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Meaning of impertinent, brusque, slack, deft, militant, indignant, marine, humid, indifferent, cogent

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Meaning of impertinent (adjective)
forms: more impertinent; most impertinent; less impertinent; least impertinent

impolite; cheeky; rude

Example
The boy got detention for being impertinent to his teacher.
He had met the press at a cocktail party and had stood there answering impertinent questions with disconcerting honesty, a glass of ginger ale in one hand and a canapé in the other; when he could not immediately think of an answer he nibbled the canapé and viewed the questioner with cold button eyes.

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Meaning of brusque (adjective)
forms: brusquer; brusquest; less brusque; least brusque

rudely brief

Example
The man had an irritatingly brusque manner to him.
At first she could meet his eyes, but what she saw confused her and she looked at the floor, color creeping into her cheeks, reacting against the tenderness surprised in herself with a sense of shock that made her brusque and suspicious.

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Meaning of slack (adjective)
forms: slack; more slack; most slack; less slack; least slack

not busy; loose

Example
There was slack time every Monday; so he knew Monday would be an easy day at work.
The public spectacle of culture, the adoption of culture by the media, the standardization of culture, the cultural discourse, cultural self-satisfaction, a slack cultural conformism, the recuperation of culture never has so much apparently been done for culture, never have the results (another word that deserves some elaboration) been so disappointing.

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Meaning of deft (adjective)
forms: defter; deftest; less deft; least deft

skillful

Example
The magician was quite deft at his performance.
Forget all preconceptions of a wise-cracking booby whose lifestyle resembles a cross between Hugh Hefner and Ghostbusters -- here is the first Bond book (no sequel was planned) that supports with expert plotting, deft characterization and breathtaking cruelty Fleming's claim to be a major exponent of the spy novel genre.

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Meaning of militant (adjective)
forms: militant; more militant; most militant; less militant; least militant

aggressive; often very structured

Example
The group was more militant than he expected.
Culturally, the most militant gangs who beat up immigrants in the name of the nation belong to the international youth culture and reflect its modes and fashions, jeans, punk-rock, junk food and all.

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Meaning of indignant (adjective)
forms: more indignant; most indignant; less indignant; least indignant

very angry, showing strong feelings

Example
She was indignant at the accusations.
I was gone for about three hours: scrambling through hedges; rummaging in undergrowth; wrestling with tangled nets; and throwing into a box the indignant ferrets, who after all had done all the work and only wanted to wring the rabbits' necks.

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Meaning of marine (adjective)
forms: marine; more marine; most marine; less marine; least marine

referring to the ocean or sea

Example
The marine life seemed happy in the aquarium.

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Meaning of humid (adjective)
forms: more humid; most humid; less humid; least humid

damp; muggy; wet

Example
It is quite humid during summer in parts of Asia.

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Meaning of indifferent (adjective)
forms: more indifferent; most indifferent; less indifferent; least indifferent

showing no interest; having no feelings

Example
He was indifferent about buying new dishes.
The way in which a municipality legislates and the way in which it administers the legislation it enacts and conducts itself in relation to activities which it lawfully undertakes cannot but create a municipal reputation, be it good, bad or indifferent.

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Meaning of cogent (adjective)
forms: more cogent; most cogent; less cogent; least cogent

convincing (e.g. argument)

Example
The lawyer made a cogent argument to the judge that he was correct in his procedure.
Physical demonstrations and protests, designed to secure much more widespread media coverage for a cause than is ever available for a cogent argument, are an increasingly frequent means of political communication and the House of Commons has not been exempt.

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