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Word Explanations taciturn, puerile, vindictive, terse, prehensile, flippancy, insubstantial, stealthy, sixpenny, disquieted

Explanation of taciturn (adjective)
habitually reserved and uncommunicative

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Explanation of puerile (adjective)
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile

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Explanation of vindictive (adjective)
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt

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Explanation of terse (adjective)
forms: terser; tersest
brief and to the point; laconic

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Explanation of prehensile (adjective)
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; grabby; grasping; greedy

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Explanation of flippancy (noun)
inappropriate levity

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Explanation of insubstantial (adjective)
lacking in nutritive value

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Explanation of stealthy (adjective)
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; sneaky; surreptitious

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Explanation of sixpenny (adjective)
of trifling worth

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Explanation of disquieted (adjective)
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; disturbed; upset; worried

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Meaning of taciturn, puerile, vindictive, terse, flippancy, insubstantial