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  1. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  2. stubborn
    not responding to treatment
  3. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  4. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  5. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  6. iridescent
    varying in color when seen in different lights
  7. goad
    a pointed instrument used to provoke into motion
  8. exuberant
    joyously unrestrained
  9. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  10. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  11. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  12. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  13. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  14. concoct
    make something by mixing
  15. illustrious
    widely known and esteemed
  16. haggard
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  17. copious
    large in number or quantity
  18. redolent
    noticeably odorous
  19. prying
    offensively curious or inquisitive
  20. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  21. impalpable
    difficult to understand or perceive
  22. surreptitious
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  23. unanimous
    in complete agreement
  24. succumb
    be fatally overwhelmed
Created on Mon Mar 25 17:46:09 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Apr 05 15:26:48 EDT 2013)

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