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malleable
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capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; easily influenced
archaic
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so old as to appear to belong to a different period
raffish
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marked by carefree unconventionality or disreputableness in an attractive way
flounder
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struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion; be in serious difficulty
endemic
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native, found in a restricted area, can be a plant or disease
jocular
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characterized by jokes and good humor; jocular person
fete
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A fête is a party, often one thrown in someone's honor. You'll find fête used as both a verb and a noun. If you want to fête someone, throw them a fête.
transitory
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lasting very shortly
robust
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Use robust to describe a person or thing that is healthy and strong, or strongly built. This adjective also commonly describes food or drink: a robust wine has a rich, strong flavor
advocate
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1. speak, plead, or argue in favour of 2. a person who pleads for a cause or propunds an idea
fledgling
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fledgling is often used as an adjective describing a new participant in something, like a fledgling drama program trying to build audiences for its plays. It can also mean inexperienced and young, like the fledgling photographer for the school paper
entice
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Let's say your friend wants to go to the movies and you don't want to. Your friend might try to entice you by offering to buy you popcorn and a soda. Entice means to persuade with promises of something.
differentiate
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recognize or perceive the difference
morose
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When someone is morose, they seem to have a cloud of sadness hanging over them. This word is stronger than just sad — morose implies being extremely gloomy and depressed. We all can be morose at times, like after the death of a friend or family member
incessant
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Something incessant continues without interruption
impermeable
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does not allows fluids to pass through
malady
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a disease or sickness
ingenuity
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Ingenuity is the ability to think creatively about a situation or to solve problems in a clever way. If you want to build a boat out of toothpicks and yarn, you’ll need a lot of ingenuity
patronizing
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If you patronize a business, you shop there regularly. But if someone patronizes you, it's not so pleasant — they talk to you as if you were inferior or not very intelligent; treat condescendingly
precedent
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an example that is used to justify similar occurences at a later time, a teacher who lets kids chew gum is setting a precedent that gum chewing will be okay in future
perpetuate
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cause to last for ever
whimsical
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determined by impulse or whim rather than necessity or reason
egotist
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a conceited and self centered person
tumult
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a state of chaos, noise and confusion

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