| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| compile |
to gather information together to form one written work. |
| compulsive |
driven by an obsession or compulsion. |
| ephemeral |
lasting for only a short period. |
| exuberant |
vigorously enthusiastic or happy; high-spirited. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| hone |
to make more effective or adept; perfect. |
| lithe |
characterized by light, graceful, flexible movements. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| misdeed |
an unacceptable, evil, or illegal act. |
| primacy |
the state of being first, earliest, most essential, or most important. |
| prototype |
an original model on which later stages or forms are based or developed. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| seclude |
to keep apart from other people or activity. |
| temperamental |
changeable as to mood, nature, operability, or the like; unpredictable. |