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| Explanation of felicitous (adjective) appropriate; fitting Sample of felicitous Botanists suggested that by some felicitous intuition the Italian planter had chosen specimens with properties that facilitated each other's growth.
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| Explanation of morose (adjective) moody; despondent; bitter; irritable Sample of morose He was very morose over the death of his pet. After the team lost the fans were morose.
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| Explanation of stringent (adjective) severe; demanding; strict; binding; constraining Sample of stringent Everyone who deals in chemical purchasing knows that in many cases, one is forced by prepackaging and stringent sales requirements to purchase substantially more of a given compound than is required.
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| Explanation of indefatigable (adjective) untiring; persistent; industrious; inexhaustible Sample of indefatigable Late afternoon and after a brief nap at home in Edinburgh, Frank McBride, the indefatigable chauffeur who will have driven Mr Smith more than 10,000 miles by the end of the campaign, brought his master to Stirling.
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| Explanation of celestial (adjective) pertaining to the sky; heavenly Sample of celestial On the way back to Corso Venezia along the Via Senato the visitor passes San Pietro Celestino, a fourteenth-century church, once attached to a convent of the Benedictines of the Celestial Congregation.
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| Explanation of clement (adjective) merciful; gentle; lenient; tender; mild Sample of clement To me he was just one of the patients enjoying the very clement weather of my home town.
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| Explanation of esoteric (adjective) understood by only a chosen few; confidential; private Sample of esoteric The esoteric language was only known by a select group. We have had a number of esoteric conversations.
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| Explanation of auspicious (adjective) being of a good omen; successful; favorable; beneficent Sample of auspicious It was auspicious that the sun shone on the first day of the trip. The campaign had an auspicious start, foreshadowing the future.
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| Explanation of epicurean (adjective) pleasure-loving; hedonistic Sample of epicurean Epicurean philosophers were thrown out of Rome either in 173 or in 154 B.C. The fare laid before Botha last night was hardly epicurean.
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| Explanation of tranquil (adjective) calm; peaceful; quiet Sample of tranquil They share a flat together on a tranquil waterside development near the City, drive a 2-liter Volvo, and take their summer holidays on the Continent.
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