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just begun and so not fully formed or developed; I am glad your inchoate proposals for integrating the company were not accepted this time, thus saving us face.
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| recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant, profligate behavior; Anderson’s profligacy cost him his job and its better you tighten up your belt before you go the same way. |
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| being the only example of its kind, unique; Mr. Bill Tandy generated his sui generis theory based on little research and more hypothesis, thus finding no takers for his pet project |
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| severe and morally strict; the quality of being austere, having no pleasures or comforts; Every major war on this planet were followed by many years of austerity. |
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| using money, resources, etc., in a way that wastes them; The firm’s profligate spending only hastened its downfall. |
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| harsh criticism, contempt; His ludicrous attempts at mimicry in the office only earned him the opprobrium of his colleagues. |
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| pl; a person who abandons a belief or principle; The millionaire technocrat and his cronies were publicly derided for being apostates, after they were exposed of polluting the environment while purporting to have spent large sums for water conservation. |
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| the theory that the self is all that can be known to exist; His solipsistic view about life ensured that he lived in social isolation. |
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| refusing to change in any way; Anthony’s obduracy in his legal case expedited his impeachment. |
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| causing destruction to both sides; The African states’ internecine conflict continues to extract a terrible toll on innocent human lives. |
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| adj; causing sleep; The soporific drug caused Tony to fall asleep in the board meeting. |
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| German, night of (broken) glass : Kristall, crystal (from Middle High German, from Old High German cristalla, from Latin crystallus, crystallum; see crystal) + Nacht, night (from Middle High German naht, from Old High German; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots); The Kristallnacht remains an infamous event in the German history. |
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| going from place to place; The peripatetic bards of yore propagated the words of the Holy Prophet. |
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| beginning to exist, not fully developed; In its initial stage, the nascent film industry faced harsh opposition from moral groups. |
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| going from one thing to another, without a definite plan or purpose; Garcia’s desultory conversation got everybody yawning. |
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| deserving to be feared and respected; Mike’s redoubtable instincts as a prize-fighter kept his opponents at arm’s distance. |
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| excessive pride; The Empire’s vanity and hubris in its exaggerated military were the reason for its downfall. |
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| wonderful to relate; Randy’s winning putt remained mirabile dictu in the golf club gossip for many years. |
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| a place where babies are looked after while their parents work, shop, etc.; Go down the Green Avenue and you will find a string of crèches and day-care centres. |
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