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Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality. spontaneously fanciful or playful
2. given to whims; capricious |
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1. Intended to instruct.
2. Morally instructive.
3. Inclined to teach or moralize excessiv |
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1. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.
2. Having or marked by violent force: impetuous, heaving waves |
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Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy. See Synonyms at wordy. |
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Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct.
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1. So large in scope or content as to include much: a comprehensive history of the revolution.
2. Marked by or showing extensive understanding: comprehensive knowledge. |
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| Adj. 1. edifying - enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read" |
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| Aggregation a collection of parts of a whole; a natural group or body of human being |
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| Noun 1. inclination - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
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| Noun 1. prognosis - a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
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| Noun 1. retrenchment - entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense |
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| Noun 1. preeminence - high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence |
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| Adj. 1. unequivocal - admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement |
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| Adj. 1. effusive - uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones |
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| Adj. 1. incorrigible - impervious to correction by punishment |
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Adj. 1. tenuous - having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
thin - relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
2. tenuous - very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
3. tenuous - lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" |
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| Adj. 1. ineffable - defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor |
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