acquiesce: To agree without protest
affable: Friendly and easy to talk to
ameliorate: To make better
anomaly: Something that does not fit the pattern
aplomb: Self-confidence
ardent: Passionate
ascetic: Living with strict self-denial
assiduous: Hardworking
audacity: Boldness
bellicose: Eager to fight
bucolic: Relating to countryside life
capricious: Changing mood suddenly
caustic: Biting or burning in tone
chicanery: Trickery
circumvent: To go around
clemency: Mercy
cohesive: Sticking together well
compunction: A pang of guilty feeling
copious: In large amounts
cursory: Hasty and not thorough
daunting: Seeming hard and scary
denounce: To publicly condemn
derelict: Neglected; abandoned
desultory: Lacking a plan
diatribe: A bitter verbal attack
discrepancy: A difference between things that should match
disparage: To speak of as having little value
dissuade: To talk someone out of something
effervescent: Bubbly
egregious: Outstandingly bad
empirical: Based on observation
enervate: To drain of energy
ephemeral: Short-lived
equanimity: Calmness under stress
exacting: Demanding great care
exhort: To strongly urge
extol: To praise highly
fallacy: A mistaken belief
fervent: Showing intense feeling
flagrant: Shockingly obvious
fledgling: New and inexperienced
fractious: Irritable and quarrelsome
furtive: Sneaky
gregarious: Sociable
guile: Sly cunning
hackneyed: Overused
iconoclast: One who attacks cherished beliefs
impetus: A force that starts something moving
implacable: Unable to be calmed
inclement: Stormy or harsh weather
incongruous: Out of place
indolent: Lazy
inexorable: Impossible to stop
insidious: Sneakily harmful
intrepid: Fearless
irascible: Easily angered
laconic: Using few words
laud: To praise

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