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adj. bumpkinly
(a) awkwardly simple and provincial; rustic; unsophisticated
(b) hard; stiff; inflexible
(c) occurring or operating at the same time; coinciding; co-occurrent; cooccurring; simultaneous
(d) causing or able to cause nausea; noisome; queasy; loathsome; sickening; vile
 
adj. derivative
(a) resulting from or employing derivation
(b) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; debonaire; jaunty
(c) capable of being deduced
(d) based on or told of in traditional stories; mythologic; mythological
 
adj. brindled
(a) having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; brinded; tabby
(b) free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
(c) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam; pagan
(d) (sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury; prejudicial; prejudicious
 
adj. diverse
(a) distinctly dissimilar or unlike
(b) fulfilling many functions
(c) incapable of being surmounted or excelled
(d) based on pretense
 
adj. uninhibited
(a) showing inventiveness and skill
(b) being attentive to women like an ideal knight; knightly
(c) unrestrained
(d) excessively unwilling to spend

 

adj. elated
(a) full of high-spirited delight; joyful; jubilant
(b) foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
(c) not given careful consideration; shortsighted
(d) having hills and crags; hilly; mountainous
 
adj. headstrong
(a) not injured; unscathed; whole
(b) covered with beads or jewels or sequins; jeweled; jewelled; sequined; spangled; spangly
(c) having the back and shoulders rounded; round-shouldered; stooped; stooping; crooked
(d) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition; self-willed; willful; wilful
 
adj. serrate
(a) temporary; impermanent
(b) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex; saw-toothed; toothed; notched
(c) consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
(d) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively; cultivatable; tillable
 
adj. odious
(a) unequivocally detestable; execrable
(b) containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
(c) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tensile
(d) subjected to great tension
 
adj. buffoonish
(a) like a clown; clownlike; zany
(b) changeable; unstable
(c) showing the wearing effects of overwork; haggard; raddled
(d) disposed to venture or take risks; venturesome; venturous

adj. bumpkinly (a) awkwardly simple and provincial; rustic; unsophisticated
adj. derivative (a) resulting from or employing derivation
adj. brindled (a) having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; brinded; tabby
adj. diverse (a) distinctly dissimilar or unlike
adj. uninhibited (c) unrestrained
adj. elated (a) full of high-spirited delight; joyful; jubilant
adj. headstrong (d) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition; self-willed; willful; wilful
adj. serrate (b) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex; saw-toothed; toothed; notched
adj. odious (a) unequivocally detestable; execrable
adj. buffoonish (a) like a clown; clownlike; zany

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