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  Word Descriptions notorious, renegade, expatriate, coalition, belligerent, amenable, deprecate, deplete, expedient, innuendo


   
Description of notorious (adjective)
renowned; having an unfavorable connotation; known for disgrace

Samples of notorious
Discovering that her new neighbor was notorious for thievery, she decided to purchase an alarm system for her home.
The criminal had a notorious reputation.



   
Description of renegade (noun)
person who abandons something, as a religion, cause or movement; traitor

Samples of renegade
An attempt by Mr Cristiani to put the Sandinistas in the dock at San Jose is likely to prompt Mr Ortega to raise the human-rights record of the Salvadorean Government, especially the murder on November 16 of six Jesuit priests, probably by a renegade army unit.
Benedict Arnold remains one of the most notorious renegades in American history.



   
Description of expatriate (noun)
person who lives in a foreign country

Samples of expatriate
The very pages of his own magazine express the discernibly patronizing indulgence that it seems the American expatriate community extended to him.



   
Description of coalition (noun)
alliance; merging of various units into one unit; union

Samples of coalition
The Alliance campaign, with the differing emphasis posed by Liberals' David Steel, who was of the center-left, and the Social Democrat, David Owen, who contemplated a possible coalition with the Tories, was a disaster.
The result was that we were dangerously isolated with a strong coalition arrayed against us, but fortunately our opponents overplayed their hand.



   
Description of belligerent (adjective)
engaged in war; hostile; aggressive

Samples of belligerent
The Ancient Britons surged forward and began forming themselves into lines, Elinor in front as Boudicca in a pretend chariot and Otley as Venutius, the belligerent Brit, consort of our Brigantian Queen Cartimandua.



   
Description of amenable (adjective)
obedient; willing to submit; accountable; agreeable; responsible

Samples of amenable
Many Germans express skepticism about how amenable to reform the hardline regime can be.
This time the District Council was less amenable: the March meeting rejected the new fees, while promising to meet the higher remittances required by the District.



   
Description of deprecate (verb)
to express disapproval of; to protest against; to disparage; belittle

Samples of deprecate
The environmentalists deprecated the paper companies for cutting down ancient forests.
The organization will deprecate the opening of the sewage plant.



   
Description of deplete (verb)
to reduce; to empty; to exhaust; to consume; to use up

Samples of deplete
Having to pay the entire bill will deplete the family's savings.



   
Description of expedient (adjective)
convenient in obtaining a result; guided by self-interest; advantageous; beneficial; worthwhile

Samples of expedient
The mayor chose the more expedient path rather than the more correct one.
There is no expedient method a teenager will not resort to in order to get the keys to a car of their own.



   
Description of innuendo (noun)
indirect remark; insinuation; suggestion; intimation; hint

Samples of innuendo
The student made an innuendo referring to the professor.
The office was rife with innuendo that a takeover was in the works.



  Determinations of the words notorious, renegade, expatriate, coalition, belligerent, amenable, deprecate, deplete, expedient, innuendo

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