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DELECTABLE
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(ADJECTIVE) delightful, pleasing.
The delicious cupcakes that Mrs. Jones made were very delectable. |
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FINICKY
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(adjective) very hard to please, fussy
Jake is a very finicky little boy who never wants to obey his mom. |
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PREPOSTEROUS
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(adjective) totally absurd
- But to those of us who find the area sunny and refreshing the idea is preposterous.
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SURREAL
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(adjective) having a dreamlike or unreal quality
Lexi's dress was so surreal that it looked like a galaxy. |
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PROSAIC
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(adjective) common; ordinary; unimaginitive
Sierra's project had no imaginatin in her essay, therefore it was very prosaic. |
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SUPERSTITIOUS
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(adjective) sneaky
Dave the nerd was very superstitious when he is hacking someone's computer. |
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ENIGMA
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(noun) something very puzzling
The algebra homework that Mrs. Whitlock gave me is an enigma.
That picture on the flip side is an enigma machine, a type of typewriter used in the 1940's. |
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MAGNANIMOUS
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(adjective) generous
Darla was very magnamious when she gave all her money away to the charities. |
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BIFURICATE
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(verb) divide into two parts
Street lights bifurcate on the top so it can light up two sides of the road. |
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CAJOLE
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(verb) persuade by flattery
Kay tried to get people to buy her stuff by cajoling them, and her customers were flattered. |
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