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Meaning of analogous, utilitarian, lachrymose, cursory, baneful, pertinacious, devoid, affable, sagacious, discursive

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Meaning of analogous (adjective)
similar; parallel; comparable

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We were able to find the age of the toads in a way analogous to that used for aging trees; by taking thin sections of bone from a toe of the victims of road casualties.

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Meaning of utilitarian (adjective)
materially or practically useful; applicable

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Gandhi was sufficiently aware of the utilitarian formula of the greatest happiness of the greatest number to realize that he was completely at odds with it as an interpretation of the aim anti purpose of life and as a principle of morality.

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Meaning of lachrymose (adjective)
causing or given to shedding tears; depressed; weepy; mournful

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The delightful tunes are all there, but some of them are taken too slowly, and some of the settings are either lachrymose or slurred.

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Meaning of cursory (adjective)
hasty; slight; brief; perfunctory; superficial

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The detective's cursory examination of the crime scene caused him to overlook the lesser clues.

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Meaning of baneful (adjective)
deadly; causing distress or death; destructive

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Not wearing a seat belt could be baneful.

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Meaning of pertinacious (adjective)
clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose; stubborn

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Another incident which raised sovereignty as a public and formal issue was more complex: the formal cause was not indignation but the pertinacious enthusiasm of an Ajdabiyan municipal policeman.

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Meaning of devoid (adjective)
lacking; empty

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The interplanetary probe indicated that the planet was devoid of any atmosphere.

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Meaning of affable (adjective)
friendly; good-natured; easy to talk to

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Her affable puppy loved to play with children.

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Meaning of sagacious (adjective)
wise; clever; shrewd

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Many of her friends came to her with their problems because she gave sagacious advice.
Whole communities were alienated and impoverished; a large part of the nation was left with a feeling halfway between guilt and unease; and Baldwin's reputation as a statesman of sagacious moderation was badly dented.

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Meaning of discursive (adjective)
moving from topic to topic; rambling

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Yet there are those of us who, although firmly based inside such an institution, have undertaken anthropological training and have subsequently developed the academic wish to be discursive.

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