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| Explanation of picayune (adjective) forms: picayune; more picayune; most picayune; less picayune; least picayune not important; petty Sample of picayune The picayune complaint did little to enhance his popularity at the firm.
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| Explanation of gratis (adjective) free Sample of gratis The service was gratis as it was part of the package deal. The closure notice was peremptory and we made the most of the fact that a poor, struggling little community service radio station, without benefit of commercial revenue, serving the southern and central parts of the province from gratis studios and operated by a completely voluntary staff, was being victimized by a powerful political federal body without regard to the expressed wishes of the people.
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| Explanation of fallible (adjective) forms: more fallible; most fallible; less fallible; least fallible likely to error; describing the chance of making a mistake Sample of fallible His fallible nature is not what the police department is looking for.
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| Explanation of hale (adjective) forms: haler; halest; less hale; least hale healthy Sample of hale She looked quite hale despite her eighty years of age.
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| Explanation of derive (verb) forms: derived; deriving; derives to obtain from a source; to reason; to infer; to deduce Sample of derive He derived the solution by looking at all of the facts. A subject as vulnerable within the curriculum as art education needs to be seen by pupils, teachers, headteachers and administrators to be functioning in a healthy state and that judgment is likely to be made in terms derived from educational theory and include the results of assessment procedures and examination performance whether art teachers consent or not.
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| Explanation of indigent (adjective) forms: more indigent; most indigent; less indigent; least indigent poor; humble Sample of indigent The population of that country is mostly made up of indigent farmers. Europe was first to industrialize and thereby throw up the indigent urban proletariat, who in their turn founded the first labour organisations which spawned Marxism and fascism, both truly European ideologies.
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| Explanation of prevalent (adjective) forms: prevalent; more prevalent; most prevalent; less prevalent; least prevalent broad and widespread Sample of prevalent The prevalent theory of black holes and their existence was finally proved last month. Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems, alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.
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| Explanation of lax (adjective) forms: more lax; most lax; less lax; least lax loose; tolerant or lenient (e.g. discipline) Sample of lax The privates liked Sergeant Wolf because of her lax leadership style. Women who have had children will know that their vaginal muscles are slightly more relaxed after delivery, but they should remember that many men prefer space to move in and that sufferers of premature ejaculation will benefit from the more subtle stimulation of lax vaginal walls.
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| Explanation of nocturnal (adjective) forms: nocturnal; more nocturnal; most nocturnal; less nocturnal; least nocturnal having a preference for the evening; of the night Sample of nocturnal Bats, being nocturnal, are only seen during the day if sick or injured.
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| Explanation of infinitesimal (adjective) forms: more infinitesimal; most infinitesimal; less infinitesimal; least infinitesimal very small; minute Sample of infinitesimal Subatomic particles are infinitesimal compared to atomic particles.
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