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Word Explanations menial, concurrent, patent, bristling, tangential, ensconce, gruff, glowering, unharmed, argent

Explanation of menial (adjective)
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work); lowly

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Explanation of concurrent (adjective)
occurring or operating at the same time; coinciding; co-occurrent; cooccurring; simultaneous

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Explanation of patent (adjective)
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; manifest; plain; unmistakable

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Explanation of bristling (adjective)
stiff or rigid with anger

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Explanation of tangential (adjective)
touching at a single point

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Explanation of ensconce (verb)
forms: ensconced; ensconced; ensconcing
fix firmly

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Explanation of gruff (adjective)
forms: gruffer; gruffest
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; husky

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Explanation of glowering (adjective)
showing a brooding ill humor; glum; moody; morose; saturnine; sour; sullen

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Explanation of unharmed (adjective)
not injured; unscathed; whole

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Explanation of argent (adjective)
of lustrous grey; silvery; silverish

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Meaning of menial, concurrent, patent, bristling, tangential, ensconce, gruff