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  1. bellicose       warlike; pugnacious                                                                                 The @ country invaded its neighbors.                        
  2. circumspect     watchful on all sides; cautious; prudent                                                            The @ man never acted in haste.                             
  3. covert          covered; sheltered; secret or hidden                                                                Most @ operations still have oversight from Congress.       
  4. dogmatic        asserting opinions in an authoritative manner;    opinionated                                       The @ professor would listen to no contradictions.          
  5. esoteric        understood only by a few; confidential; secret                                                      Only a few understood the @ physics problem.                
  6. flagrant        openly disgraceful; notorious; shameful                                                             The country was in @ violation of international law.        
  7. haughty         disdainfully proud of oneself                                                                       The @ man lost his pride when his sailboat ran aground.     
  8. incipient       coming into existence; just beginning to appear                                                     Sometimes bad @ tendencies can be stopped in time.          
  9. intangible      not able to be touched; indefinite or vague                                                         @ goods are often those most to be desired.                 
  10. livid           abnormally discolored, as in skin; flushed as     from extreme anger                                The man became @ with anger after the accident.             
  11. nocturnal       of or pertaining to the night; happening at night                                                   Owls are probably the best know of the @ birds.             
  12. parsimonious    very sparing in the spending of money; miserly                                                      The @ man refused to help his neighbors in time of distress.
  13. portly          stout or overweight; having impressive bearing                                                      The @ gentleman had trouble buying clothes that fit.        
  14. quixotic        ridiculously chivalrous or romantic; having high  but impractical schemes or ideas                  Charles was born too late for his @, chivalrous ideas.      
  15. sagacious       characterized by shrewdness and wisdom                                                              The @ ruler did not over-regulate the people.               
  16. squalid         dirty and wretched of appearance; filthy                                                            The poor woman lived in a @ hovel.                          
  17. tenacious       holding on strongly; persistent                                                                     One should be @ in holding on to the truth.                 
  18. unbridled       without restraint; unruly                                                                           The suitor sought his lady with @ passion.                  
  19. vicarious       something done in substitution; done in place of  another                                           The successful son provided his father with @ satisfaction. 
  20. wizened         old and shrunken; dried up                                                                          The @ old man looked like a shriveled French fry.           
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