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quizzical

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seeming to ask a questions often in an amusing way

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pedestrian

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someone who is walking; ordinary, uninteresting, and without any imagination

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recalcitrant

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refusing to do what you were told to do even after you have been punished

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salutary

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positive result teaches you something although it is often unpleasant

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zany

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crazy or unusual in a way that is exciting and funny

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innate

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quality that is part of a persons character from the time he is born

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static

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noise caused by electricity; complain or opposition to a plan

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volatile

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likely to change suddenly and without warning; someone who can suddenly be on angry or violent; a liquid that changes into a gas

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superfluous

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more than is needed or wanted

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obsolete

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not useful anymore because something newer and better has been invented

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bizarre

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very unusual or strange

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futile

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actions that are futile are useless because they have no chance of being successful

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prolific

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someone who produces a lot of something

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prosaic

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boring, ordinary, or lacking in imagination

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rigorous

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careful, thorough, very severe and strict

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urbane

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behaving in a relaxed and confident way in social situations

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diffident

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lacking confidence in your abilities and therefore unwilling to make decisions

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opaque

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speech that is difficult to understand; something too dark to see through

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latent

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present but hidden and may develop or become more noticeable in the future

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stoic

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someone who does not show their emotions and does not complain when something bad happens to him

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subtle

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not easy to notice; very smart in noticing things

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unassailable

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not able to be criticized attacked or made weaker

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reprehensible

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bad and deserving criticism