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dilettante




dilettante: someone with only a superficial interest in a topic

desultory


desultory: disconnected, jumping from one thing to another

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quiescent



quiescent: motionless (adjective)

specious


specious: deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious

reticent


reticent: silent or reserved

stolid

stolid: unemotional, lacking sensitivity

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torpor




torpor: extreme sluggishness; apathy

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profligate

profligate: excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

approbation

approbation: an expression of approval or praise

lassitude

lassitude: lack of energy; fatigue

strident




strident: characterized by harsh, insistent, or discordant sound

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stygian



extremely dark, gloomy, forboding

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noisome



noisome: a very offensive odor

quotidian


quotidian: occurring or recurring daily; common place; hackneyed

mendacity


mendacity: the condition of being untruthful

poltroon


poltroon: a coward