behavior

rama R. (India)
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  1. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  2. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  3. rendition
    a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role
  4. austerity
    excessive sternness
  5. asceticism
    rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
  6. ascesis
    rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
  7. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  8. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  9. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  10. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  11. apostatize
    abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
  12. palter
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  13. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Created on Sat Mar 26 20:33:01 EDT 2011 (updated Sun Mar 27 09:09:28 EDT 2011)

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