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| Explanation of precocious (adjective) forms: precocious; more precocious; most precocious; less precocious; least precocious advanced to a higher level than expected Sample of precocious Tommy was quite a precocious child; he could read at the age of four.
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| Explanation of solemn (adjective) forms: solemn; more solemn; most solemn; less solemn; least solemn grave; mournful Sample of solemn The solemn funeral left no one with dry eyes. He hesitated before her a moment, and then he took her hands and bent his head, and gave her the solemn kiss of kinship; and before she could draw breath and touch her astonished fingers to her lips, he was out of the paddock and away across the clearing into the trees.
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| Explanation of jovial (adjective) forms: more jovial; most jovial; less jovial; least jovial good-humored in a good natured way Sample of jovial If it weren't for her jovial nature; the rest of the team would have been demoralized.
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| Explanation of horrendous (adjective) forms: more horrendous; most horrendous; less horrendous; least horrendous horrible; dreadful Sample of horrendous Popping a tire out in the middle of nowhere is often a horrendous experience.
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| Explanation of potent (adjective) forms: potent; more potent; most potent; less potent; least potent strong; powerful Sample of potent The potent brew had the cowboys drunk after a very short time had passed.
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| Explanation of peevish (adjective) forms: peevish; more peevish; most peevish; less peevish; least peevish annoyed; irritable Sample of peevish He was peevish to his employees after being called into his boss's office. The remark had been intended to put him in his place, but it had come out sounding peevish and sensitive, as though she actually gave a damn about what he thought of her.
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| Explanation of malicious (adjective) forms: malicious; more malicious; most malicious; less malicious; least malicious with harmful intent; spiteful Sample of malicious He was malicious during the divorce proceedings. Laws used to specify offences such as loitering with intent or malicious wounding, so that it was up to the prosecutor to prove the evil character of an act that might be more or less culpable. The men, who are claiming damages for false imprisonment, assault and malicious prosecution, were arrested in the early hours of the morning by officers of the Operational Support Division.
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| Explanation of desolate (adjective) forms: desolate; more desolate; most desolate; less desolate; least desolate lonely; sometimes barren Sample of desolate The desolate lands of the desert seem to go on for an eternity. The railway in Glen Spean is the popular West Highland line between Glasgow and Fort William, a triumph of railway engineering through difficult terrain and completed only after incredible hardships and repeated problems in laying the line across the bogs of the desolate Moor of Rannoch.
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| Explanation of impromptu (adjective) forms: more impromptu; most impromptu; less impromptu; least impromptu without any preparation (e.g. remarks); unrehearsed Sample of impromptu He gave a nice impromptu speech at his buddy's wedding. No after action reports seem to have been filed for any of these early raids, which is not surprising considering the impromptu nature of their planning and execution.
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| Explanation of prior (adjective) forms: prior; more prior; most prior; less prior; least prior previous; before Sample of prior She couldn't make the date because she remembered that she had a prior engagement. Prior to the nineteenth century children were dressed as miniature adults, complete with all the external manifestations of masculinity and femininity; exposed to the social aspects of adult sexuality earlier than modern children, they probably had much less difficulty in coping with their own biological changes.
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