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: unmixed, pure, steep, precipitous / / adjective

1 dangerously high or steep: A precipitous path led down the cliff.

2 precipitate

precipitously adverb
precipitousness noun [uncountable] , abrupt
shelter : protect, guard, cover, safeguard, shield, harbor, defend
shield* : protect, defend, secure, guard, safeguard
shine : beam, glare, gleam, glisten, glimmer, shimmer,
shining : radiant, gleaming, bright, brilliant, glistening
shiver : tremble, quake, shudder, shake
shock : blow, impact
shorten : curtail, abbreviate, abridge, condense, lessen, reduce
short-sighted : near-sighted, indiscreet, imprudent / / adjective formal
not sensible or wise: It would be rather imprudent to invest in an arms company at the moment.
imprudently adverb
imprudence noun [countable, uncountable]

showy : ostentatious //adjective

1 something that is ostentatious is large, looks expensive and is designed to make people think that its owner must be very rich: The hotel loomed huge and ostentatious above the street.

2 someone who is ostentatious likes to show everyone how rich they are: I was vaguely annoyed by his generosity which seemed almost ostentatious.

ostentatiously adverb , gaudy, loud
shrewd / adjective

1 good at judging what people or situations are really like, especially in a way that makes you successful in business, politics etc: Martin's a shrewd judge of character. | a shrewd businesswoman

2 well judged and likely to be right: At a shrewd guess, I'd say Henry is going to leave his job. | have a shrewd idea (=have an opinion about something that is probably correct)

-shrewdly adverb : where you jealous of her? asked Sara shrewdly.
-shrewdness noun [uncountable]