noun the quality or condition of being tenacious.She never lost sight of her goal, and that tenacity is something I admire. See the full entry

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noun a flesh-eating animal, esp. a meat-eating mammal. (Cf. herbivore.)Cats are carnivores, but they like to nibble on certain plants as well. See the full entry

adverb out of the proper course or order; wrongly; mistakenly.I’m sorry if I spoke amiss. See the full entry

small, trifling, or worthless.She offered the boy a paltry sum to mow her tremendous law.They made him such a paltry offer that he turned it down immediately.I wouldn’t worry about a paltry…