
Description of auspicious (adjective) being of a good omen; successful; favorable; beneficent
Samples 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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Description of peremptory (adjective) barring future action; that cannot be denied, changed, etc.; aggressive
Samples of peremptory The peremptory means of defense was satisfactory to keep out the intruders. The wildcat strike was a peremptory move on the part of the workers.
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Description of apathetic (adjective) indifferent; lethargic
Samples of apathetic An individual who is passive, utterly apathetic and withdrawn from community life is no true citizen. Aids is now on the downward trajectory of fashionable worries, barely able to keep its head above the surface of apathetic extinction.
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Description of mettlesome (adjective) courageous; brave; fearless
Samples of mettlesome Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy, and the effect - I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day - was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks.
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Description of felicitous (adjective) appropriate; fitting
Samples 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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Description of sanguinary (adjective) bloody; murderous
Samples of sanguinary The Evangelicals usually honored Cranmer, but Macaulay did not, writing, somewhat unfairly, 'The sanguinary intolerance of a man who then wavered in his Creed excites a loathing to which it is difficult to give vent without calling foul names.'
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Description of celestial (adjective) pertaining to the sky; heavenly
Samples 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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Description of fatuous (adjective) lacking in seriousness; vain and silly; stupid; foolish; inane
Samples of fatuous The fatuous prank was meant to add comedy to the situation. His fatuous personality demands that he stop in front of every mirror.
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Description of biased (adjective) prejudiced; influenced; not neutral
Samples of biased The vegetarian had a biased opinion regarding what should be ordered for dinner.
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Description of whimsical (adjective) fanciful; amusing; capricious
Samples of whimsical Strolling down Disney World's Main Street is bound to put child and grown-up alike in a whimsical mood. After announcing a determination to play serve-and-volley, whatever the event, the ultimate professional then proceeded to work chiefly from the baseline for five sets to defeat that whimsical artist Miloslav Mecir in the final of the Stuttgart Classic exhibition tournament here on Saturday.
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