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governed or characterized by caprice : IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE
But Henry, despite a violent and capricious temper, had a strong taste for the work of a legislator and administrator. |
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the brightest star in a constellation
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easily accomplished or attained
a facile victory
(2): SHALLOW, SIMPLISTIC
I am not concerned … with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem
— T. S. Eliot
b: used or comprehended with ease
c: readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth
facile tears
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We must avoid facile recriminations about who was to blame.
It seems too facile to blame everything on his mishandling of the crisis.
It is facile to attribute all childhood problems to poor parenting or social circumstances. |
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capable of being steered, guided, or directed.
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a dirigible airship, especially one with a rigid structure.
Santos Dumont, after a number of successful experiments with dirigible cigarshaped gas balloons, completed an aeroplane flying machine. |
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
Vandamme's exhausted troops were unnerved at the sight of this fresh foe, and an incipient panic was only quelled by turning guns on the fugitives. |
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1a : of or relating to the regions beyond the earth. b : celestial, heavenly. c : unworldly, spiritual. 2a : lacking material substance : immaterial, intangible.
light and delicate, especially in an unnatural way:
Her hair fell softly around her face and she had an ethereal glow about her. |
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of or relating to a church
Protestants were granted full civil rights and protection, and were permitted to hold their ecclesiastical assemblies - consistories, colloquies and synods, 1 Lindsay, Hist. |
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involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
It was an arduous climb up the mountain. |
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great wealth or luxuriousness.
"rooms of spectacular opulence"
The concept of monogrammed towels is associated with opulence. |
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1: a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius
2: something resembling a maelstrom in turbulence
The swirling hype, promises of opportunity and mandates for change have created a maelstrom of uncertainty. |
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