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  1. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  2. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  3. malapropism
    misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  4. terse
    brief and to the point
  5. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  6. arbitrator
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  7. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  8. concord
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  9. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  10. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  11. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  12. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  13. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  14. reciprocity
    a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
  15. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  16. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  17. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
  18. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  19. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  20. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  21. euphoria
    a feeling of great elation
  22. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  23. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  24. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  25. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
Created on Fri Oct 28 10:01:28 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Nov 02 15:48:34 EDT 2011)

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