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Dramaine F. (United States of America)
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  1. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  2. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  3. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  4. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  5. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  6. corroborate
    give evidence for
  7. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  8. engender
    call forth
  9. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  10. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  11. homogenous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  12. laconic
    brief and to the point
  13. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  14. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  15. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  16. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  17. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  18. propriety
    correct behavior
  19. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  20. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  21. deterioration
    the process of changing to an inferior state
  22. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
Created on Sat Nov 14 15:57:12 EST 2009 (updated Sat Nov 14 16:57:59 EST 2009)

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