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Definition of adept, incendiary, detect, famish, orthodox, preposterous, evoke, paltry, charlatan, legible

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Definition of adept (adjective)
forms: adept; adapter; adept est

highly skilled; proficient; expert

Examples
He was adept at finding solutions in electronic problems.
He is a media manipulator of genius, so adept at the mechanics of mass communication that he pauses mid-sentence when he sees that my cassette recorder has run out of tape, waiting patiently until I have inserted a new cassette before carrying on with what he was saying from exactly where he stopped.

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Definition of incendiary (adjective)
forms: more incendiary; most incendiary; less incendiary; least incendiary

causing fire (e.g. bomb); easily combustible

Examples
It was obviously arson; an incendiary device was found at the scene.
An old car which had been driven across in front of the shooting targets was ideal, so we attached fifteen kilos of the explosive to it in different places, fixed up the detonators, trailed fuse wire back several yards and clipped on the incendiary devices which would activate the firing process.

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Definition of detect (verb)
forms: detected; detecting; detects

to uncover something that is not obvious

Examples
The police use dogs to detect drugs in vehicles.

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Definition of famish (verb)
forms: famished; famishing; famishes

to starve; to endure severe hunger; to starve to death

Examples
Famished people exist all over the world.
"The hotel bar was closed and we were all famished so it seemed like a good idea to trek down to the local pub to search out a few sarnies", says Mike.

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Definition of orthodox (adjective)
forms: orthodox; more orthodox; most orthodox; less orthodox; least orthodox

describing rules and beliefs which are approved, especially by religion

Examples
The policeman followed the book in a very orthodox manner.

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Definition of preposterous (adjective)
forms: preposterous; more preposterous; most preposterous; less preposterous; least preposterous

very silly; ridiculous

Examples
The plan was so preposterous that the board would not bother discussing it.
Now Freud, in trying to the explain the origins of ambivalence about incest, suggests the apparently preposterous and farfetched idea, that in the beginning, human beings lived in these kinds of primal hoards, and er, there was no incest prohibition as such.

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Definition of evoke (verb)
forms: evoked; evoking; evokes

to bring out; to summon; to recall to memory; to create new thoughts

Examples
The scenery evoked old memories.
A desire that Tony had never evoked in her floated through her veins like liquid fire, and she found herself responding eagerly, wantonly, to his caresses.

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Definition of paltry (adjective)
forms: paltry; more paltry; most paltry; less paltry; least paltry

insignificant; referring to a small amount

Examples
He looked in his satchel and saw what food he had was in paltry amounts.
Despite the huge number of potential customers (just short of a million) and the fact that all copies of Gudok were delivered free on the railways, the circulation was a paltry 30,000 in June.

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Definition of charlatan (noun)
form plural: charlatans

a person who acts like he or she has knowledge or high skill but does not

Examples
Every year, a distinct charlatan saunters into his office.
A vivid portrait of a successful charlatan exploiting the second-century Christians is given by Lucian in his Peregrinus.

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Definition of legible (adjective)
forms: more legible; most legible; less legible; least legible

easily read (e.g. print)

Examples
His legible handwriting made the job of reading the manuscript quite a bit easier.
There is no evidence to show that a particular typeface is generally more legible for pupils with visual impairments than any other; it is the layout and contrast that require attention.

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