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puerile   Adj. childishly foolish; immature or trivial: He turned in a puerile piece of writing and failed the assignment.   adv - puerilely noun - puerility, puerileness  
juvenile   adj. immature; childish; infantile: His juvenile tantrums are not in keeping with his age.   adv. - juvenilely; noun - juvenileness  
guile   noun - deceitful actions or behavior: She used guile to get him to propose to her.   tr. verb - guiled, guiling  
bilk   verb - to cheat or to swindle: He bilked the government of almost a million dollars.   noun - bilker  
compel   verb - to force: His desregard for the rules copels us to dismiss him.   adv. complellingly; noun compeller; adj. compellable  
telepathic   adj - communication by reading minds;Some twins are said to be able to communicate telepathicly.   noun - telepathy, adv. telepathically  
soothsayer   noun - a person who makes predictions of the future - I was convinced that the soothsayer knew my future when she was able to tell me details about my past.   NA  
camaraderie   noun - cheerful unity among a group - The camaraderie shared between roommates is like that of family.   NA  
inveterate   adj. habitual, long established - My husbands weight lifting routine is inveterate because he has practiced this ritual daily for the last twenty-five years.   adv. inveterately; noun - inveterateness  
delude   verb - to mislead or deceive - Her excuse for not completing her homework assignment was intended to delude and hide the truth about her forgetfulness.   noun - deluder; adv. deludingly  


   


 

 

 
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