Category: Adjectives

1 : located, seen, or used on the outside or surface of something the external features of the building the external signs of the disease This medication is intended only for external use. (=for use on the skin) — opposite Read More …

1 : perfectly clean The house was always immaculate. (=spotless) 2 : having no flaw or error : PERFECT She had an immaculate record of service. — immaculately adverb an immaculately dressed man

Ungainly usually describes someone or something moving in an awkward or clumsy way, or the awkward, clumsy movements themselves. It can also describe an object that is difficult to handle (especially because of being large or heavy), or someone or Read More …

1 : different from each other The magazine covers topics as diverse (=varied) as chemistry and sculpture. people with diverse interests 2 : made up of people or things that are different from each other His message appealed to a Read More …

always used before a noun made up of people who have special knowledge, abilities, etc. a blue-ribbon committee/panel

Fecund is a formal word that typically describes a person, animal, or plant that is producing or able to produce many offspring. It is synonymous with fertile and fruitful. Fecund is also used figuratively to describe something especially intellectually productive Read More …

(more amicable; most amicable) showing a polite and friendly desire to avoid disagreement and argument The discussions were amicable. They reached an amicable agreement. — amicability noun (noncount) — amicably adverb They met and settled the problem amicably.

Cardinal is an adjective used to describe things—usually abstract things such as rules or principles—that are of basic or main importance. The word is also used, especially in the phrase “cardinal sin,” with the meaning “very serious or grave.” “Seek Read More …

used as a usually rough and temporary replacement for something A large box served as a makeshift table.

Clandestine describes something done secretly, or in a private place or way. The wedding was a clandestine affair in Las Vegas.