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Definition of arable (adjective)
suitable (as land) for plowing; cultivatable

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When the land was deemed arable the farmer decided to plow.

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Definition of abstemious (adjective)
sparing in use of food or drinks; satisfied with little; moderate

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If we become stranded in the snow storm, we will have to be abstemious with our food supply.
In many abstemious cultures the people are so thin due to the belief that too much taken into the body leads to contamination of the soul.

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Definition of tensile (adjective)
undergoing or exerting tension

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The pipeline was capable of flexing to withstand the tremendous tensile strain that might accompany an seismic movement.

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Definition of recondite (adjective)
hard to understand; concealed; deep; obscure; profound

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The students were dumbfounded by the recondite topic.
Many scientific theories are recondite, and therefore not known at all by the general public.

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Definition of conciliatory (adjective)
making or willing to make concessions; appeasing; pacifying

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The diplomat sought to take a conciliatory approach to keep the talks going.

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Definition of arrogate (verb)
to claim or demand without right

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The teenager arrogated that he should be able to use his parent's car whenever he desired.

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Definition of prate (verb)
to talking foolishly; to chatter; to gab; to babble

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It is not uncommon for people to prate when they become nervous about speaking to a superior.

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Definition of innocuous (adjective)
harmless; dull; insipid; uninteresting

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The remark was rude but innocuous.
He couldn't bear to sit through another innocuous lecture.
The teens engaged in an innocuous game of touch football.

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Definition of seethe (verb)
to be violently disturbed; to soak; to rage; to steep

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By the time I arrived, she was seething with anger.
He seethed at the prospect of losing the business to his conniving uncle.

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Definition of cataclysm (noun)
extreme natural force; catastrophe

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The earthquake has been the first cataclysm in five years.

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