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| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| Domineering | Asserting one’s will over another in an arrogant way; bossy | |
| Eminent | Famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession Used to emphasize the presence of a positive quality | |
| Unobjectionable | Not objectionable; acceptable Synonyms: unexciting, uninteresting, uninspired, uninspiring, dull, bland, flat, insipid, spiritless, pedestrian, vapid, lifeless, dead, colorless, run-of-the-mill, mediocre, ordinary, prosaic, humdrum, boring, tedious, tires | |
| Execrable | Extremely bad or unpleasant Appalling, awful, dreadful, terrible, atrocious, lamentable, disgusting, etc. | |
| Conventional | Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed. Normal, standard, regular, ordinary, usual, traditional, common, etc. | |
| Bombastic | High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated Pompous, blustering, ranting, blathering, verbose, wordy, turgid, periphrastic, euphuistic, orotund, pleonastic, high-flown, high-sounding, etc. | |
| Eclectic | Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources. Wide-ranging, wide, broad, extensive, etc. | |
| Sidereal | Of all with respect to the distant stars (i.e. the constellation or fixed stars, not the sun or planets) | |
| Boisterous | Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy | |
| Etiolated | Usually for a plant Pale and drawn out due to lack of light | |
| Singular | Opposite of plural or unique one-of-a-kind | |
| Circumscribed | Restrict (something) within limits draw (a figure) around another | |
| Harrowing | Acutely distressing | |
| Obtuse | Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand Not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt | |
| Abominable | Causing moral relation loathsome detestable hateful odious obnoxious despicable contemptible damnable diabolical disgusting revolting | |
| Transient | Lasting only for a short time; impermanent | |
| Incredulous | Unwilling or unable to believe something disbelieving unbelieving doubtful dubious unconvinced distrustful distrusting mistrustful mistrusting suspicious questioning cynical skeptical | |
| Prodigious | 1. remarkably or impressively great in extent size or degree enormous huge colossal immense rust great massive 2. unnatural or abnormal unnatural monstrous grotesque abnormal | |
| Inured | 1. Accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant Harden, toughen, season, temper, condition accustom, habituate 2. Come into operation; take effect | |
| Stolidity | Noun of stolid Stolid: (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation Impassive, phlegmatic, unemotional, calm, placid, unexcitable | |
| Intransigence | Refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something | |
| Comportment | Behavior; bearing; demeanor | |
| Alleviated | To make less severe | |
| Balk at | Don’t like | |
| Revel in | Celebrate | |
| Diminutive | Extremely or unusually small | |
| Acrimonious | Angry and bitter | |
| Benignant | 1. Kindly and benevolent 2. Less common term for benign | |
| Juxtaposition | The fact of two things Being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | |
| Inconsequential | Not important or significant | |
| Foreboding | fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen |
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