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  Word Explanations abandon, blemish, precocious, malicious, oblivious, histrionic, extemporaneous, fetish, divulge, abstemious


   
Explanation of abandon (noun)
freedom; impetuosity; enthusiasm

Sample of abandon
Lucy embarked on her new adventure with abandon.



   
Explanation of blemish (noun)
disfigurement; defect; flaw; fault

Sample of blemish
It is rare for an instrument to prove objectionable to the Houses on any of these grounds and the vast majority of those to which the committee draws attention are innocent of serious blemish.
He was a handsome man, with neat geometrical features, but it was this mysterious blemish which, I couldn't help thinking, was the secret of his success with women.



   
Explanation of precocious (adjective)
developed or matured earlier than usual

Sample of precocious
The precocious eight year-old wanted to read the romance novel.



   
Explanation of malicious (adjective)
spiteful; vindictive

Sample of malicious
The malicious employee slashed her tires for revenge.



   
Explanation of oblivious (adjective)
forgetful; absent-minded; ignoring

Sample of oblivious
Taff lay down on his back on the floor of the trench, oblivious to the mosquitoes and everything else and was soon snoring loudly.



   
Explanation of histrionic (adjective)
pertaining to the theater; designed for show; dramatic

Sample of histrionic
The usual reality is that it applies histrionic measures to tackle topical crime.



   
Explanation of extemporaneous (adjective)
spontaneous; impromptu; improvised

Sample of extemporaneous
One member of the audience made notes of his extemporaneous address, in which he admitted that he was unprepared for this specific situation or any situation in general.



   
Explanation of fetish (noun)
anything to which one gives excessive devotion; idolized object

Sample of fetish
The clay figure of a fertility goddess was a fetish from an ancient civilization.



   
Explanation of divulge (verb)
to make public; to reveal; to tell; to disclose

Sample of divulge
Our manager replied that it was not company policy to divulge personal details of employees and that if she wanted to take it further, she should write in.



   
Explanation of abstemious (adjective)
sparing in use of food or drinks; satisfied with little; moderate

Sample of abstemious
If we become stranded in the snow storm, we will have to be abstemious with our food supply.
In many abstemious cultures the people are so thin due to the belief that too much taken into the body leads to contamination of the soul.



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