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Superfluous |
(Adj) unnecessary; extra information |
Isn't it superfluous to have 20 pairs of shoes when you only wear the same 5 pairs? |
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Scanty |
(Adj) small or insufficient in quantity |
During the crowded convention, hotel rooms were scanty in town. |
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Malignant |
(Adj) 1. (Of a disease) very infectious 2. Evil; malevolent |
1. When the doctors discovered a malignant tumor in Sam's brain, they told him he only had 6 months to live. 2. Dexter had a malignant plan to hijack the plane and hold the passengers hostage. |
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Erratic |
Unpredictable |
The medicine causes the normally predictable Jacob to behave in an erratic way. |
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Arcane |
(Adj) understood by few; mysterious; obscure |
The elderly teacher had an arcane way of teaching mathematics. An arcane band was playing in an underground location. |
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Connotation |
(n) an idea/feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal/primary meaning |
You can say you're being selective in choosing your friends, but I believe that the word "snob" carries the true connotation for the way you're acting. |
