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Michael K. (United States of America)
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  1. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  2. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  3. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  4. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  5. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  6. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  7. billowing
    characterized by great swelling waves or surges
  8. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  9. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  10. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  11. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  12. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  13. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  14. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  15. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  16. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  17. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  18. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  19. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  20. prurient
    characterized by lust
  21. restive
    in a very tense state
  22. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  23. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  24. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  25. lamentation
    the passionate activity of expressing grief
  26. epicure
    a person who takes great pleasure in fine food and drink
  27. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
Created on Sun Aug 04 10:51:21 EDT 2013

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