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Tumultuous:Noisy and disorderly.
He was very tumultuous.
Truculent: Giving a death stare.
The k…
Tumultuous:Noisy and disorderly.
He was very tumultuous.
Truculent: Giving a death stare.
The koreans gave us a truculent stare look.
Turgid:Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
I have a turgid limb.
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Spectroscopic:relating to spectroscopy.
Gatsby was a spectroscoping person.
Subterfuges:an indir…
Spectroscopic:relating to spectroscopy.
Gatsby was a spectroscoping person.
Subterfuges:an indirect or deceptive device a blind.
He had subterfuges in his truck.
Supercilious:showing conteptuous indifference;naughty.
He acted quite supercilious.
stagnant:Lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still.
That fish was stagnant.
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pompadour:A woman's hairstyle, named after Madame de Pompadour. A man's hairstyle of the 1950s was…
pompadour:A woman's hairstyle, named after Madame de Pompadour. A man's hairstyle of the 1950s was portentous.
portentous:Ominous; portending evil. marvelous; prodigious; wonderful. He was very portentous and evil.
precipitately:To make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten.To throw an object or person from a great height.
It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow.
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magnanimous:Noble and generous in spirit He thinks himself ardent, impulsive, passionate, magnanim…
magnanimous:Noble and generous in spirit He thinks himself ardent, impulsive, passionate, magnanimous — capable of boundless enthusiasm for an idea or a sentiment. Nick was quite magnanimous.
meretricious:Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
There is a lot of meretricious in New York.
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Levity: a sense of amusement.
I had levity.
laudable:Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; comme…
Levity: a sense of amusement.
I had levity.
laudable:Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
Gatsby was a laudable person.
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Inquest:A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a deat…
Inquest:A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death.
The jury hearing such an enquiry, and the result of the enquiry.
irreverent:Disrespectful, cynical, cavilling, querulous, or vulgar, where one's own feelings, or especially deference to the feelings of others, customarily command silene, discretion, and circumspection.
incredulous:Difficult to believe; incredible.
ineffable:Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
ingratiate:Bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them.
The court jester isn't exactly ingratiating himself to the king, with his insults.
insidious:Producing serious harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.He was unaware that an insidious cancer was consuming him.
inviolate:Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
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Hauteur: a 45 angle.
He was pretty hauteur at that angle.
Harrowed:A device consisting of a heav…
Hauteur: a 45 angle.
He was pretty hauteur at that angle.
Harrowed:A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
He sent for the carpenter, who was under contract to be with the threshing-machine, but it turned out that he was mending the harrows, which should have been mended the week before Lent.
