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Meaning of contemptuous, authentic, credible, gluttonous, maudlin, edict, ingenious, dynamic, fallacious, candid

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Meaning of contemptuous (adjective)
disdainful; scornful

Example
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.

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

Example
An authentic diamond will cut glass.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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Meaning of edict (noun)
decree; command; order

Example
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.

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

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

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Meaning of dynamic (adjective)
forceful; vigorous; energetic

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

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

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

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

Example
People trust her because she's so candid.

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