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| Explanation of diverting (adjective) entertaining; distracting; deflecting; amusing Sample of diverting In the short run this new body is seen by the Commission as a useful means of delaying or diverting the application of countries such as Austria which want to belong to the inner core of the 27 European Community states.
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| Explanation of corpulent (adjective) fat; obese; fleshy Sample of corpulent In a few short months he had changed, his hair was grayer, his face more drawn and the gold Albert hung loosely around his once corpulent stomach.
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| Explanation of antithetical (adjective) opposed; contrary Sample of antithetical Force is indeed antithetical to its nature at least until its non-coercive authority has been generally accepted in a community.
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| Explanation of anonymous (adjective) nameless; unidentified Sample of anonymous Not wishing to be identified by the police, he remained anonymous by returning the money he had stolen by sending it through the mail.
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| Explanation of condign (adjective) well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment); proper; fitting Sample of condign Outright condemnation was as rare as condign punishment where the criminal was a man of high social standing; for if the delinquent vassal chose to submit himself to his lord, he had performed an act of self-abasement which, in itself, merited courteous handling.
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| Explanation of commodious (adjective) spacious and convenient; roomy; ample; comfortable Sample of commodious The new home was so commodious that many new pieces of furniture needed to be purchased.
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| Explanation of protuberant (adjective) bulging; swelling out; jutting out Sample of protuberant Only her eyes, distinctive dark bluish-brown, with somewhat protuberant, bluish whites, betrayed her.
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| Explanation of obdurate (adjective) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked Sample of obdurate The obdurate child refused to go to school. The obdurate youngster refused to eat the Brussels sprouts.
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| Explanation of extinct (adjective) dead; vanished; gone Sample of extinct The blue-rinsed dame and the bottle-nosed blimp are extinct species here.
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| Explanation of obsolete (adjective) out of date; outdated; archaic; extinct; antiquated Sample of obsolete Computers have made many formerly manual tasks obsolete. Although much of today's communication and correspondence takes place online, the Post Office is not quite obsolete.
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