
Explanation of mercenary (adjective) working or done for payment only; hired for service
Sample of mercenary Lila was suspicious that Joe had jumped at the chance only for mercenary reasons.
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Explanation of apprehensive (adjective) fearful; aware; conscious; worried; concerned
Sample of apprehensive The nervous child was apprehensive about beginning a new school year.
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Explanation of discrete (adjective) separate; individual
Sample of discrete There were four discrete aspects to the architecture of the home. The citizens committee maintained that road widening and drainage were hardly discrete issues.
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Explanation of bellicose (adjective) quarrelsome; warlike
Sample of bellicose The bellicose guest would not be invited back again.
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Explanation of murky (adjective) dark; cloudy; gloomy
Sample of murky The two main parties, defined by Ireland's civil-war allegiances in the 1920s, coexist in a murky world of unprincipled favor-mongering.
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Explanation of tangible (adjective) real; actual; substantial
Sample of tangible So, while product development has been impressive, and confirms a certain level of re-investment, it does not usually lead to development of medium-sized businesses with tangible assets.
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Explanation of itinerant (adjective) traveling about; wandering
Sample of itinerant Ian Franchi, of Britain's Open University, and his colleagues have just spent three weeks on crampons and skidoos, combing the ice sheet for these itinerant boulders. Evidently the general itinerant care exercised by Paul and his helpers is supplemented by permanent resident officeholders.
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Explanation of truculent (adjective) fierce; savage; cruel; destructive; harsh; barbaric
Sample of truculent Truculent fighting broke out in the war-torn country. The truculent beast approached the crowd with wild eyes and sharpened claws.
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Explanation of ubiquitous (adjective) omnipresent; present everywhere
Sample of ubiquitous A ubiquitous spirit followed the man wherever he went. Water may seem ubiquitous, until a drought comes along.
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Explanation of sporadic (adjective) rarely occurring or appearing; intermittent; occasional; irregular; infrequent
Sample of sporadic In the desert there is usually only sporadic rainfall. Infection commonly occurs in children and infants, and the clinical progression of the disease is similar to syphilis when it is seen in the sporadic form; the late manifestations, however, tend to be seen at a much younger age.
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