| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Circumvent | to go around; avoid |
| Forgo | to do without, to abstain from |
| Insensate | lacking sensibility and understanding, foolish |
| Laudable | deserving of praise |
| Anthropomorphic | suggesting human characteristics for animals and inanimate things |
| Maverick | an independent individual who does not go along with a group |
| Beatific | displaying calmness and joy, relating to a state of celestial happiness |
| Nomenclature | a system of scientific names |
| Disingenuous | giving a false appearence of simple frankness; misleading |
| Impudent | marked by cocky boldness or disregard for others |
| Apostate | one who renounses a religious faith |
| Feckless | ineffective, worthless |
| Opportunist | one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, with little regard gor principle |
| Atavistic | characteristic of a former era, ancient |
| Pariah | an outcast |
| Espouse | to take up and support as a cause; to marry |
| Politic | shrewd and crafty in managing or dealing with things |
| Caustic | biting, sarcastic |
| Awry | crooked, askew, amiss |
| Fictive | fictional, relating to imaginative creation |
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