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Hit Parade 3

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Myriad   a very great or indefinitely number of things. (the myriad of stars on a summer night)  
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salient   adj. Noticeable or striking (The band members salient guitar was adored with blue and green stripes  
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fickle   Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious  
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culled   to pick out from others, to gather collect  
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contingent   Liable to occur but not with certainty; possible: "All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services.  
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ostracism   the act of banning or excluding  
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virile   Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male.  
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progeny   One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant.  
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reticent   Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at silent.  
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dissident   disagreeing as in opinion or belief  
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arid   Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants: an arid climate.  
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maladroit   Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement: awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, inept, lumpish, ungainly, ungraceful  
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dexterous   skillful with hands  
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carnal   wordly or earthy, the carnal world  
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aural   relating to the ear  
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amenable   open to different possibilities  
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obstinate   stubburn, difficult to manage  
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tenuous   Long and thin; slender: tenuous strands  
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intinsic   Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual: built-in, congenital, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous  
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irreverent   Having or showing a lack of respect: disrespectful  
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mundane   Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary  
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quotidian   reoccuring everyday  
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consequential   Having great significance: big, considerable, historic, important, large, material, meaningful, monumental, significant, substantial. See important  
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obsequious   excessive eager to serve and obey  
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obstrererous   Noisily and stubbornly defiant. not submitting to discipline or control  
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acquiescent   Submitting without objection or resistance: nonresistant, passive, resigned, submissive.  
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duplicitous   Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, guileful, indirect, lubricious, shifty, sneaky, underhand, underhanded. See honest  
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eloquent   Characterized by persuasive, powerful discourse: an eloquent speaker; an eloquent sermon  
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insipid   lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. Bland, unsavory  
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taciturn   Not speaking freely or openly  
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garrulous   Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative  
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sordid   filthy of dirty, having low moral standards  
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cunning   Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute: a cunning pet.  
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Disingenuous   Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating. Not being what one purports to be: ambidextrous, insincere, left-handed, mala fide. See honest  
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inimical   injurious or harmful to oneself. "habits inimical to good health"  
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stringent   rigorous standards of performance "stringent safety measures"  
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Rubric   a title or category. A name  
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Autonomy   self-govenering, independent  
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serendipity   making fortunate discoveries  
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indolent   lazy, lethargic. Disinclined to exert oneself . "Humid, indolent weather."  
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Parsimonious   ungenerous or pettily, frugal, cheap, penurious  
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Perennial   lasting via the year or many years  
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emanate   to come or send forth, to have a source "light emanated from the lamp"  
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endowed   to provide with property, income. To equip with a talend or quality. "Nature endowed you with an atheltic ability"  
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Thwart   to oppose and defeat the efforts "they thwarted her plans"  
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propensities   an inclination to something, tendency  
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