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Word Explanations witless, comely, benign, diaphanous, cumbersome, assurance, lucullan, errant, cultivable, pleonastic

Explanation of witless (adjective)
(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment; soft-witted

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Explanation of comely (adjective)
forms: comelier; comeliest
very pleasing to the eye; fair; sightly

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Explanation of benign (adjective)
kind; favorable; gentle

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Explanation of diaphanous (adjective)
so thin as to transmit light; filmy; see-through; sheer; transparent

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Explanation of cumbersome (adjective)
not elegant or graceful in expression; inapt; inept; ill-chosen

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Explanation of assurance (noun)
form: assurances
promise; pledge

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Explanation of lucullan (adjective)
characterized by extravagance and profusion; lush; plush; plushy

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Explanation of errant (adjective)
uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable

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Explanation of cultivable (adjective)
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively; cultivatable; tillable

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Explanation of pleonastic (adjective)
repetition of same sense in different words; tautologic; tautological

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Meaning of comely, benign, cumbersome, assurance