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Word Explanations supercilious, prophylactic, predatory, inured, touchy, virtue, inarticulate, bleak, haemal, desultory

Explanation of supercilious (adjective)
expressive of contempt; snide

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Explanation of prophylactic (adjective)
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

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Explanation of predatory (adjective)
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

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Explanation of inured (adjective)
made tough by habitual exposure; hardened

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Explanation of touchy (adjective)
forms: touchier; touchiest
difficult to handle

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Explanation of virtue (noun)
form: virtues
a particular moral excellence

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Explanation of inarticulate (adjective)
without or deprived of the use of speech or words

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Explanation of bleak (adjective)
forms: bleaker; bleakest
unpleasantly cold and damp; raw

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Explanation of haemal (adjective)
relating to the blood vessels or blood; hematal; haematal

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Explanation of desultory (adjective)
marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose

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Explain the words supercilious, prophylactic, predatory, inured, touchy, virtue, inarticulate, bleak, haemal, desultory

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