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Esoteric Adjectives: Lexical Depths Explored
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  • 1. Mournful to an exaggerated degree, like theatrical sorrow
  • 2. Full of worm-like marks or patterns (technical descriptive)
  • 3. Characteristic of a deceitful or untrustworthy person
  • 4. Habitually dishonest or lying in nature
  • 8. Drained of color or vitality; literally bloodless
  • 9. Pertaining to a confused mixture — used adjectivally in literary contexts
  • 13. To render obscure or unintelligible (used adjectivally)
  • 15. Conveying or conferring honor
  • 16. Ill-defined, vague, or cloud-like in form
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  • 5. Hard to please, often quarrelsome or surly
  • 6. Marked by carefree unconcern or indifference
  • 7. Describing the scent of earth after rain (rarely adjectival; poetic usage)
  • 10. Placed side by side, usually for contrasting effect
  • 11. Describing depths that plunge beyond sunlight's reach
  • 12. Having a coarse, grainy texture at microscopic level
  • 14. Very sheer and light, almost translucent
  • 17. Given to complaining or peevish faultfinding
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