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culpable
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adj. deserving blame (noun form: culpability)
He was held culpable for all that had happened. |
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dearth
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n. smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
a dearth of new homes in the region |
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demur
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v. to question or oppose
The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred. |
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didactic
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adj. intended to teach or instruct
didactic literature |
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dogmatic
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adj. expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improbable principles (noun form: dogma)
Evangelicals are frustrating because they are particularly dogmatic about their beliefs. |
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ebullience
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n. the quality of lively expressions of thoughts or feeleings (adj. form: ebullient)
He wasn't his usual ebullient self. |
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eclectic
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adj. composed of elements drawn from various sources
an eclectic taste in literature |
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elegy
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n. a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj. form elegiac)
Gary's iElegy in a Country Churchyard' is a famous English poem. |
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emollient
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adj/n. soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or soothes the skin
an emollient cream |
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enigmatic
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adj. mysterious or obscure; difficult to understand (noun form: enigma)
The Mona Lisa has a famously enigmatic smile |
