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| Explanation of boorish (adjective) unrefined in speech or manners; loutish; ill-bred; uncivilized; coarse Sample of boorish With the exception of the boorish bleachers at Yankee Stadium, baseball crowds retain an innocence reminiscent of county cricket before the beer-tent raucousness of the one-day game became fashionable.
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| Explanation of arid (adjective) extremely dry; parched; barren; unimaginative Sample of arid The terrain was so arid that not one species of plant could survive. Their thirst became worse due to the arid condition of the desert.
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| Explanation of ponderous (adjective) unwieldy from weight; dull; labored; heavy; awkward Sample of ponderous The ponderous piano posed a serious challenge to having it pulled up to the 16th floor. As if being grainy wasn't bad enough, the film's ponderous story made it tough to get through.
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| Explanation of blandishment (noun) flattering speech or act; persuasion Sample of blandishment Edward came to Corfe from a hunt, and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward.
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| Explanation of antithesis (noun) contrast; direct opposite Sample of antithesis I do not mean being reactionary, simply going back to a past state of affairs, I mean reaction as the antithesis of action. It was the community in its purest form, the antithesis to the divisive individualism of capitalism.
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| Explanation of adverse (adjective) negative; hostile; antagonistic; inimical Sample of adverse Contrary to the expectations of the ski resort manager, warm weather generated adverse conditions for a profitable weekend.
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| Explanation of sanguine (adjective) optimistic; cheerful; red; confident Sample of sanguine Even when victory seemed impossible, the general remained sanguine. The dress was sanguine with a bright green border stripe. For example, Balanchine in his Four Temperaments (with music by Hindemith) describes the moods of a melancholic, sanguine, phlegmatic and choleric man or woman.
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| Explanation of promulgate (verb) to publish; to spread abroad; to declare; to advertise widely Sample of promulgate Accordingly the research agencies within these ministries were brought together in 1981 to attempt an inter-disciplinary research program and to promulgate the results.
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| Explanation of fictitious (adjective) unreal; made-up; false Sample of fictitious The unitary monarchy, though itself (as I have argued) fictitious, on which the Statute of Westminster had insisted in 1931, had now vanished.
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| Explanation of meander (adjective) winding; wandering aimlessly Sample of meander Within this encircling road, lie a series of superb brown trout and sea-trout lochs: Scadavay, with shores that meander round the moor for a distance of more than fifty miles; full of fishy points and promontories, reputed to contain 365 islands. Because we took a long, meandering walk, we arrived home well after dark.
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