| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Aesthetic | appealing to the sense of beauty |
| Ecletic | choosing from a variety of sources. |
| paradox | a seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses a truth |
| Anomalous | deviating from a general rule, an irregularity, something that is incongrous |
| Alleviate, mitigate, mollify, assuage, allay | all mean to relieve, to lessen as to alleviate congestion, mitigate a problem, mollify anger, assuage pain and allay anxiety |
| Innocuous | harmless, not damaging |
| venerate, revere | to hold in great esteem, to honr, admire |
| Trite, Banal, cliche, hackneyed, platitude, vapid, prosaic and Mundane | all mean commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary. |
| Elusive | hard to catch, evasive |
| Procrastinate, Dilatory, Temporize, Dawdle | all mean to delay, to be tardy |
| Conventional | a traditional customary way of doing things |
| Obstinate, obdurate, recalcitrant, intransigent, intractable | all mean stubborn |
| Curator | a person who is in charge of a museum |
| egoist | a person who is concerned with himself/herself |
| Zealot | a person whi is filled with zeal and enthusiasm for a cause (i.e. Me with AoB) |
| malefactor | a person who does ill to others, an evil person |
| pacifist | a person who promotes peace (i.e. Jesus) |
| mentor | a person who provides guidance, a tutor (I.E. Don) |
| Reveler | a person who engages in merrymaking, as a New Year;s eve reveler |
| prodigy | a person with great talent, a genius (i.e KCS) |
| stalwart | a loyal supporter, an adherent, someone who stands by you (i.e e-Ruby) |
| skinflint | a person who is overly thrifty with money, a miser (i.e. Don) |
| Scoundrel | a disreputable person, a rascal, a scoundrel lacks virtue |
| savant | a person with detailed knowlege in a pecific field, a sage (i.e. Mr. Currano and Spanish) |
| Jingoist | an extreme nationalist (i.e. Dylan) |
| Benefactor | a person who helps others (i.e. Cecilia) |
| Glutton | a person greedy and voracious eating and drinking (i.e. Pierce) |
| Virtuoso | a person with great artistic talent (KCS) |
| Hypocrite | a person who puts on a false appearance, someone who says one thing and then does the other |
| Boor | a person who is rude and insensitive, and lacks refinement (Etaka) |
| Recluse | a person who leads a secuded or solitary life, a hermit |
| Upstart | a person who has rissen suddenly form a low position to great succes (Selam) |
| pragmatist | a preson who is practical |
| devotee | an ardent follower or supporter or enthusiast. (ME relating KCS) |
| Nomad | a person who wanders. (pastoral nomads.. ap world) |
| Dilettante | a dabble, a person having superficial interest in a variety of fields or endeavours |
| Supplicant | a person who is overly humble, who pleads for favor |
| Hedonist | a person who seeks pleasure, gratification |
| Decry | to criticize, denounce, condemn, to put something down |
| Deplorable | wretched awful, miserable |
| deplete | to exhaust, when teh supply of something is depleted, it goes down |
| despondent | feeling very down, discouraged |
| debacle | a big disaster, fiasco |
| devoid | to go down in sense of being empty, lacking content |
| ambivalent | lacks conviction |
| ambiguous | lacks clarity |
| trivial and trifling | lacks importance or significance |
| shiftless | lazy, lackadaisical and therefore lacks ambition |
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