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bathetic

Answer 1

overly sentimental, trite, excessively sentimental, effusively emotional

Question 2

panglossian

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marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds : excessively optimistic

Question 3

melioristic

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adhering to the belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment

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senescence / senescent

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the condition or process of deterioration with age

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prate

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to talk long and idly

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tyro

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beginner, novice

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picayune

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of little value or significance

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skeuomorph

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an ornament or design representing a utensil or implement (e.g. electric light bulbs imitating the shape of candle flames)

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supererogation/ supererogatory

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the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need

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nebbish(ly)

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timid, weak-willed

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthousiasm

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mawkish

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excessively sentimental, loathsome

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wistful

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yearning, melancholic

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callow

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immature

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jocose

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merry, joking

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ambrosial

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exceptionally fragrant or delicious

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lagom (Swedish)

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just right

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quockerwodger

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a puppet, someone whose actions are controlled by someone else

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quaff-tide

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time for a drink

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impecunious

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poor

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perspicacious

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quick-sighted, of acute mental vision or discernment

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inveigle

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to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into )

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teratological

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abnormal in growth or structure

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paraprosdokian

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a sentence or statement with an unexpected ending. It means “against expectations” in Greek, and typically puts the first part of the sentence in a new and humorous context.

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agerasia

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a more youthful appearance than one’s true age

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dimber-damber

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A top man, or prince among the canting crew, also the chief rogue of the gang, or the compleatest chea

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spanghew

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to throw violently into the air

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Xanthippe

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an ill-tempered woman

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shivviness

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the feeling of discomfort that comes from wearing new underwear

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fudgel

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pretending to work without actually accomplishing anything.

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loquacious

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full of excessive talk

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laconic

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using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

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hypnagogic

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of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep

Question 34

to chivvy

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to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks; to move or obtain by small manoeuvers