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Word Explanations viscid, painstaking, brackish, rarefied, stygian, imprudent, enervating, magisterial, getable, prudish

Explanation of viscid (adjective)
having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscous

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Explanation of painstaking (adjective)
characterized by extreme care and great effort; scrupulous

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Explanation of brackish (adjective)
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)

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Explanation of rarefied (adjective)
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated; high-flown; high-minded; lofty

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Explanation of stygian (adjective)
dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades

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Explanation of imprudent (adjective)
lacking wise self-restraint

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Explanation of enervating (adjective)
causing debilitation; enfeebling; weakening

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Explanation of magisterial (adjective)
used of a person's appearance or behavior; imposing

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Explanation of getable (adjective)
capable of being obtained; obtainable; procurable

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Explanation of prudish (adjective)
exaggeratedly proper; prim; prissy; puritanical; square-toed; straitlaced; tight-laced

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Meaning of viscid, painstaking, brackish, rarefied, stygian, imprudent