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Chimerical

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Imaginary or unreal

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Cavalier

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1) horseman, knight, or aristocrat

2) to be proud or careless; having no concern for important or serious matters

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Choleric

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Irritable; made angry easily

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Melancholy

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1) sad mood

2) black bile

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Phlegmatic

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Not easily upset, excited, or angered; apathetic or impassive; emotionless

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Stoic

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A person who accepts what happens without complaining or showing emotion

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Sanguine

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Excessive cheerfulness; optimistic; confident and hopeful

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Juggernaut

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Something that is extremely large and powerful and cannot be stopped

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Maudlin

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Showing or expressing too much emotion especially in a foolish or annoying way

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Behemoth

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Something very big and powerful

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Gargantuan

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Very large in size or amount

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Meretricious

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Attractive in a cheap or false way; relating to prostitution

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Ostracism

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Exclusion or temporary banishment by general consent from common privileges or social acceptance

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Laconic/Spartan

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Using few words in speech or writing; marked by simplicity, frugality, or avoidance of luxury and comfort

Synonyms: curt & austere

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Sybaritic

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Self-indulging; devotion to luxury and pleasure

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Serendipity

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Making valuable or pleasant discoveries by accident or unintentionally

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Cherubic

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Angelic; having a plump, pretty innocence

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Masochist

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A person who enjoys or gets pleasure from being abused or hurt

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Pariah

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Person who is hated and rejected by other people

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Posh

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Very attractive, expensive, and popular; elegant; fashionable; typical of or intended for the upper class

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Quixotic

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To be hopeful or romantic in a way that is not practical

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Utopia

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An imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect; perfect society

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Circumnavigate

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To travel all the way around in a ship, airplane, etc.

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Antecedent

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Something that came before something else and may have influenced or caused it; a preceding event or cause

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Animate
Having life; to be alive or living
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Unanimous
Agreed to by everyone
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Nonentity
1) Person who is not famous or important | 2) something or someone that does not exist, exists only in the imagination, or of little significance
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Egregious
Very bad and easily noticed; something that stands out by being conspicuously bad
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Agnostic
1) A person who does not have a definite belief about whether god exists or not 2) A person who is unwilling to commit to an opinion about something
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Belligerent
1) angry and aggressive feeling; hostile; showing readiness to fight 2) waging war; engaged in a war
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Bellicose
Having or showing a tendency to argue or fight
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Antebellum
Existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War
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Belladonna
A poisonous plant that has reddish bell-shaped flowers
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Democracy
A government by the people through rule of the majority; organization where everyone is treated equally and has equal rights
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Demographic
Of or relating to the study of changes that occur in large groups of people over a period of time
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Demagogue
A leader who tries to get support by making false claims and promises and using arguments based on emotion rather than reason
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Demolition
1) deliberate destruction of a building or other structure | 2) destruction in war by means of explosives
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Antacid
An agent or medicine that prevents or lessens the pain caused by having too much acid in your stomach by neutralizing the acidity
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Antiperspirant
A substance that is used to prevent sweating
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Antiquity
1) ancient times 2) of very great age 3) relics or monuments from ancient times
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Anticipate
To look forward to something; to think of in advance; to foresee and deal with in advance
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Homicide
The act of killing another person
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Homogenize
To blend into a uniform mixture; to change something so that its parts are the same or similar
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Homonym
A word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning
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Homosexual
To be sexually attracted to people of the same sex
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Perfidy
The act of betraying someone or something; the state of being disloyal; treachery
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Perimeter
The boundary or outside edge of a closed figure, area, or surface
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Permanent
Lasting or continuing for a very long time or forever; stable
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Perambulate
To stroll; to travel over or through especially on foot; to make an official inspection of a boundary on foot
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Inanimate
Not living; not capable of life
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Invisible
Incapable by nature of being seen
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Inadvisable
Not wise, sensible, or reasonable
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Inexorable
Not able to be stopped, persuaded, moved, or changed
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Platitude
A statement that expresses an idea that is not new; a banal, trite, or stale remark
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Trite
Not fresh, original, or effective from being used too often; hackneyed
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Seraphic
To be like or resembling a celestial being
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Depot
1) train or bus station 2) place where military supplies are kept or where soldiers are trained 3) place where goods or motor vehicles are stored
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Lucidity
Clearness of thought or style; a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously; clarity
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Clairvoyance
Ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception or not present to the senses
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Foal
A young horse
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Bewilder
To confuse someone very much; to perplex or confuse by a complexity, variety, or multitude of objects or considerations; puzzle
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Misguided
Having wrong or improper goals or values; led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals
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Elusive
1) hard to find or capture | 2) hard to understand, define, or remember
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Controversial
Relating to or causing much discussion, disagreement, or argument
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Conventional
Used and accepted by most people; usual or traditional; common and ordinary
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Upsurge
A rapid or sudden increase or rise
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Permissive
Giving people a lot of freedom or too much freedom to do what they what to do; indulgent, lax, or tending to grant permission
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Immorality
The state of being not morally good or right, thus conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles
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Succinct
Using few words to state or express an idea without including extra or unnecessary information; concise
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Verbose
Using more words than are needed; wordy
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Cynic
A person who has negative opinions about the things people do; a person who believes that people are selfish and are only interested in helping themselves
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Impartial
Treating all people and groups equally; not partial or biased; fair
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Apocryphal
Well-known but probably not true; of doubtful authenticity; fictitious
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Hackneyed
Lacking freshness or originality due to being used too often

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