH-kwuh-tee)

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n. ancient times
* antique

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archaic

(ar-KAY-ik)

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adj. old; from a much earlier time
* archeabacteria is ancient bacteria

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contemporary

(kun-TEM-puh-rer-ee)

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adj. modern, new

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inception

(in-SEP-shun)

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n. the start, the beginning of something
* opposite of reception: the end

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innovation

(in-nuh-VAY-shun)

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n. something new
* nova means new in latin

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novel

(NAH-vul)

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adj. new
* nova means new in latin

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obsolete

(ahb-suh-LEET)

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adj. old; outdated, no longer in use
* odd

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relic

(REH-lik)

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n. a custom or object that has been around for a very long time

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unprecedented

(un-PREH-suh-den-tud)

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adj. novel; unparalleled (strange)

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clandestine

(klan-DES-tun)

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adj. hidden, secret, concealed

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covert

(KOH-vurt)

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adj. secret, hidden
* covered

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furtive

(FUR-tiv)

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adj. sneaky

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inconspicuous

(in-kun-SPIH-kyoo-wus)

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adj. hardly noticeable
* in- means not and spic- means see

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surreptitious

(sur-up-TIH-shus)

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adj. done or made in a secret, stealthy way

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unobtrusive

(un-ub-TROO-siv)

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adj. inconspicuous; not easily noticed

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