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| Explanation of workaday (adjective) commonplace; routine; regular; daily Sample of workaday The workaday meal was not exciting to the world class chef.
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| Explanation of limber (adjective) agile; flexible; pliant Sample of limber The dancers must be limber to do their ballet steps.
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| Explanation of exigent (adjective) situation calling for immediate attention; needing more than is reasonable; pressing; urgent Sample of exigent The exigent request for more assistance was answered quickly. The bank seemed to feel that another extension on their loan payment was too exigent a request to honor.
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| Explanation of terrestrial (adjective) pertaining to the earth Sample of terrestrial Deer are terrestrial animals; fish are aquatic.
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| Explanation of extricable (adjective) capable of being disentangled Sample of extricable The knots were complicated, but extricable.
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| Explanation of languid (adjective) lacking vitality; indifferent; apathetic; sluggish Sample of languid The languid student was always late to class. I have studied so much that I have grown languid to the subject. During her illness she was so languid she could not leave her bed.
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| Explanation of haughty (adjective) proud of oneself and scornful of others; snobbish; arrogant; disdainful Sample of haughty The haughty ways she displayed her work turned off her peers. The haughty girl displayed her work as if she were the most prized artist.
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| Explanation of trenchant (adjective) cutting; keen or incisive words; incisive; forceful Sample of trenchant Without a trenchant tool, they would have to break the branches rather than cut them. The trenchant words hurt the man deeply.
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| Explanation of compliant (adjective) complying; obeying; yielding; acquiescent Sample of compliant Compliant actions should be reinforced. The slave was compliant with every order to avoid being whipped.
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| Explanation of susceptible (adjective) easily imposed; inclined; prone; vulnerable Sample of susceptible She gets an annual flu shot since she is susceptible to becoming ill.
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