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  Word Explanations contemptuous, authentic, credible, gluttonous, maudlin, edict, ingenious, dynamic, fallacious, candid


   
Explanation of contemptuous (adjective)
disdainful; scornful

Sample of contemptuous
Hashmat Ara Begum, a community worker in the Borough of Camden told me that she too had come across the most contemptuous attitudes among Health Visitors.



   
Explanation of authentic (adjective)
real; genuine; trustworthy; reliable

Sample of authentic
An authentic diamond will cut glass.



   
Explanation of credible (adjective)
worthy of belief; trustworthy; reliable; dependable

Sample of credible
For the visitor, it is scarcely credible that staff can work day after day with such clearly difficult patients.



   
Explanation of gluttonous (adjective)
inclined to eat and drink excessively; greedy; voracious

Sample of gluttonous
The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos, but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work.



   
Explanation of maudlin (adjective)
foolishly and tearfully sentimental; weepy; emotional

Sample of maudlin
The maudlin affair consisted of three speeches in honor of the benefactor.



   
Explanation of edict (noun)
decree; command; order

Sample of edict
It was a firm edict of company policy that all new recruits with management potential should undergo the experience of working temporarily in as many company departments as possible.



   
Explanation of ingenious (adjective)
clever; resourceful; talented; inventive

Sample of ingenious
His ingenious idea made it possible to double production at no extra cost.



   
Explanation of dynamic (adjective)
forceful; vigorous; energetic

Sample of dynamic
Under his dynamic tutelage she started reading --; not the literature of her childhood, but hard politics, sociology, philosophy, ideas, and experimental fiction.



   
Explanation of fallacious (adjective)
misleading; mistaken; deceptive; disappointing unsound; false

Sample of fallacious
A used car salesman provided fallacious information that caused the naive man to purchase the old, broken car.



   
Explanation of candid (adjective)
honest; truthful; sincere; frank; straightforward; open

Sample of candid
People trust her because she's so candid.



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