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sagacious
having quick intellectual perceptions; having soundness of judgment
ruse
trick; subterfuge
pithy
tersely substantial; brief and to the point
vertiginous
tending to produce dizziness
spurious
false; counterfeit
stolid
dull; not easily excited
restitution
giving an equivalent for some injury
subversive
tending to overthrow, upset, or undermine
ribald
characterized by or using coarse or indecent humor
tawdry
cheap and gaudy
torpid
sluggish; lacking in energy or vigor
vacuous
empty of ideas or substance; inane
temporize
act evasively to gain time; stall
elide
omit; to deliberately leave out
wistful
full of melancholy yearning
utopia
a place of ideal perfection, especially in laws, government, or social conditions
dystopia
an imagined world of great suffering and injustice, often after a collapse of society