
Description of laconic (adjective) sparing of words; terse; pithy; concise
Samples of laconic After a laconic introduction the program began. The people enjoyed the public addresses of the laconic queen.
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Description of rueful (adjective) regretful; mournful; pitiable
Samples of rueful 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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Description of indigenous (adjective) native to a region; innate; originating from a place
Samples of indigenous These plants are indigenous to all of the western states. Piranha are indigenous to the tropics.
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Description of mottled (adjective) spotted or streaked with varied colors
Samples of mottled 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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Description of autocratic (adjective) despotic; dictatorial
Samples of autocratic 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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Description of extemporaneous (adjective) spontaneous; impromptu; improvised
Samples of extemporaneous 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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Description of stupendous (adjective) amazing by virtue of its immense size, force or any quality in exceptional degree
Samples of stupendous 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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Description of credible (adjective) worthy of belief; trustworthy; reliable; dependable
Samples of credible For the visitor, it is scarcely credible that staff can work day after day with such clearly difficult patients.
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Description of innocuous (adjective) harmless; dull; insipid; uninteresting
Samples of innocuous 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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Description of radical (adjective) thorough; extreme
Samples of radical 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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