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APE Vocab. to Know 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| periodic; on and off | intermittent |
| irritable; easily angered | irascible |
| said or done in jest; joking | jocular |
| brief and to the point | laconic |
| lanquor; weariness | lassitude |
| lack of seriousness; lightness | levity |
| talkative | loquacious |
| generous | magnanimous |
| clumsy; bungling | maladroit |
| excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous | meticulous |
| one who hates mankind | misanthrope |
| given to unwholesome thought; moody | morbid |
| ability to change in form; fickleness | mutability |
| very wicked | nefarious |
| stubborn | obdurate |
| slavishly attentive; servile; fawning; attempting to win favor by flattery | obsequious |
| meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services | officious |
| showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention | ostentatious |
| insignificant; petty; trifling | paltry |
| narrow in outlook | parochial |
| showing off learning; bookish | pedantic |
| strong inclination; liking | penchant |
| superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm | perfunctory |
| very distructive | pernicious |
| touchy; peevish | petulant |