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effusive

Posted on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 by admin

ih fyu sihv adjective 1. expressing emotions at undue length or intensity. His effusive apologies are becoming tiresome. My father is quite reserved, but my mother tends to be effusive. 2. flowing out…

taciturn

Posted on September 7, 2016September 2, 2016 by admin

tae sit turn adjective habitually silent and uncommunicative. Her taciturn son had a surprising amount to say on the subject of prisons.

pedantic

Posted on September 6, 2016September 2, 2016 by admin

pə daen tihk adjective making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. The teacher’s dry, pedantic introduction to Greek mythology stifled our natural…

bevel

Posted on September 5, 2016September 2, 2016 by admin

be vəl noun 1. the angle, other than a right angle, at which one line or surface intersects another. He held the saw at a steep bevel as he sawed through the…

blasphemy

Posted on September 2, 2016August 30, 2016 by admin

blaes fə mi noun disrespect or irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable, esp. God. The notion that the earth is not the center of the solar system was at one time…

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