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Quite awesome
Shpadoinkle
Translucent, clear
Pellucid
Testing to determine it’s ingredients and quality
Assay
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion
Obdurate
Aspersion
An attack on the reputation or integrity of something or someone
Being new to the world of research, the undergraduate jumped at any lab opportunity with great _______ so that he might learn more about research.
Alacrity
Bemusing
Confusing, puzzling, or bewildering in a way that makes you think deeply or lose track of your thoughts temporarily.
A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
Iconoclast
Venerate
Most noticeable or important
Salient
Placate is sometimes used as a synonym for:
Assuage
Placate: to make less angry or to win over/soothe
Assuage: To make an unpleasant feeling less intense
Strong public criticism or verbal abuse
Obloquy
Turbid
cloudy, opaque
Dispute the truth, validity, or honestly (of a motive or statement); call into question
Impugn
Having or showing great knowledge
Two words that mean "very talkative"
-Loquacious
-Garrulous
Some people take chamomile tea when they feel restless because of it's __________ effects.
Soporific
Tending to induce drowsiness or sleepiness
She found the satisfaction of winning the argument to be ________, such that hours later, the joy of winning was eclipsed by the sorrow of losing a friend.
Ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time
DBT discusses the concept of "wise mind", in which a person balances emotion mind--acting based on emotions, with reasonable mind--acting based on being _________.
Pragmatic
Subject to sudden changes of mind or mood
Mercurial
When he noticed his son loved lima beans, the father began to purchase ________ amounts of lima beans so that the household would never run out.
Copious
Excessive display of wealth
Some specialized sub-fields of physics may have a smaller number of researchers compared to more broad and established areas such as particle physics, astrophysics. In other words, the knowledge of these researchers is considered to be __________.
Esoteric
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest
If you keep changing your mind between two decisions, someone may say you are:
Vacillating
Two waver between two different opinions or actions
If you don't want to lie but you also don't want to tell the truth, you may try to ___________.
Prevaricate