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precipitate

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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pragmatic

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practical as opposed to idealistic

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talkative

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loquacious

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volatile

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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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a puzzle; a mystery

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enigma

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audacious

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fearless and daring

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laconic

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using few words

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to provide supporting evidence

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corroborate

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vacillate

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to sway physically; to be indecisive

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changing one’s mind quickly and often

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capricious

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to choose not to do something

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abstain

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of a similar kind

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homogenous

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opaque

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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

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propriety

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enigma

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a puzzle; a mystery

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pedant

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someone who shows off learning

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practical as opposed to idealistic

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pragmatic

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adulterate

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to make impure

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praise-able, worthy of glorty

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laudable

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using few words

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laconic

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lavish, wasteful

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prodigal

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to soften; to lessen

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mitigate

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propriety

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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

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anomaly

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deviation from what is normal

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lack of interest or emotion

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apathy

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loquacious

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talkative

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someone who shows off learning

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pedant

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laudable

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praise-able, worthy of glorty

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to sway physically; to be indecisive

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vacillate

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prodigal

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lavish, wasteful

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abstain

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to choose not to do something

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to make impure

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adulterate

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placate

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to soothe or pacify

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ephemeral

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lasting a short time

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to make something unpleasant less severe

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assuage

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capricious

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changing one’s mind quickly and often

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mitigate

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to soften; to lessen

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easily deceived

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gullible

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clear and easily understood

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lucid

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lucid

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clear and easily understood

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fervid

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intensely emotional; feverish

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intensely emotional; feverish

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fervid

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to soothe or pacify

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placate

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passion, excitement

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zeal

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assuage

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to make something unpleasant less severe

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open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous; uncertain or questionable in nature

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equivocal

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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precipitate

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desiccate

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to dry out thoroughly

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fearless and daring

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audacious

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equivocal

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open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous; uncertain or questionable in nature

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apathy

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lack of interest or emotion

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lasting a short time

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ephemeral

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deviation from what is normal

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anomaly

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zeal

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passion, excitement

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corroborate

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to provide supporting evidence

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to dry out thoroughly

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desiccate

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gullible

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easily deceived

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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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opaque

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engender

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to produce, cause, or bring about

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to produce, cause, or bring about

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engender

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erudite

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learned, scholarly, bookish

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learned, scholarly, bookish

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erudite

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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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volatile

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homogenous

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of a similar kind

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