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| Explanation of notorious (adjective) renowned; having an unfavorable connotation; known for disgrace Sample of notorious Discovering that her new neighbor was notorious for thievery, she decided to purchase an alarm system for her home. The criminal had a notorious reputation.
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| Explanation of chronic (adjective) continuing a long time; habitual; lingering; constant; lasting Sample of chronic Contracts overseas are one way that Japanese firms can fight back against a chronic shortage of trained programmers. If the glands in the urethra are involved, and chronic infection sets in, there may be fibrous tissue deposited at the sites of the chronic infection, and stricture formation may occur.
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| Explanation of punitive (adjective) serving as a penalty; penalizing Sample of punitive The pattern of childrearing that produces the most hostile children is one where the parents use punitive methods persistently against a background of rejecting, hostile parental attitudes.
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| Explanation of incisive (adjective) getting to the heart of things; to the point Sample of incisive His incisive questioning helped settle the matter quickly.
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| Explanation of autocratic (adjective) despotic; dictatorial Sample of autocratic The old fears of Russia's autocratic, ultra-centralized state were surely right. More specific economic policies, which have been widely discussed in recent years, fit within this tendency towards an autocratic state.
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| Explanation of perverse (adjective) willfully bent on doing the wrong thing; distorted; deviant Sample of perverse He finds nothing perverse about a man of the arts fighting sport's corner. As a result, those at the bottom of the social heap were abandoned in a perverse kind of educational apartheid.
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| Explanation of immaculate (adjective) perfectly clean; correct; pure Sample of immaculate An immaculate house is free of dust or clutter.
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| Explanation of articulate (adjective) clear; distinct; expressed with clarity; skillful with words Sample of articulate You didn't have to vote for him to agree that Bill Clinton was articulate. A salesperson must be articulate when speaking to a customer.
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| Explanation of gregarious (adjective) fond of the company of others; sociable Sample of gregarious Gregarious people may find those jobs with human contact more enjoyable than jobs that isolate them from the public.
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| Explanation of ambiguous (adjective) not clear; uncertain; vague Sample of ambiguous The ambiguous law did not make a clear distinction between the new and old land boundary.
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