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Definition of cantankerous, remunerative, bane, incontrovertible, apt, sporadic, artful, versatile, harangue, meretricious

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Definition of cantankerous (adjective)
ill-natured; quarrelsome; contentious; irritable

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It is hard not to sympathize with his desire to knock off managing director Duncan, a hammy, cantankerous old fool in Kevin Stoney's playing.

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Definition of remunerative (adjective)
profitable; lucrative

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In Auckland there are many industries and manufacturers where Maltese laborers and mechanics may find immediate and very remunerative employment.

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Definition of bane (noun)
destruction; poison; misfortune

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The till was now 20 deep with impatient customers clutching their coffee pots and blenders - and then I discovered the real bane of the shop assistant's life: The Haggler.

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Definition of incontrovertible (adjective)
unquestionable; impossible to debate

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The government had never been prepared to take any action without incontrovertible proof of a direct relationship between an industrial process and a particular pattern of death, disease or environmental damage.

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Definition of apt (adjective)
likely; inclined or disposed; fit; suitable; skillful

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One research scientist, a friend of mine said that the setting up of a particularly apt experiment has lead him to a sense of the beautiful.
She was apt to confuse the past with the present, talking of events that had happened forty or fifty years ago as though they had happened only the day before.

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Definition of sporadic (adjective)
rarely occurring or appearing; intermittent; occasional; irregular; infrequent

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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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Definition of artful (adjective)
sly; crafty; skillful; clever; shrewd

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This is an artful way of congratulating Charles, while at the same time unveiling changes in Business's presentation.
He may be an artful dodger but he's never a bore.

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Definition of versatile (adjective)
able to do many things skillfully

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Rap is as old as the human voice and just as versatile, so what follows here is just a progress report: four different artists with four different attitudes to the word.

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Definition of harangue (noun)
lengthy, heartfelt speech; scolding; lecture

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We sat patiently and listened to her harangue.
When he finally stopped his haranguing, I responded calmly.

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Definition of meretricious (adjective)
deceptive beauty; alluring by attractive appearance; lewd

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A cubic zircon is a meretricious way of impressing others.

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