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| Explanation of lanky (adjective) forms: lankier; lankiest; less lanky; least lanky tall and thin Sample of lanky He was lanky in build until he got out of his teens. The tall lanky figure of Billy Tolboys was slouched in the comer seat by the fire.
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| Explanation of homogenous (adjective) forms: more homogenous; most homogenous; less homogenous; least homogenous of like kind (e.g. group); similar in nature Sample of homogenous The birds were all of a homogeneous species. In contrast to the monasteries of the Middle Ages and the Baroque period as well as the 1930's concept originally intended for execution the new abbey is not designed as an enclosed, homogeneous complex.
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| Explanation of opportune (adjective) forms: opportune; more opportune; most opportune; less opportune; least opportune referring to good timing; timely Sample of opportune The money came in at an opportune time. Now that updated guidelines on the prevention of infection in the mortuary and post-mortem rooms are available, it would seem an opportune time to review local current arrangements, and if necessary, take appropriate action that will demonstrate a true commitment to staff safety and welfare.
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| Explanation of harsh (adjective) forms: harsher; harshest; less harsh; least harsh disagreeably rough; stark Sample of harsh The boy disliked his father's harsh ways.
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| Explanation of grievous (adjective) forms: more grievous; most grievous; less grievous; least grievous causing sorrow Sample of grievous The telegram was grievous in nature. If the point of distinguishing murder from manslaughter is to mark out the most heinous group of killings for the extra stigma of a murder conviction, it can be argued that the "grievous bodily harm" rule draws the line too low.
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| Explanation of gory (adjective) forms: gorier; goriest; less gory; least gory bloody; disgusting Sample of gory The battlefield was gory in appearance. In my first week at work there occurred an extremely gory accident at the College crossing, a point where the main line of the railway crosses the motor road to Regina just east of the city.
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| Explanation of callous (adjective) forms: more callous; most callous; less callous; least callous cold; hard; or unfeeling Sample of callous She wondered how he could be so callous about something that meant so much to her.
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| Explanation of ingenious (adjective) forms: more ingenious; most ingenious; less ingenious; least ingenious clever; intelligent Sample of ingenious The manager got a raise since he always came up with an ingenious solution to problems that arose. Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates reportedly came up with an ingenious solution when he was romancing venture capitalist Ann Winblad: observing that the same movies are usually playing at the same time all over America, they came up with the Virtual Date -- they'd each go alone to the same movie at the same time, and discuss it afterwards on their car phones.
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| Explanation of colloquial (adjective) forms: more colloquial; most colloquial; less colloquial; least colloquial conversational Sample of colloquial He had spent years honing his colloquial skills. It may be that when we express our opinions, we only have available to us ready-made sets of ideas, "discourses", other people's words which we choose from, string together in different ways and think (mistakenly) to be our own; these include 'expert' ideas and the colloquial, common-sense versions of them absorbed by ordinary people in one way or another.
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| Explanation of judicious (adjective) forms: more judicious; most judicious; less judicious; least judicious showing good judgment (e.g. decision) Sample of judicious A good leader must be a judicious thinker. A moody silence descended between brother and sister, and after a judicious interval, Belinda painted a smile on her face and joined them, hoping her cheeks were not as flushed as they felt.
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