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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indefatigable; unflagging | Tireless |
| Indomitable | Invincible; incapable of being conquered |
| Vacillate | To waver; hesitate; swing back and forth; be indecisive |
| Hubris | Exaggerated pride; arrogance |
| Excoriate | To denounce scathingly |
| Innocuous | Harmless; inoffensive |
| Capricious; mercurial | Very changeable; fickle; constantly shifting moods |
| Supplant | To take the place of |
| Laconic; succinct | Very brief; concise |
| Ubiquitous | Present everywhere at once; omnipresent; prevalent; widespread |
| Archaic | Obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date and thus not "in," "with it," or contemporary |
| Reciprocal | Shared and expressed by both sides; mutual |
| Alacrity | Great speed; promptness |
| Implacable | Incapable of being appeased |
| Grandiloquent | Using lofty, pompous language |
| Motley | Very different; very heterogeneous |
| Juxtapose | To place side by side |