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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prudent | exercising good judgement or common sense |
| tenet | a principle held as being true by a person or an organization |
| stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive |
| austere | somber, stern, unadorned, and simple |
| genre | describing a category of artistic endeavor; characterized by style, content, or form |
| staid | characterized by a straitlaced sense of propriety; serious |
| archaic | characteristic of an earlier, more primitive period; old-fashioned |
| emulate | to try to equal through imitation |
| naive | lacking sophistication |
| nascent | coming into existence, emerging |
| novice | a beginner |
| toxic | poisonous |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped when subjected to pressure |
| malice | extreme ill will or spite |
| malfeasance | miconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official |
| dilettante | a dabbler; one who superficially understands an art or a field of knowledge |
| eclectic | made up of a variety of sources or styles |
| intuitive | known or perceived by intuition |
| laudatory | expressing great praise |
| novel | strikingly new, unusual, or different |
| paramount | supreme; dominant; superior to all others |
| urbane | notably polite and elegant in manner; suave |
| epiphany | a sudden burst of understanding or discovery |
| trenchant | keen; incisive |
| whimsical | subject to erratic behaviour; unpredictable; acting on a whim |
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