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| abstruse (adj): | hard to understand |
| ascetic (n/adj): | characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. |
| candor (n): | the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression |
| caprice (n): | a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality |
| censure (n/v): | express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement. |
| ennui (n): | a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement; boredom |
| garrulous (adj): | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters |
| hedonism (n): | devotion to pleasure as a way of life |
| indolence (n): | avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness. |
| impecunious (adj): | having little or no money; penniless; poor. |
| misanthrope (n): | a hater of humankind |
| myriad (adj): | of an indefinitely great number; innumerable |
| narcissistic (adj): | having an undue fascination with oneself; vain. |
| pallid (adj): | (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health; lacking in vitality or interest |
| penitent (adj): | feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite |
| profligate (adj): | recklessly wasteful or extravagant |
| querulous (adj): | full of complaints; complaining |
| sanguine (adj): | cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident/reddish; ruddy |
| supercilious (adj): | haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. |
| tawdry (adj): | gaudy; showy and cheap. |
| truculent (adj): | fierce; cruel; savagely brutal. |
| consummate (adj): | having or revealing supreme mastery or skill |
| languid (adj): | (of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed. |
| mar (v): | impair the quality of; spoil |
| comely (adj): | attractive |
