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adj. precipitate
(a) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; precipitant; precipitous
(b) unpleasantly loud and harsh
(c) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; flagrant; glaring; gross; rank
(d) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air; terrestrial; terrene
 
adj. dilapidated
(a) out of fashion; ex; old-fashioned; outmoded; passe; passee
(b) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
(c) in deplorable condition; derelict; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
(d) without real or apparent crystalline form; uncrystallised
 
adj. lucrative
(a) fanatically patriotic; nationalistic; ultranationalistic; superpatriotic
(b) covered with water; flooded; inundated; overflowing
(c) producing a sizeable profit; remunerative
(d) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tensile
 
adj. timid
(a) lacking conviction or boldness or courage; faint-hearted
(b) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; iridescent; shot
(c) of or relating to a melodic subject
(d) charming in a childlike or naive way
 
adj. puny
(a) having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
(b) decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic
(c) (used especially of persons) of inferior size; shrimpy
(d) stirring; stimulating; exciting

 

adj. factitious
(a) foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
(b) having four units or components; fourfold; four-fold
(c) not produced by natural forces
(d) characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity
 
adj. solicitous
(a) showing hovering attentiveness
(b) inspiring scornful pity; silly
(c) being essentially equal to something
(d) full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; shelvy; shoaly
 
v. don
(a) show off; swash; shoot a line; brag; bluster; vaunt
(b) express strong disapproval of; objurgate; excoriate
(c) call upon in supplication; pray
(d) put clothing on one's body; get into; assume
 
adj. gnarled
(a) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; expectant; gravid
(b) moving quickly and lightly; quick
(c) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; suave; bland
(d) used of old persons or old trees; knotted; knotty; knobbed
 
adj. planless
(a) without a basis in reason or fact; idle; unfounded; unwarranted; wild
(b) full of juice
(c) aimlessly drifting; aimless; directionless; rudderless; undirected
(d) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition; self-willed; wilful

adj. precipitate (a) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; precipitant; precipitous
adj. dilapidated (c) in deplorable condition; derelict; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
adj. lucrative (c) producing a sizeable profit; remunerative
adj. timid (a) lacking conviction or boldness or courage; faint-hearted
adj. puny (c) (used especially of persons) of inferior size; shrimpy
adj. factitious (c) not produced by natural forces
adj. solicitous (a) showing hovering attentiveness
v. don (d) put clothing on one's body; get into; assume
adj. gnarled (d) used of old persons or old trees; knotted; knotty; knobbed
adj. planless (c) aimlessly drifting; aimless; directionless; rudderless; undirected

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