optimist,person who looks on the good side,optional,not compulsory; left to one's choice,opulence,wealth,overt,open to view; not secret,painstaking,showing hard work; taking great care; meticulous,partial,1. incomplete 2. biased; favoring; not fair,partisan,one-sided; predjudiced; committed to a party,patronize,support; act superior toward,paucity,scarcity,pedantic,showing off learning; bookish,perfunctory,superficial; listless; not thorough,peripheral,marginal; outer,pessimism,belief that life is bad; gloominess,petty,trivial; unimportant; very small,phenomena,observable facts; subjects of scientific study; something extraordinary,pious,devout; religious,placate,pacify; conciliate; appease,plagiarize,steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own,plausible,having a show of truth but open to doubt,ponderous,weighty; unwieldy,pragmatist,practical person,prattle,babble,preclude,make impossible; eliminate,predecessor,former occupant of a post,prestige,impression produced by achievements or reputation,EOF