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Aesthetic: adjective
The beautiful stained glass windows of the church appealed to her aesthetic taste. |
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| Having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
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Ambivalent: adjective
I both love and hate school at the same time. My feelings for school are ambivalent. |
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| Simultaneously feeling opposing emotions |
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Apathetic: adjective
The apathetic woman watched a baby duckling die without shedding a tear. |
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| Feeling or showing little emotion |
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Benevolent: adjective
The benevolent teacher allowed the students to drop a quiz grade. |
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Candor: noun
The candor of the church was evident after they shared their financial records. |
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Cogent: adjective
Her cogent argument convinced me to never smoke again. |
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Conviction: noun
His strong conviction against abortion was the reason that he had safe sex. |
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Dubious: adjective
The dubious apology fooled no one. |
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Doubtful
Unlikely of Authenticity
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| Conspicuously bad or offensive |
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Exculpate: verb
Nothing could exculpate her from her guilt after she murdered that man. |
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| To free from guilt or blame |
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Gratuitous: adjective
We gave the horrible waiter a gratuitous tip of 15%. |
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Hackneyed: adjective
The use of profanity has become hackneyed in my opinion. |
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Warn out through overuse
Common |
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Imperious: adjective
The imperious manager was always in my business. |
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Overbearing
Arrogantly domineering |
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Inherent: adjective
Some teachers have an inherent sense of rudeness in their hearts. |
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Inveterate: adjective
He was always smoking. He is an inveterate smoker. |
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Long established
Deep-rooted
Habitual |
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