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Ornate

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1 : covered with decorations : covered with fancy patterns and shapes ornate silver candlesticks She doesn’t like ornate jewelry. 2 : using many fancy words an ornate writing style ornate prose — ornately adverb ornately carved staircases — ornateness noun [noncount]

Partisan

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often disapproving strongly supporting one leader, group, or cause over another partisan interests/loyalties/politics She is highly/fiercely partisan.

Pumped

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excited and enthusiastic about something I’m pumped [= pumped up] for tonight’s concert.

Stale

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1 a of food : no longer good or appealing : no longer fresh stale food stale bread 1 b : not clean, clear, or pure : having an unpleasant taste or smell stale air/water a room filled with stale smoke 2 : not interesting or new : boring Read More …

Majestic

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large and impressively beautiful majestic mountains/trees majestic phrases — majestically adverb mountains rising majestically above the surrounding hills

Inconsolable

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extremely sad and not able to be comforted She was inconsolable when she learned that he had died.

Myriad

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somewhat formal very many The old system’s problems were myriad. — usually used before a noun myriad problems Today we remember the myriad ways she helped others in her lifetime.

Nearly

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not completely : almost but not quite I see her nearly every day. We very nearly missed the plane. [=we came very close to missing the plane] I nearly won.

Occasionally

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sometimes but not often Occasionally, we see deer in the field. = We occasionally see deer in the field. Occasionally, things don’t go as planned. Cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes. Very occasionally [=rarely], she will have a glass of wine.

Rarely

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[more rarely; most rarely] not very often She rarely talks about her past. These machines only need to be fixed very rarely. = These machines rarely need to be fixed. The temperature rarely [=seldom] drops below freezing here.