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Zenith

a highest point or state; peak

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Ebb

a point of decline; a flowing backwards or away

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Tawdry

gaudy, showy and cheap (or low or mean)

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Parsimonious

stingy, opposite of generous

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Profligate

spendthrift or wasteful; extravagant or recklessly prodigal 

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Frivolous

characterized by a lack of sense or seriousness; self-indulgently carefree

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Ephemeral

lasting a very short time; transitory, existing only briefly

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altruistic

unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others

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avaricious

greedy

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inducement

incentive

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amorphous

lacking definite form, having no specific shape, formless

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embryonic

at an early, incomplete stage of development

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albeit

although, even it

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ethereal

light and airy; heavenly, delicate or refined, referring to the upper regions of space (the air or the sky)

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sublime

elevated or lofty in thought; impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; supreme or outstanding; complete and absolute

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precocious

maturing early; unusually advanced; prematurely developed

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saccharine

sugary sweet

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decried

disparage; to condemn or depreciate by proclamation

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acerbic

on the bitter or sour side

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cloying

sickly sweet, overly sentimental

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sanguine

hopeful

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colloquially

informally, common, everyday

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vacillate

to waver in mind or opinion

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veneration

the feeling of awe and respect

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reneged

to go back on one's word or break a rule of play

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prosaic

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

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iconoclastic

attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions; breaking or destroying images (such as religious icons)

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auspicious

promising success; favored by fortune

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insipid

without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities (vapid)

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stagnate

to be or to become stale or foul; sluggish and dull

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propagate

to reproduce, transmit, spread, cause an increase in number or amount

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pertinacious

holding tenaciously (keeping a firm hold) to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; stubborn or obstinate; extremely persistent

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rapacious

given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed

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astute

clever, cunning

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scrupulous

minutely careful, precise or exact

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specious

pleasing to the eye but deceptive

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pertinent

relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand

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scathing

bitterly severe; harmful, injurious, or searing

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contemptuous

disdainful, scornful

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belied

to show to be false; to misrepresent

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austere

rigorously self-disciplined; sober, without excess, solemn, serious

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indigent

lacking food, clothing, and other life necessities; poverty, poor, needy

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assiduous

constant, unremitting;diligence

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autocratic

tyrannical

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intractable

not easily controlled or directed

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harbinger

herald; a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another

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Zenith	a highest point or state; peak
Ebb	a point of decline; a flowing backwards or away
Tawdry	gaudy, showy and cheap (or low or mean)
Parsimonious	stingy, opposite of generous

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Profligate	spendthrift or wasteful; extravagant or recklessly prodigal
Frivolous	characterized by a lack of sense or seriousness; self-indulgently carefree
Ephemeral	lasting a very short time; transitory, existing only briefly
altruistic	unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others

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avaricious	greedy
inducement	incentive
amorphous	lacking definite form, having no specific shape, formless
embryonic	at an early, incomplete stage of development

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albeit	although, even it
ethereal	light and airy; heavenly, delicate or refined, referring to the upper regions of space (the air or the sky)
sublime	elevated or lofty in thought; impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; supreme or outstanding; complete and absolute
precocious	maturing early; unusually advanced; prematurely developed

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saccharine	sugary sweet
decried	disparage; to condemn or depreciate by proclamation
acerbic	on the bitter or sour side
cloying	sickly sweet, overly sentimental

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sanguine	hopeful
colloquially	informally, common, everyday
vacillate	to waver in mind or opinion
veneration	the feeling of awe and respect

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reneged	to go back on one's word or break a rule of play
prosaic	commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative
iconoclastic	attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions; breaking or destroying images (such as religious icons)
auspicious	promising success; favored by fortune

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insipid	without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities (vapid)
stagnate	to be or to become stale or foul; sluggish and dull
propagate	to reproduce, transmit, spread, cause an increase in number or amount
pertinacious	holding tenaciously (keeping a firm hold) to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; stubborn or obstinate; extremely persistent

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rapacious	given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed
astute	clever, cunning
scrupulous	minutely careful, precise or exact
specious	pleasing to the eye but deceptive

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pertinent	relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand
scathing	bitterly severe; harmful, injurious, or searing
contemptuous	disdainful, scornful
belied	to show to be false; to misrepresent

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austere	rigorously self-disciplined; sober, without excess, solemn, serious
indigent	lacking food, clothing, and other life necessities; poverty, poor, needy
assiduous	constant, unremitting;diligence
autocratic	tyrannical

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intractable	not easily controlled or directed
harbinger	herald; a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another

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