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malleable

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; easily influenced

archaic

so old as to appear to belong to a different period

raffish

marked by carefree unconventionality or disreputableness in an attractive way

flounder

struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion; be in serious difficulty

endemic

native, found in a restricted area, can be a plant or disease

jocular

characterized by jokes and good humor; jocular person

fete

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

lasting very shortly

robust

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

1. speak, plead, or argue in favour of 2. a person who pleads for a cause or propunds an idea

fledgling

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

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

recognize or perceive the difference

morose

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

Something incessant continues without interruption

impermeable

does not allows fluids to pass through

malady

a disease or sickness

ingenuity

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

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

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

cause to last for ever

whimsical

determined by impulse or whim rather than necessity or reason

egotist

a conceited and self centered person

tumult

a state of chaos, noise and confusion