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  1. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  2. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  3. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  4. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  5. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  6. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  7. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  8. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  9. egotistical
    having an inflated idea of one's own importance
  10. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  11. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  12. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  13. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  14. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  15. saccharine
    overly sweet
  16. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  17. cloying
    overly sweet
  18. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  19. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  20. veer
    turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  21. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  22. veneration
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  23. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  24. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  25. enthralling
    able to capture and hold one's interest or attention
  26. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  27. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  28. homogeneous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  29. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  30. stagnate
    stand still
  31. propagate
    multiply through reproduction
  32. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  33. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  34. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  35. predatory
    living by preying on other animals
  36. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  37. elated
    exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
  38. sullen
    showing a brooding ill humor
  39. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  40. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  41. specious
    plausible but false
  42. unsound
    not in good condition; damaged or decayed
  43. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  44. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  45. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  46. belie
    be in contradiction with
  47. flamboyant
    tending to attract attention; marked by ostentatious display
  48. inconspicuous
    not prominent or readily noticeable
  49. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  50. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  51. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  52. hostage
    a prisoner held to insure that another party will meet terms
  53. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  54. herald
    a person who announces important news
  55. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
  56. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  57. confer
    present
  58. rebuff
    a deliberate discourteous act
  59. squabble
    a quarrel about petty points
  60. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  61. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  62. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  63. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  64. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  65. improbable
    having a chance of occurring too low to inspire belief
  66. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  67. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  68. tenacity
    persistent determination
  69. objectivity
    judgment based on observable phenomena
  70. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  71. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  72. terse
    brief and to the point
  73. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  74. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  75. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  76. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  77. loath
    strongly opposed
  78. foolhardy
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  79. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  80. postulate
    maintain or assert
  81. vaunt
    show off
  82. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  83. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  84. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  85. armored
    equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
  86. obtuse
    lacking in insight or discernment
  87. inordinate
    beyond normal limits
  88. marginal
    just barely adequate or within a lower limit
  89. inadvertent
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  90. disquiet
    a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
  91. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  92. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
  93. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  94. regress
    go back to a previous state
Created on Tue Mar 06 11:41:44 EST 2012 (updated Fri Apr 13 20:47:09 EDT 2012)

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