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adj. vaunted
(a) immaculately clean and unused
(b) highly praised
(c) immune to attack
(d) incapable of being surmounted or excelled
 
adj. stodgy
(a) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; deplorable; vicious
(b) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
(c) fast and brilliant
(d) having or showing profound knowledge
 
adj. consequential
(a) having hills and crags; hilly; mountainous
(b) having important issues or results
(c) (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline; low-necked
(d) showing; pointing out; suggestive
 
adj. partisan
(a) situated at or extending to great depth; unplumbed; unsounded
(b) presenting favorable circumstances
(c) devoted to a cause or party
(d) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season (of plants and shrubs)
 
adj. overweening
(a) associated with the priesthood or priests; sacerdotal
(b) capable of being corrupted; dishonest; purchasable; venal
(c) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
(d) presumptuously arrogant

 

adj. trenchant
(a) many and varied
(b) transparent; easy to understand
(c) rounded like an egg; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped; ovate; oviform; prolate
(d) clearly or sharply defined to the mind
 
adj. derelict
(a) ludicrously odd; fantastical
(b) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; outrageous; steep; usurious
(c) in deplorable condition; dilapidated; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
(d) not defended or capable of being defended; undefended; open
 
adj. analgesic
(a) bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea
(b) relating to rural matters
(c) used of old persons or old trees; knotted; knotty; knobbed
(d) capable of relieving pain; anodyne
 
adj. dexterous
(a) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; shrunken; withered
(b) skillful in physical movements; dextrous
(c) sincerely or intensely felt
(d) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; inspired
 
adj. peppy
(a) lacking in power or forcefulness; unable
(b) marked by lively action; spirited; zippy
(c) adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
(d) tiresomely long

adj. vaunted (b) highly praised
adj. stodgy (b) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
adj. consequential (b) having important issues or results
adj. partisan (c) devoted to a cause or party
adj. overweening (d) presumptuously arrogant
adj. trenchant (d) clearly or sharply defined to the mind
adj. derelict (c) in deplorable condition; dilapidated; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
adj. analgesic (d) capable of relieving pain; anodyne
adj. dexterous (b) skillful in physical movements; dextrous
adj. peppy (b) marked by lively action; spirited; zippy

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