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abstain
Restrain oneself from enjoying something.
refrain - forbear
audacious
willingness to take bold risks

bold - daring - hardy - impudent - brave - venturesome
desiccate
Lacking interest, passion, or energy
gullible
Easily persuaded to believe something

credulous - naive - trustful
laudable
Deserving praise and commendation

praiseworthy - commendable - creditable - meritorious
pedant
excessively concerned with minor details and rules

prig - stickler - precisian
vacillate
to be indecisive

waver - wobble - hesitate - oscillate - fluctuate
adulterate
falsify - counterfeit - doctor - forge - fake - debase
capricious
Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

whimsical - wayward - fickle - freakish - crotchety
engender
generate - produce - cause - beget - create - originate
homogenous
Of the same kind; alike

uniform - similar
loquacious
Talkative


talkative - garrulous - voluble - chatty - gabby
pragmatic
Dealing with things in a practical rather than theoretical way

pragmatical
volatile
changeable - fickle - inconstant
apathy
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

indifference - unconcern - torpor - listlessness
corroborate
Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

confirm - bear out - affirm - verify - support - certify
ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time: "fashions are ephemeral".

transitory - transient - momentary - short-lived
laconic
Using very few words.

terse - concise - brief - succinct - short - curt
mitigate
Make less severe, serious, or painful

palliate - alleviate - allay - relieve - ease - soothe
propriety
The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals

decency - decorum - suitability - fitness