
Description of invincible (adjective: more invincible; most invincible; less invincible; least invincible) unable to be conquered; impregnable; unbeatable
Samples of invincible The castle was invincible to all attempts to conquer it.
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Description of grim (adjective: grimmer; grimmest; less grim; least grim) sternly forbidding (e.g. future)
Samples of grim It looked grim for the outnumbered soldiers.
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Description of sober (adjective: sober; more sober; most sober; less sober; least sober) serious
Samples of sober His wife's typical smiling face held a sober look and he wondered what she had heard on the telephone.
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Description of lanky (adjective: lankier; lankiest; less lanky; least lanky) tall and thin
Samples of lanky 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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Description of ambidextrous (adjective: more ambidextrous; most ambidextrous; less ambidextrous; least ambidextrous) equally skilled at using both hands
Samples of ambidextrous He has been ambidextrous his whole life. Few of us are naturally ambidextrous but in terms of karate technique this can be achieved through training.
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Description of latent (adjective: more latent; most latent; less latent; least latent) hidden (e.g. talent)
Samples of latent 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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Description of opulent (adjective: opulent; more opulent; most opulent; less opulent; least opulent) describing riches; wealthy
Samples of opulent His bedroom was quite opulent in its furnishings. Life on board these opulent ships was claimed by one tourist to be "the perfection of human existence": electric light, carpets, libraries, ladies' saloons, gleaming brass, and white-robed servants with red tarbooshes to provide excellent service.
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Description of nominal (adjective: nominal; more nominal; most nominal; less nominal; least nominal) describing a small amount paid for a greater service or value
Samples of nominal For a nominal charge, chocolate sauce is available with the ice cream. Over the past decade productivity in Singapore has risen fast, but not nearly as fast as nominal wages.
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Description of predominate (adjective: predominate; more predominate; most predominate; less predominate; least predominate) leading; prevailing
Samples of predominate The predominate party was now in power for four years.
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Description of staccato (adjective) describing the breaks between successive sounds
Samples of staccato The staccato gunfire was present every night in their neighborhood. Gleaming French cars nosed along the cluttered roadway bearing corpulent Chinese and their bejewelled wives or concubines in their curtained interiors, and the staccato, unmelodious babble of the Cantonese dialect had entirely replaced the softer, sibilant tones of the Annamese language.
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