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personable

Posted on May 28, 2015May 25, 2015 by admin

puhr sə nə bəl adjective pleasing in manner or appearance; friendly; attractive. She found her boyfriend’s father quite personable, but his mother seemed somewhat cold and humorless.

cross-grained

Posted on May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 by admin

kraws greInd adjective 1. of lumber, having a grain that runs across or diagonally to the length. 2. (informal) stubborn or hard to deal with. He was a cross-grained man, oppressed by…

swath

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by admin

swath noun 1. the width or path cut by one pass of a scythe, mower, or the like. 2. grass, grain, or the like cut and deposited along a line. 3. a…

auteur

Posted on May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 by admin

o tuhr noun a director whose films display a distinctive personal style. Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson can all be regarded as auteurs.  

omniscient

Posted on May 22, 2015May 18, 2015 by admin

am nI shənt adjective 1. infinite in knowledge; all-knowing. They believe in an omniscient god. 2. possessing great knowledge; seeming to know everything. Their father seemed omniscient when they were children.

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