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  Word Explanations disinterested, rueful, piscatorial, quaint, mythical, abrasive, celibate, overbold, slovenly, gawky


   
Explanation of disinterested (adjective)
showing lack of favoritism; impartial (vs. partial)



   
Explanation of rueful (adjective)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses; ruthful



   
Explanation of piscatorial (adjective)
relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing



   
Explanation of quaint (adjective)
forms: quainter; quaintest
attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); olde worlde



   
Explanation of mythical (adjective)
based on or told of in traditional stories; mythologic; mythological



   
Explanation of abrasive (adjective)
sharply disagreeable



   
Explanation of celibate (adjective)
abstaining from sexual intercourse



   
Explanation of overbold (adjective)
impudent; smart; saucy; sassy; wise



   
Explanation of slovenly (adjective)
forms: slovenlier; slovenliest
negligent of neatness especially in dress and person



   
Explanation of gawky (adjective)
lacking grace in movement or posture; clunky; ungainly; unwieldy



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