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Word Explanations shoddy, sinewy, rapacious, asinine, plausible, secular, obtrusive, malicious, crinkled, succinct

Explanation of shoddy (adjective)
forms: shoddier; shoddiest
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

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Explanation of sinewy (adjective)
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; muscular; powerful

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Explanation of rapacious (adjective)
devouring or craving food in great quantities; ravening; ravenous; voracious; wolfish

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Explanation of asinine (adjective)
devoid of intelligence; inane; mindless; vacuous

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Explanation of plausible (adjective)
forms: more plausible; most plausible
given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments

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Explanation of secular (adjective)
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

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Explanation of obtrusive (adjective)
sticking out

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Explanation of malicious (adjective)
having the nature of or resulting from malice

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Explanation of crinkled (adjective)
uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves; rippled; wavy; wavelike

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Explanation of succinct (adjective)
briefly giving the gist of something; summary

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