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| charismatic | adj: Having a strong ability to attract Charistmatic candidates for office have an advantage over those opponents with less attractive personalities. |
| dalliance | noun: Playful flirtation; dawdling, frivoling away time Sent: Despite a brief dalliance with Yahoo!, Cora was committed to Google as her search engine. |
| euphoria | noun: A great, usually exaggerated, feeling of happiness Sent: After being falsely imprisoned, Xara felt the euphoria of freedom when the guilty party stepped forward. |
| folly | noun: Lack of understanding or good sense; a foolish action; a costly and foolish undertaking Sent: Alaska was called Seward's folly because at the time of its purchase from Russia it was thought to have little if any value. |
| hedonist | noun: Someone devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification; a sybarite Sent: While hedonists flock to beach resorts for pampering, Raven spends vacations far from civilized comforts. |
| infatuation | noun: Foolish and usually extravagant passion or attraction; the object of this attraction; puppy love Sent: Raised by ornithologists, Aroyo had a life-long infatuation with birds. |
| jaded | adj: Dulled by surfeit or overindulgence; worn out or exhausted Sent: The twins, jaded by a parade of extravagant gifts, found it hard to get excited over savings bonds. |
| jocular | adj: Given to or characterized by joking facetious Sent: Pavel had a jocular side that was unexpected and sometimes unwelcome in an undertaker. |
| lackadaisical | adj: Lacking spirit or liveliness; lazy; indolent Sent: Macarena's employer gave her a bad review because of her lackadaisical attitude towards her work. |
| lackluster | adj: Lacking brilliance or vitality; dull Sent: Lackluster auditions for "So You Think You Can Dance" will quickly get a "No" from the judges. |
| melancholy | adj: Pensive; causing sadness or depression; mournful Sent: Abby felt her melancholy state could only be improved with an ice cream cone. |
| menial | adj: Relating to work regarded as lowly, degrading or servile; relating to or suitable for a servant Sent: Whilte menail work is often the most physically difficult, it usually pays the least. |
| monotony | noun: Sameness of tone or pitch; wearisome lack of variety Sent: Alice found violin practice exciting as a novice but monotonous later on. |
| predilection | noun: Partiality; preference; tendency in favor of something Sent: With Duke's predilection for greasy food, he couldn't resist the diner's Garbage Plate special. |
| quixotic | adj: Impulsive; extravagantly chivalrous; idealistic and impractical Sent: Eventually, Donnie abandoned his quixotic quest to bring back 8-track cassettes and adopted CDs. |
| resignation | noun: The formal statement giving notice that one is resigning an office or position; unresisting acceptance; submission Sent: Once Lacey recognized she couldn't get out of mowing the lawn, she began the chore with sulky resignation. |
| sullen | adj: indicative of or showing ill humor, resentment, or irritation; sulky Sent: A sullen attitude can make it difficult to maintain friendships and lead to isolation. |
| vicarious | adj: Felt or enjoyed as if taking part in the experience or feelings of another; experienced by one person as a substitute for another; secondhand Sent: The term "armchair traveler" refers to people whose experience of other countries is mainly the vicarious kind obtained by watching television travel shows. |
| vocation | noun: A calling, especially to a religious career; a profession, especially one a person is inclined to or qualified for Sent: As he enjoyed working with his hands, Brayden found carpentry to be his vocation. |
| whimsical | adj: Given to or marked by whimsy or caprice; unpredictable Sent: Given her whimsical personality, Amy was well suited to her career as a clown. |
