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Prosaic Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty. Didactic Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. Iconoclast A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions. Fastidious Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. Disseminate Spread or disperse (something, especially information) widely. Fanciful (of a person or their thoughts and ideas) overimaginative and unrealistic. Miserliness Excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness. Exacting Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources. Scathing Witheringly scornful; severely critical. Acerbic (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright. Copious Abundant in supply or quantity. Corroborate
Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding) Ethnomusicology The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones. Sanguine Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. Pendulum A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward, especially a rod with a weight at the end that regulates the mechanism of a clock. Aghast Filled with horror or shock. Cursory Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. Fickleness Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections. Bucolic Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life. Idiosyncratic Relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual. Callous Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others. Perspicacity The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness. Capricious Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. Peripheral Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.