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Definition of laconic, rueful, indigenous, mottled, autocratic, extemporaneous, stupendous, credible, innocuous, radical

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Definition of laconic (adjective)
sparing of words; terse; pithy; concise

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After a laconic introduction the program began.
The people enjoyed the public addresses of the laconic queen.

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Definition of rueful (adjective)
regretful; mournful; pitiable

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His head was bare and his smile was just a little rueful, as if he were uncertain of his welcome.
She looked down at her new French muslin pajamas, the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile, wondering if the whiskey stains would come out - and deciding that they probably wouldn't.

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Definition of indigenous (adjective)
native to a region; innate; originating from a place

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These plants are indigenous to all of the western states.
Piranha are indigenous to the tropics.

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Definition of mottled (adjective)
spotted or streaked with varied colors

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Built of honey-colored Cotswold stone, some hundred or so years ago, it had a beautiful matching tiled roof, mottled with a patina of lichen and moss.
You'll soon be able to walk down Bond Street without spotting a single varicose vein or mottled thigh.

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Definition of autocratic (adjective)
despotic; dictatorial

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The old fears of Russia's autocratic, ultra-centralized state were surely right.
More specific economic policies, which have been widely discussed in recent years, fit within this tendency towards an autocratic state.

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Definition of extemporaneous (adjective)
spontaneous; impromptu; improvised

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One member of the audience made notes of his extemporaneous address, in which he admitted that he was unprepared for this specific situation or any situation in general.

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Definition of stupendous (adjective)
amazing by virtue of its immense size, force or any quality in exceptional degree

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Whatever the motives behind the truly stupendous achievements in the field of religious building by people of all races and creeds throughout the centuries, there can be no doubt that those motives must be extremely powerful.

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Definition of credible (adjective)
worthy of belief; trustworthy; reliable; dependable

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For the visitor, it is scarcely credible that staff can work day after day with such clearly difficult patients.

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Definition of innocuous (adjective)
harmless; dull; insipid; uninteresting

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The remark was rude but innocuous.
He couldn't bear to sit through another innocuous lecture.
The teens engaged in an innocuous game of touch football.

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Definition of radical (adjective)
thorough; extreme

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For example, this free trade article has been wrongly used to draw up radical measures banning tobacco advertising, a matter which has nothing to do with free trade, and a pure case of Commission empire-building.

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