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  Word Explanations militant, ostentatious, receptive, dire, mobile, garotte, infatuated, hoggish, podgy, initiatory


   
Explanation of militant (adjective)
forms: more militant; most militant

engaged in war; war-ridden; warring



   
Explanation of ostentatious (adjective)
forms: more ostentatious; most ostentatious

(of a display) tawdry or vulgar



   
Explanation of receptive (adjective)
able to absorb liquid (not repellent)



   
Explanation of dire (adjective)
forms: direr; direst

causing fear or dread or terror; dreaded; dreadful; horrendous; horrific; terrible



   
Explanation of mobile (adjective)
forms: more mobile; most mobile

affording change (especially in social status)



   
Explanation of garotte (verb)
strangle with an iron collar; scrag



   
Explanation of infatuated (adjective)
marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; in love; potty; smitten



   
Explanation of hoggish (adjective)
resembling swine; piggy; porcine; swinish



   
Explanation of podgy (adjective)
short and plump; pudgy; tubby; roly-poly



   
Explanation of initiatory (adjective)
serving to set in motion; first; maiden



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