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