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Fortuitous

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Occuring by happy chance, lucky, fortitude | Penicillin was a fortuitous discovery made by the physician Alexander Fleming

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Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties She had fostered more than 100 children The parents tried to foster a positive psychosocial environment for their child

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Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse, common, overused, unoriginal She often used hackneyed phrases when she couldn’t think of anything to say herself Too often used by young people, the word “like” has become hackneyed. Every time my internet goes down, the cable company gives me a hackneyed explanation.

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Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures, a pleasure seeker The hedonist’s search for pleasure prevented him from seeing the dangers ahead While Janice was on the cruise ship, she lived the life of a hedonist and spent most of her days in search of pleasure.

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A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena, a theory or guess The detective had a hypothesis about how the crime had been accomplished, but she could not prove it

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Attribute or credit to, accredit, ascribe It’s unfair to impute blame to the children who did not understand what they were doing I can't believe you dared to impute my work to yourself to cover up for your laziness! David attempted to impute the damage of the broken window onto his innocent brother.

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Invulnerable to fear or intimidation, fearless, brave The intrepid explorer was ready to cross the seas in order to discover new lands or peoples To be an astronaut, you must be an intrepid person who craves adventure and is not afraid of heights

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A feeling of extreme joy The death of the dictator was greeted by jubilation across the country Your sweet little baby was the reason behind your jubilation.

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Someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyistś employer, a persuader, an influencer There are many lobbyists in Congress who try to persuade politicians to spend more money on their cause The entire industry is a powerhouse of lobbyist groups

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The property of being long-lived, long life Many studies have been made comparing the longevity of men and women The longevity of the fish has probably been much exaggerated

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Rich and superior in quality, luxurious and grand | The spoiled young man lived an opulent lifestyle

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A person who delivers a speech or oration, speaker President Obama is considered to be a great orator Though not a great orator, his speeches were weighty and impressive

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Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight Showers poured down upon the parched earth How could the ground be so parched when the air was so waterlogged?

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Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans, disloyal, unfaithful, betraying The perfidious actions of Brutus against Julius Caesar are famously depicted in Shakespeare’s play When questioned about his ex-wife, Eric described her as a perfidious woman who could not be faithful to any man.

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Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) advanced, forward Lucy was always a precocious child, with an early passion for learning. Trained in a hard school, he showed a precocious aptitude for war and government.

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Lacking wit or imagination, straightforward, matter-of-fact Sometimes one can ponder the monotony of our prosaic everyday life The title of your book is so prosaic that most people are going to walk right past it in the store.

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Habitually complaining The querulous old couple stayed together despite their constant bickering If there was an award for being querulous, my aunt would win because she is always complaining about something

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Showing deep-seated resentment, bitter, hostile He was filled with rancor after losing his job Mr. Knightly is a rancorous old man who is always unhappy and seemingly angry at everyone, even if they are strangers

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Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude She had become increasingly ill and reclusive Virgos can be very sociable, but they also have a tendency to be reclusive if left on their own.

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The act of improving by renewing and restoring, renewal | The town church was in desperate need of renovation

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The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations, sound judgement, wisdom She was a woman of great sagacity and experience This discovery was not accidental or unforeseen, but was due to the sagacity of those who designed the voyage.

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Said or done without having been planned or written in advance, unplanned, impulsive Saving the child from the burning house was a spontaneous reaction of the parent Sometimes spontaneous events worked out better than well-planned ones

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Plausible but false, “phony”, not correct | You couldn’t trust the teacher, his spurious statements were simply made up

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Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface, shallow The bruise on her arm was only superficial As I read the political article, I realized it was completely superficial and did not even discuss the major issues that are wrong with this country

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Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed, secret They had several surreptitious conversations about their plans of escaping The dog has his surreptitious ways of stealing table scraps behind my back.

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Profound honored, respected She was a venerable old woman who many people came to for advice The Pope is a venerable leader who is recognized for his commitment to helping others

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