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bucolic
The scene was bucolic So we started to frolic In our feet so bare Oops! There are cow chips there. |
pastoral, typical of farms and rural life
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burgeon
Madonn's career burgeoned as soon as she changed the title of her unsuccessful song "Like a Burgeon." |
to grow, sprout, flourish
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cantankerous
"Bloody screaming sea dogs, I can't anchor us!" the cantankerous captain cried. |
ill-natured, quarrelsome, cranky
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corpulent
The corpulent corporal gave up eating for Lent. |
obese, having a fat body
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demur
demure The demure French poodle demurred at the Saint Bernard's drooling in public. |
demur -to object mildly
demure - shy, reserved |
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diaphanous
Her diaphanous dinner dress caused much discussion. |
translucent; gossamer
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emaciated
In May she ate it, but now it's June and she's still emaciated. |
excessively thin, weak
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esoteric
Now you are one of the few poeple who knows this esoteric word. |
known only by a few people
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exigent
Mary said it was exigent that she find a sexy gent to take her to the prom. |
urgent. requiring immediate attention
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fecund
"Feh! Couldn't you do without all this smelly manure?" Slick asked Farmer Brown. "No, we need it to make the soil fecund. |
fertile
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fetid
I am proud to have fetid feet that smell of feta cheese. |
smelly
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foment
When your foe warned you not to foment the army against him, your foe meant he was afraid of getting his butt kicked. |
to stir up, agitate, INCITE (Think: When you stir something up, it foams.)
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frenetic
When the pilot and the fllight attendant became frenzied, the passengers became frenetic. |
frenzied; frantic; freaked out
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gossamer
Let's go somewhere where I can slip into something a little more gossamer." said the Victoria's Secret model. |
light, delicate, or insubstantial
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grimace
"Things look grim as long as there is a knife at my throat" the victim thought, grimacing with fear. |
verb - to make a twisted facial expression
noun - a twisted facial expression |
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imperious
The emperor was imperious. |
domineering
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inchoate
His plan to trek to Saudi Arabia was inchoate; he was still only in Kuwait. |
incomplete; only partly in existence or operation
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jocose, jocular, jocund
The jocose jockey did a jig as a joke. The jocular journalist joined the joker's club. The jocund judge joyfully jailed the jolly janitor. |
jocose - merry, joking
jocular - jolly; joking jocund - merry; jolly |
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knave
knavery "Can Avery join the navy? "Never, he is always up to some kind of knavery." |
knave - clever bad guy
knavery - dishonest, mischievous dealing |
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lacerate
Alas, when Arthur ate pickled razor blades, he lacerated his tongue. |
to rip, maul, tear, mutilate, or mangle
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lewd
It is rude to be lewd. |
indecent; obscene
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lugubrious
When Lou the undertaker's friends died, he was too lugubrious to bury them. Finally, they got so tired of waiting that they came back to llife and said, "Lou, go bury us." |
mournful or sad
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mellifluos
Mel is fluent in the melliflous language of French. |
sweet sounding; flowing with honey or sweetness
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nadir
Nadine knew thier relationship had reached its nadir when she asked her husband for a kiss and he said, "Nah, dear." |
absolutely lowest point
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obdurate
I can't endure it when I try to reason with you and you're obdurate. |
stubborn, hardened against good influence
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hackneyed, insipid, trite, mundane, prosaic, pedestrian, vapid, banal
BORING, DULL, ORDINARY His idiotic tale makes peppy people very bored. |
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magnanimous, benevolent, munificent, altruistic, philanthropic, openhanded
GENEROUS Magnificent Benny makes all poverty obsolete. |
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temporal, transient, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting
TEMPORARY, NOT LASTING LONG Take time enjoying every flower. (The beauty doesn’t last forever |
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esteem, exalt, extol, revere, lionize, venerate
TO HONOR, TO RESPECT Even evil Eric respects loyal veterans. |
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malice, enmity, acrimony, rancor, hostility
ILL WILL, HATRED Most enemies act really hostile. |
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