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def: transparent; easy to understand; limpid
the pellucid waters that lap upon the island's beaches |
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strong inclination; a liking
She had a penchant for sitting by the window and staring off into space |
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travelling about; wandering
a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland |
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admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious
Her peremptory tone angered me |
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closest or lowest point in an orbit
the satellite reached its perigee as it passe over Texas |
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itinerant; travelling; nomadic
The man's parpatetic travels were without destination |
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the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech
Obama gave an eloquent peroration celebrating the nation's long tradition of religious tolerance |
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like a rock; hard; stony
The femur is a strong, petrous bone |
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