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Description of gullible (adjective: more gullible; most gullible; less gullible; least gullible)
easily fooled; naive

Samples of gullible
The guy proved to be quite gullible in the area of business.
Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller, but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland, the headmaster, had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap.



   
Description of jubilant (adjective: more jubilant; most jubilant; less jubilant; least jubilant)
joyous; ecstatic

Samples of jubilant
He was jubilant when he got a Christmas bonus from work.



   
Description of lavish (adjective: more lavish; most lavish; less lavish; least lavish)
extremely generous (e.g. praise)

Samples of lavish
He was lavish with his money when he won the lottery.
Ruth sipped her drink and gazed across at Steve who was happily engrossed in their latest project, a presentation for one of the largest computer software companies in the UK, offering their salesmen lavish holidays in lavish Majorca in exchange for lavish rises in sales.



   
Description of hideous (adjective: more hideous; most hideous; less hideous; least hideous)
extremely ugly; scary

Samples of hideous
He had a hideous scar across his cheek.



   
Description of boisterous (adjective: more boisterous; most boisterous; less boisterous; least boisterous)
rambunctious; energetic

Samples of boisterous
The Wilkins didn't want the next door neighbor's son over because he was too boisterous for their taste.
Part of his spare time was taken up with the marching band of the university, but much of it was given to boisterous evenings drinking and singing with his companion -- always with a view to winning the girls' eyes and hearts.



   
Description of hardy (adjective: hardier; hardiest; less hardy; least hardy)
resilient; having endurance

Samples of hardy
Young men have to be hardy to be in the Armed Forces.
Other than their requirement for clean water, the Siamese Tigers are quite hardy fish, resilient to most infections -- except one.



   
Description of gory (adjective: gorier; goriest; less gory; least gory)
bloody; disgusting

Samples 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.



   
Description of amenable (adjective: more amenable; most amenable; less amenable; least amenable)
disposed to follow (e.g. advice); accountable; follows authority

Samples of amenable
Military training strives to create amenable individuals.



   
Description of impartial (adjective: more impartial; most impartial; less impartial; least impartial)
unbiased; neutral; fair

Samples of impartial
Newspapers and other types of the media are supposed to be impartial in their reporting.
What you can and must do, however, is ensure that all the investigators are expert in every sense in the techniques of investigation and au fait with all aspects of operating modern aircraft, particularly the large public transport types, but they must also have access to reliable and impartial specialists in the type of aircraft concerned.



   
Description of destitute (adjective: more destitute; most destitute; less destitute; least destitute)
poverty-stricken

Samples of destitute
Many people found themselves destitute during the Great Depression.
The charity, run by Pat Kerr, cares for destitute and deprived children, rescuing them from the unending poverty that is the lot for many people in these Third World countries and from broken and inadequate homes.



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