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  Word Explanations cumbrous, pedantic, dolorous, disconsolate, mottled, jeopardy, vicarious, exotic, flagrant, sallow


   
Explanation of cumbrous (adjective)
burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy

Sample of cumbrous
The machinery of the ancient Forest courts was found at this time to be cumbrous and ineffective.



   
Explanation of pedantic (adjective)
emphasizing minutiae or form in scholarship or teaching; strict; meticulous

Sample of pedantic
Professor Jones's lectures were so pedantic that his students sometimes had a tough time understanding the big picture.
It is important to understand pedantic terminology before beginning a lecture.



   
Explanation of dolorous (adjective)
sorrowful; mournful; painful

Sample of dolorous
My very writing became a different adventure, no longer the dolorous itinerary of a convalescent, no longer a begging for compassion and friendly faces, but a lucid building, which now was no longer solitary; the work of a chemist who weighs and divides, measures and judges on the basis of assured proofs, and strives to answer questions.



   
Explanation of disconsolate (adjective)
without hope; sad; dejected; depressed

Sample of disconsolate
There was no more conversation until they reached Mr Zamoyski's shop, where the cobbler was sitting on his front step, looking disconsolate.



   
Explanation of mottled (adjective)
spotted or streaked with varied colors

Sample of mottled
Built of honey-colored Cotswold stone, some hundred or so years ago, it had a beautiful matching tiled roof, mottled with a patina of lichen and moss.
You'll soon be able to walk down Bond Street without spotting a single varicose vein or mottled thigh.



   
Explanation of jeopardy (noun)
danger; peril; hazard

Sample of jeopardy
The campers realized they were in potential jeopardy when the bears surrounded their camp.



   
Explanation of vicarious (adjective)
taking the place of another; felt, received or done in place of another; indirect

Sample of vicarious
His fascination leads him to an agency which administers mental implants, so that he can have the vicarious experience of interplanetary travel injected into his memory.



   
Explanation of exotic (adjective)
unusual; striking; foreign; out of the ordinary

Sample of exotic
Many people asked the name of her exotic perfume.
The menu of authentic Turkish cuisine seemed exotic to them, considering they were only accustomed to American food.



   
Explanation of flagrant (adjective)
glaringly wrong; shameless; notorious; offensive

Sample of flagrant
The flagrant foul was apparent to everyone.



   
Explanation of sallow (adjective)
sick; having a sickly yellow coloring

Sample of sallow
In his mind that was guarded by grey, disinterested eyes and his sallow tight-drawn forehead, Holly could picture the process of how a match lit in innocence had tumbled upon an incendiary device.



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