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