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If something is in abeyance, it has been put on hold and is not proceeding or being used at the present time.

An abortive attempt or action is cut short before it is finished; hence, it is unsuccessful.

When you are adept at something, you are very good, skillful, or talented at it.

Someone who is adroit is skillful and clever, especially in thought, behavior, or action.

The adjective auspicious describes a positive beginning of something, such as a new business, or a certain time that looks to have a good chance of success or prosperity.

If someone shows consummate skill at doing something, that person’s skill is very great or almost perfect in every way.

A copious amount of something is a very large amount of it.

When there is a dearth of something, there is a scarcity or lack of it.

If you describe a person, group, or civilization as effete, you mean it is weak, exhausted, powerless, unproductive, and/or corrupt.

Efficacy is the ability or power to produce an expected effect or result.

Someone who is feckless is incompetent and lacks the determination or skill to achieve much of anything at all in life.

If someone, such as a writer, is described as having fecundity, they have the ability to produce many original and different ideas.

A futile attempt at doing something is hopeless and pointless because it simply cannot be accomplished.

A hapless person is unlucky, so much so that a stream of unfortunate things has happened and continues to happen to them.

When someone has an impact on something, they affect it or cause it to change in some way.

When someone implements something, such as a plan, they carry it out or perform it.

Someone who is ineffectual at a task is useless or ineffective when attempting to do it.

Someone who is inept is unable or unsuitable to do a job; hence, they are unfit for it.

If something is infallible, it is never wrong and so is incapable of making mistakes.

Ingenuity in solving a problem uses creativity, intelligence, and cleverness.

Someone who is irresolute is unable to decide what to do.

If you do something in a lackadaisical way, you do it carelessly and without putting much effort into it—thereby showing that you are not really interested in what you’re doing.

If a business is lucrative, it makes a lot of money.

Something luxuriant, such as plants or hair, is growing well and is very healthy.

Someone who is meritorious is worthy of receiving recognition or is praiseworthy because of what they have accomplished.

A paucity of something is not enough of it.

If you perpetrate something, you commit a crime or do some other bad thing for which you are responsible.

If you handle something in a pragmatic way, you deal with it in a realistic and practical manner rather than just following unproven theories or ideas.

A profusion of something is a very large quantity or variety of it.

If something proliferates, it grows and spreads quickly so that there is a great abundance of it.

Something or someone that is prolific is highly fruitful and so produces a lot of something.

When things propagate, such as plants, animals, or ideas, they reproduce or generate greater numbers, causing them to spread.

If you have prowess, you possess considerable skill or ability in something.

A seminal article, book, piece of music or other work has many new ideas; additionally, it has great influence on generating ideas for future work.

Something teeming, such as a pond or forest, is filled or crowded with life—and growing even more so.

Someone who is ungainly is clumsy or awkward; something ungainly can be difficult to use, primarily because of its size or weight.

A utilitarian object is useful, serviceable, and practical—rather than fancy or unnecessary.