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  Word Descriptions baneful, prerogative, onus, ramification, compensation, ingenuous, petrify, civil, luminary, craven


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

Samples of baneful
Not wearing a seat belt could be baneful.



   
Description of prerogative (noun)
privilege or power attaching to a position; right

Samples of prerogative
It is the prerogative of retired people like myself, who no longer carry responsibility, to speak of ideal and hypothetical solutions.



   
Description of onus (noun)
burden; duty; obligation; responsibility

Samples of onus
The onus is on the company to ensure that staff are making intelligent decisions on the information that the computer system provides and this comes from in-house training.



   
Description of ramification (noun)
outcome of another event; consequence; branch; bough

Samples of ramification
One of the ramifications of driving fast is getting a speeding ticket.



   
Description of compensation (noun)
payment for services; repayment

Samples of compensation
A park keeper was ordered to pay USD800 compensation to the owner of a 1,000 model yacht he sank.
Compensation of USD8,500 for structural damage, and further sums for damage to personal property, were paid by the Metropolitan Police.



   
Description of ingenuous (adjective)
noble; honorable; candid; artless; honest; innocent

Samples of ingenuous
The ingenuous doctor had a great bedside manner, especially when it came to laying out the full implications of an illness.



   
Description of petrify (verb)
to paralyze with horror, fear or surprise

Samples of petrify
When Amy Moyle, the wife of Josias Clarke, died in 1631 her husband decided to petrify his last memory of her by having cut a supine effigy, which showed his wife in her shroud.



   
Description of civil (adjective)
of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite; courteous

Samples of civil
Some privacy and minority advocates are now seeing credit as a civil rights issue as minorities start to fight employers and insurers who base decisions on credit histories.



   
Description of luminary (noun)
eminent person; celestial body; light source

Samples of luminary
Helen Gardner, for many years an Oxford luminary, did not believe that the purpose of English was to turn out critics, any more than it was to produce poets and novelists.



   
Description of craven (noun)
coward; abject person

Samples of craven
While many fought for their rights, the craven sat shaking, off in a corner somewhere.



  Determinations of the words baneful, prerogative, onus, ramification, compensation, ingenuous, petrify, civil, luminary, craven

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