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  Word Descriptions luminary, venerable, caption, blowhard, overbearing, preponderance, unmedical, abdominous, welter, craven


   
Description of luminary (noun: luminaries)
a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; guiding light; notable; notability



   
Description of venerable (adjective)
profoundly honored



   
Description of caption (noun)
brief description accompanying an illustration



   
Description of blowhard (noun)
a very boastful and talkative person; boaster; line-shooter; vaunter



   
Description of overbearing (adjective)
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; imperious; lordly; prideful; sniffy; supercilious; swaggering



   
Description of preponderance (noun)
exceeding in heaviness



   
Description of unmedical (adjective)
not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed; nonmedicinal



   
Description of abdominous (adjective)
having a large belly; paunchy; potbellied



   
Description of welter (verb: weltered; weltered; weltering)
be immersed in



   
Description of craven (adjective)
lacking even the rudiments of courage



  Determinations of the words luminary, venerable, caption, blowhard, overbearing, preponderance, unmedical, abdominous, welter, craven

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