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auspicious |
conducive to success; favorable |
favorable/ encouraging The story pointed out several auspicious symbols. The cars were not selling well, not a particularly auspicious start for a special edition. |
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diminutive |
extremely or unusually small |
tiny/ small
Surrounded by tall skyscrapers, the three-story apartment building looked diminutive. My mother was a diminutive woman who still purchased clothes from the girls’ department. |
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vapid |
offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging |
colorless/ flat To me, baseball is a vapid sport that quickly puts me to sleep. The vapid entertainment did not hold the children’s attention. |
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stealthy |
behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard |
sly/ sneaking None of them were able to move in stealth mode, like Jessi-the-Natural lying breathless and furious beneath him. Her talent is the ability to move in stealth mode like a ninja. |
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domicile |
the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with |
home/ lodging The police went to visit his domicile when he was reported missing. The postal office couldn’t locate his domicile, so they were holding his mail. |
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peculiar |
strange or odd; unusual |
odd/ unusual Nicholas had been struck by the peculiar moral beauty he observed in her at this time. This noiseless motion was one of the most peculiar things about the Gargoyles. |
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benevolent |
well meaning and kindly |
kindhearted/ compassionate Long Cross Farm is reputedly haunted by a very benevolent spirit. Do you believe that there is a benevolent deity in charge of this world? |
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entailment |
something involved as a necessary part or consequence of something |
consequence/ association |
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dispensation |
exemption from a rule or usual requirement |
exemption/ immunity Had no desire to aid France and accept from Rome a dispensation from the oaths of truce. The Jubilee dispensation according to the edict of Boniface VIII. |
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contentious |
causing or likely to cause an argument |
debatable/ disputable The candidate’s stance on abortion will be a contentious topic among voters. If this case goes to court, it could be a contentious trial which might last for months. |
