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Meaning of latent, mercenary, guttural, innate, legitimate, ostensible, spontaneous, demure, cursory, chronic

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

hidden (e.g. talent)

Example
It wasn't until his thirties when the latent talent of being able to sing emerged.
What can be seen is that the attempt to correlate black youth and crime is a latent but definite element in the law and order debate.

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

making efforts only for financial advantages or gain

Example
He was a true mercenary and his employees knew it.

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

throaty (e.g. sound); harsh

Example
Bears make guttural sounds when mad.
He sat down and talked very naturally and freely, with a mixture of the clear gushing accents in his voice, a deep guttural intonation, and a strong tincture of the northern burr like the crust on wine.

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

inborn; natural

Example
Her innate tenacity always made her parents proud.

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

lawful (e.g. claim)

Example
Since his claim was legitimate he was eligible for disability pay.
We accept that both the Unionist and Nationalist traditions are valid and legitimate; that Northern Ireland should remain a part of the UK until the free consent of the majority of its people is given to change; that the Republic of Ireland has a legitimate interest in the future of Northern Ireland; and that a partnership in government which allows both communities to participate is the only practical way in which to make progress.

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

very clear; apparent

Example
It was ostensible to see that the proposition was a scam.
The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species, examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail.

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

happening due to a natural reason; no planning

Example
He liked her spontaneous nature as he was never bored around her.
It is from the chaos of spontaneous analogizing that creativity breaks into the ordered by closed realm of analytic thinking.

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

overly modest

Example
The woman was demure when complimented in public.
Dinner was an unvarying weekly round in which boiled beef and mutton figured largely, and it was little compensation to several hundred hungry schoolboys that they took their meals in the school's magnificent hall, overlooked by the demure and decorative paintings of Antonio Verrio.

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

done quickly but only on the surface (e.g. an examination)

Example
The man was cursory in his installation of the electrical system.
We're going to need more than cursory research to provide the client with a detailed report on the new situation.

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

continuing over a long period of time

Example
The man was beginning to believe he had chronic bronchitis he's coughed for a month.
The prevention of ill-health and the successful treatment of chronic and acute illness in older people could result if they felt more positive about their potential for good health in old age, and had access to relevant information.
The depression of the late 1920s and chronic unemployment appeared to confirm Malthusian pessimism.

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