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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prudent | acting with or showing care and thought for the future |
| Negligence | failure to take proper care in doing something |
| Innocuous | not harmful or offensive |
| Lax | not sufficiently, strict, severe, or carful |
| Precipitate | cause (a substance) to be deposited in solid form from a solution |
| Equivocate | use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself |
| Assiduouds | showing great care and perseverance |
| Aptitude | a natural ability to do something |
| Circumspect | wary and unwilling to take risks |
| Metamorphosis | (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages |
| Substantive | having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable |
| Nepotism | the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs |
| Solicitous | characterized by or showing interest or concern |
| Inclement | (of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet |
| Obscure | not discovered or known about; uncertain |