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  Word Descriptions authentic, snug, infinite, chic, malicious, imperative, meager, incognito, ostensible, stagnant


   
Description of authentic (adjective: more authentic; most authentic; less authentic; least authentic)
genuine

Samples of authentic
The boy was happy when his father bought him an authentic Willy Mays baseball card for Christmas.
Finally, the transvestite challenge to masculinity and sexual difference works in terms of transgressive inversion and reinscription, not of transcendence, or the recovery of authentic selfhood.



   
Description of snug (adjective: snug; more snug; most snug; less snug; least snug)
feeling comfortable

Samples of snug
The pants were her favorite due to their snug fit and atypical color.



   
Description of infinite (adjective: more infinite; most infinite; less infinite; least infinite)
endless; vast

Samples of infinite
The universe has infinite possibilities for exploration.
Colors can of course be mixed together for an infinite variety of results.



   
Description of chic (adjective: chicer; chicest; less chic; least chic)
stylish

Samples of chic
It is considered very chic to leave the bottom button of a sport coat unbuttoned by some.
As a new graduate, she blew the chance to work for Yves Saint Laurent when she clashed with a fearsomely chic woman while visiting a textile company.



   
Description of malicious (adjective: malicious; more malicious; most malicious; less malicious; least malicious)
with harmful intent; spiteful

Samples 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.



   
Description of imperative (adjective: more imperative; most imperative; less imperative; least imperative)
vital; necessary

Samples of imperative
It is imperative that a fire be put out in an apartment building immediately.
As it becomes increasingly unacceptable for the man to remove himself to the predominantly adult male preserve of the pub, leaving wife and children at home, it becomes imperative for outlets to be found which can cater to the demands of the whole family.



   
Description of meager (adjective: meager; more meager; most meager; less meager; least meager)
small in amount; scanty

Samples of meager
The meager amounts of food were not enough to sustain them.



   
Description of incognito (adjective: more incognito; most incognito; less incognito; least incognito)
with real identity hidden; in disguise

Samples of incognito
James Bond had to stay incognito so his cover would not be blown.
Incognito, he worked as a ferryman and lived in Biddick boat-house for over twenty years, when a terrible flood robbed him of his possessions and his proof of identification.
The gesture conveys gratitude for the kindness, and allegedly commemorates an emperor who, curious to taste the life of his common people, stayed incognito at an inn with two companions.



   
Description of ostensible (adjective: ostensible; more ostensible; most ostensible; less ostensible; least ostensible)
very clear; apparent

Samples of ostensible
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.



   
Description of stagnant (adjective: stagnant; more stagnant; most stagnant; less stagnant; least stagnant)
unclean due to a lack of movement

Samples of stagnant
Stagnant water is a home to many kinds of bacteria.



  Determinations of the words authentic, snug, infinite, chic, malicious, imperative, meager, incognito, ostensible, stagnant

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