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Adroit Answer: Skillful and clever, especially with the hands or mind
Astute Answer: Having keen insight and good judgment
Adept Answer: Highly skilled or proficient at something
Acumen Answer: The ability to make good judgments and decisions
Canny Answer: Clever and shrewd, often in business or practical matters
Ingenious Answer: Clever, original, and inventive
Innovative Answer: Introducing new ideas or methods
Perspicacious Answer: Having a keen understanding and perception
Perspicuous Answer: Clearly expressed and easily understood
Savvy Answer: Practical knowledge and understanding
Shrewd Answer: Having or showing sharp powers of judgment
Unoriginal Answer: Lacking originality; derivative
Banal Answer: So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
Cliché Answer: An overused phrase or idea
Derivative Answer: Imitative of someone else's work
Hackneyed Answer: Lacking significance through having been overused
Mundane Answer: Lacking excitement; dull
Pedestrian Answer: Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
Prosaic Answer: Having or using ordinary, simple language
Quotidian Answer: Of or occurring every day; ordinary
Trite Answer: Overused and consequently lacking interest
Vacuous Answer: Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence
Vapid Answer: Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
Fatuous Answer: Foolish or silly, especially in a smug way
Obtuse Answer: Slow to understand; intellectually dull
Affable Answer: Friendly, good-natured, and easy to talk to
Amiable Answer: Having a friendly and pleasant manner
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, Amicable Answer: Characterized by friendliness and goodwill
Complaisant Answer: Willing to please others; obliging
Congenial Answer: Pleasant and agreeable due to similarities
Docile Answer: Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Tractable Answer: Easy to control or influence
Malleable Answer: Easily influenced; adaptable
Plastic Answer: Capable of being shaped or molded
Acquiesce Answer: Accept something reluctantly without protest
Capitulate Answer: Cease to resist; surrender
Indulge Answer: Allow oneself to enjoy something
Stubborn Answer: Having or showing dogged determination
Intractable Answer: Hard to control or deal with
Intransigent Answer: Unwilling or refusing to change one's views
Obdurate Answer: Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion
Obstinate Answer: Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course
Recalcitrant Answer: Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude
Tenacious Answer: Holding firmly to something
Ebullient Answer: Cheerful and full of energy
Elated Answer: Extremely happy and excited
Exultant Answer: Triumphantly happy
Jovial Answer: Cheerful and friendly
Jubilant Answer: Feeling or expressing great happiness
Mirthful Answer: Full of mirth or gaiety; merry
Sanguine Answer: Optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult situation
Dejected Answer: Sad and depressed; dispirited
Despondent Answer: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage
Disconsolate Answer: Very unhappy and unable to be comforted
Lugubrious Answer: Looking or sounding sad and dismal
Melancholy Answer: A feeling of pensive sadness
Bellicose Answer: Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
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PASS | REAL TESTS, REAL RESULTS!
Adroit Answer: Skillful and clever, especially with the hands or mind
Astute Answer: Having keen insight and good judgment
Adept Answer: Highly skilled or proficient at something
Acumen Answer: The ability to make good judgments and decisions
Canny Answer: Clever and shrewd, often in business or practical matters
Ingenious Answer: Clever, original, and inventive
Innovative Answer: Introducing new ideas or methods
Perspicacious Answer: Having a keen understanding and perception
Perspicuous Answer: Clearly expressed and easily understood
Savvy Answer: Practical knowledge and understanding
Shrewd Answer: Having or showing sharp powers of judgment
Unoriginal Answer: Lacking originality; derivative
Banal Answer: So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
Cliché Answer: An overused phrase or idea
Derivative Answer: Imitative of someone else's work
Hackneyed Answer: Lacking significance through having been overused
Mundane Answer: Lacking excitement; dull
Pedestrian Answer: Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
Prosaic Answer: Having or using ordinary, simple language
Quotidian Answer: Of or occurring every day; ordinary
Trite Answer: Overused and consequently lacking interest
Vacuous Answer: Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence
Vapid Answer: Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
Fatuous Answer: Foolish or silly, especially in a smug way
Obtuse Answer: Slow to understand; intellectually dull
Affable Answer: Friendly, good-natured, and easy to talk to
Amiable Answer: Having a friendly and pleasant manner
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, Amicable Answer: Characterized by friendliness and goodwill
Complaisant Answer: Willing to please others; obliging
Congenial Answer: Pleasant and agreeable due to similarities
Docile Answer: Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Tractable Answer: Easy to control or influence
Malleable Answer: Easily influenced; adaptable
Plastic Answer: Capable of being shaped or molded
Acquiesce Answer: Accept something reluctantly without protest
Capitulate Answer: Cease to resist; surrender
Indulge Answer: Allow oneself to enjoy something
Stubborn Answer: Having or showing dogged determination
Intractable Answer: Hard to control or deal with
Intransigent Answer: Unwilling or refusing to change one's views
Obdurate Answer: Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion
Obstinate Answer: Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course
Recalcitrant Answer: Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude
Tenacious Answer: Holding firmly to something
Ebullient Answer: Cheerful and full of energy
Elated Answer: Extremely happy and excited
Exultant Answer: Triumphantly happy
Jovial Answer: Cheerful and friendly
Jubilant Answer: Feeling or expressing great happiness
Mirthful Answer: Full of mirth or gaiety; merry
Sanguine Answer: Optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult situation
Dejected Answer: Sad and depressed; dispirited
Despondent Answer: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage
Disconsolate Answer: Very unhappy and unable to be comforted
Lugubrious Answer: Looking or sounding sad and dismal
Melancholy Answer: A feeling of pensive sadness
Bellicose Answer: Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
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