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Alyssa R.
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  1. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  2. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  3. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  4. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  5. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  6. receptive
    able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
  7. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  8. passe
    out of fashion
  9. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  10. demographic
    a statistic characterizing human populations
  11. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
Created on Fri Oct 14 18:37:46 EDT 2011 (updated Fri Oct 14 19:07:49 EDT 2011)

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