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adj. egregious
(a) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; flagrant; glaring; gross; rank
(b) natural; unaffected; uncultured
(c) of or relating to demography
(d) unhealthy looking
 
adj. coy
(a) supplying motive force
(b) suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
(c) clearly defined or formulated
(d) modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
 
adj. discursive
(a) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition; excursive; rambling
(b) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; loose; promiscuous; sluttish
(c) of a speech expressing leave-taking
(d) open to taking risks; willing to experience new things
 
adj. optimum
(a) having a pattern of fretwork or latticework; latticed; latticelike
(b) characteristic of the fields or country
(c) most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
(d) suitable for drinking
 
adj. ventral
(a) tending to promote physical well-being
(b) excessively unwilling to spend
(c) of or near the belly
(d) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; precipitant; precipitous

 

v. swelter
(a) assign great social importance to; celebrate
(b) provide with nourishment; sustain
(c) suffer from intense heat
(d) eat greedily; raven; pig
 
adj. astute
(a) lacking distinct or individual characteristics
(b) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; shrewd
(c) exaggeratedly proper; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straitlaced; strait-laced
(d) containing seeds of later development
 
adj. tantamount
(a) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses; rueful; ruthful
(b) relevant and appropriate
(c) being essentially equal to something
(d) born out of wedlock; spurious
 
adj. rubicund
(a) being present everywhere at once
(b) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; florid; sanguine
(c) careful in regard to your own interests
(d) below the threshold of conscious perception
 
adj. praetorial
(a) tastelessly showy; cheap; flash; gaudy
(b) professing feelings or virtues one does not have
(c) causing dejection; dark; dingy; disconsolate; drear; dreary
(d) of or relating to a Roman judge

adj. egregious (a) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; flagrant; glaring; gross; rank
adj. coy (d) modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
adj. discursive (a) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition; excursive; rambling
adj. optimum (c) most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
adj. ventral (c) of or near the belly
v. swelter (c) suffer from intense heat
adj. astute (b) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; shrewd
adj. tantamount (c) being essentially equal to something
adj. rubicund (b) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; florid; sanguine
adj. praetorial (d) of or relating to a Roman judge

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