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bombastic (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas requisite necessary for relief or supply apocryphal of questionable authenticity laconic brief and to the point garrulous full of trivial conversation ascetic practicing great self-denial taciturn habitually reserved and uncommunicative tempestuous (of the elements) as if showing violent anger demarcation the boundary of a specific area execrable of very poor quality or condition prolific bearing in abundance especially offspring eclectic selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas expediency A means of achieving a particular end, as in a situation requiring haste or caution. harrowing extremely painful prodigious so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe stymied thwarted; stumped; blocked sidereal of or relating to the stars or constellations etiolated weakened or sickly circumscribed restricted or limited pragmatic concerned with practical matters prerogative A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence esconce put firmly in a position, hide away ineluctable impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion" invidious offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment plangent loud and resounding nugatory worthless contentious involving or likely to cause controversy denouement the outcome of a complex sequence of events antediluvian so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period pusillanimous lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution jejune displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity, lacking interest or significance ludology the study of games and other forms of play kinesiology study of movement cybernetics the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things disencumber to free from burdens, to extricate inherent in the nature of something though not readily apparent stipulated insisted; to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement insurgencies A group that fights against the gov. demarcates separates by boundaries, distinguishes antedates predating a current time in history superannuation the property of being out of date and not current senescence the property characteristic of old age imbibement to drink, absorb abscond to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide aberrant deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration) alacrity eager and enthusiastic willingness anomaly deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality approbation an expression of approval or praise arduous strenuous, taxing; requiring significant