salutary
(en)
(adjective) producing a beneficial effect; remedial / (adjective) promoting health; curative
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She preferred to think of her current boyfriendless state as salutary and head-clearing.
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She preferred to think of her current boyfriendless state as salutary and head-clearing.
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peremptory
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(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay / (adjective) not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply / (adjective) admitting of no contradiction / (adjective) expressive of urgency or command / (adjective) characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance / (adjective) indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature; haughty / (noun) a challenge (as of a juror) made as of right without assigning any cause
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“Excuse me,” Alton said in a peremptory tone.
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“Excuse me,” Alton said in a peremptory tone.
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jejune
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(adjective) lacking nutritive value / devoid of significance or interest; dull / naive, simplistic, and superficial
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He’d thought that not wearing a toga would make him seem too cool for such jejune festivities,
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He’d thought that not wearing a toga would make him seem too cool for such jejune festivities,
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bulwark
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(noun) defensive wall
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The desk was massive, a bulwark against the creeping ignorance and imprecision of the world.
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The desk was massive, a bulwark against the creeping ignorance and imprecision of the world.
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fulminate
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(verb) to utter or send out with denunciation / (verb) to send forth censures or invectives / (verb) express vehement protest
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Fulminating like this, talking under his breath, Mitchell found himself at the Seine
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Fulminating like this, talking under his breath, Mitchell found himself at the Seine
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reliquary
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(noun) a container or shrine in which sacred relics are kept
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He peered into dusty reliquary jars containing the bones of Saint Whoever.
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He peered into dusty reliquary jars containing the bones of Saint Whoever.
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desultory
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(adjective) marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose / (adjective) not connected with the main subject / (adjective) disappointing in progress, performance, or quality
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fey
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(adjective) fated to die; doomed / (adjective) marked by a foreboding of death or calamity / (adjective) able to see into the future; visionary / (adjective) marked by an otherworldly air or attitude / (adjective) crazy touched / (adjective) excessively refined; precious / (adjective) quaintly unconventional; campy
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He gestured toward the eight-track player. “This stuff is fey.”
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He gestured toward the eight-track player. “This stuff is fey.”
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antic
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(adjective) grotesque bizarre / characterized by clownish extravagance or absurdity / whimsically gay; frolicsome
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“I was just playing with him,” Leonard said with his antic smile.
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“I was just playing with him,” Leonard said with his antic smile.
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