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  Word Descriptions ecclesiastic, ambiguous, commodious, mercenary, devout, corpulent, discrete, mundane, noisome, cynical


   
Description of ecclesiastic (adjective)
pertaining or relating to a church

Samples of ecclesiastic
Ecclesiastic obligations include attending mass.



   
Description of ambiguous (adjective)
not clear; uncertain; vague

Samples of ambiguous
The ambiguous law did not make a clear distinction between the new and old land boundary.



   
Description of commodious (adjective)
spacious and convenient; roomy; ample; comfortable

Samples of commodious
The new home was so commodious that many new pieces of furniture needed to be purchased.



   
Description of mercenary (adjective)
working or done for payment only; hired for service

Samples of mercenary
Lila was suspicious that Joe had jumped at the chance only for mercenary reasons.



   
Description of devout (adjective)
reverent; sincere; pious; earnest; religious

Samples of devout
The leading layman of the York diocese was the politician whose judgment was likely to weigh with the Crown: Lord Halifax, the former Foreign Secretary, and a devout Anglo-Catholic.



   
Description of corpulent (adjective)
fat; obese; fleshy

Samples of corpulent
In a few short months he had changed, his hair was grayer, his face more drawn and the gold Albert hung loosely around his once corpulent stomach.



   
Description of discrete (adjective)
separate; individual

Samples 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.



   
Description of mundane (adjective)
ordinary; commonplace; normal; routine; everyday

Samples of mundane
It is amazing that he was able to make millions marketing mundane products like paper clips and plastic bags.
The small town was very mundane.
Going food shopping soon became mundane, losing all of its excitement.



   
Description of noisome (adjective)
harmful to health; having a foul odor; offensive

Samples of noisome
The noisome food was the cause of their illness.
The family was forced from the home by a noisome odor.



   
Description of cynical (adjective)
sarcastic; doubting the sincerity of others; pessimistic

Samples of cynical
The conversation which follows is the last in the book, and the weakest, too, a stagey means of imparting some crucial news for Bellow to fulminate against all that is rotten and cynical in American youth.



  Determinations of the words ecclesiastic, ambiguous, commodious, mercenary, devout, corpulent, discrete, mundane, noisome, cynical

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