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Meaning of lanky, homogenous, opportune, harsh, grievous, gory, callous, ingenious, colloquial, judicious

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Meaning of lanky (adjective)
forms: lankier; lankiest; less lanky; least lanky

tall and thin

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

of like kind (e.g. group); similar in nature

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

referring to good timing; timely

Example
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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Meaning of harsh (adjective)
forms: harsher; harshest; less harsh; least harsh

disagreeably rough; stark

Example
The boy disliked his father's harsh ways.

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

causing sorrow

Example
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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Meaning of gory (adjective)
forms: gorier; goriest; less gory; least gory

bloody; disgusting

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

cold; hard; or unfeeling

Example
She wondered how he could be so callous about something that meant so much to her.

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

clever; intelligent

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

conversational

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

showing good judgment (e.g. decision)

Example
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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