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  1. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  2. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  3. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  4. discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
  5. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  6. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  7. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  8. bolster
    support and strengthen
  9. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  10. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  11. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  12. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  13. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  14. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  15. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  16. perfidious
    tending to betray
  17. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  18. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  19. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  20. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  21. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  22. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  23. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  24. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  25. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  26. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  27. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  28. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  29. foment
    try to stir up
  30. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
  31. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  32. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  33. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  34. frugality
    prudence in avoiding waste
  35. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  36. futile
    producing no result or effect
  37. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  38. plethora
    extreme excess
  39. propitiate
    make peace with
  40. rescind
    cancel officially
  41. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  42. plummet
    drop sharply
  43. propriety
    correct behavior
  44. stigma
    a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  45. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
  46. proscribe
    command against
  47. stint
    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  48. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  49. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  50. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  51. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  52. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  53. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  54. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
Created on Mon Jun 24 13:55:24 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Jul 09 04:29:54 EDT 2013)

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