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  Word Descriptions amorphous, implication, foray, diffuse, recusant, converge, knotty, fickle, aggrandize, bombastic


   
Description of amorphous (adjective)
with no shape; unorganized; having no determinate form

Samples of amorphous
The amorphous gel seeped through the cracks.
The amorphous group quickly got lost.
The scientist could not determine the sex of the amorphous organism.



   
Description of implication (noun)
suggestion; inference; connotation; hint

Samples of implication
An implication was made that there might be trickery involved.



   
Description of foray (verb)
to raid for spoils; to plunder; to invade; to attack

Samples of foray
The soldiers were told not to foray the town.



   
Description of diffuse (adjective)
spread out; verbose; wordy and disorganized; dispersed; rambling

Samples of diffuse
The toys were discovered in a diffuse manner after the birthday party.
His monologue was so diffuse that all his points were lost.



   
Description of recusant (adjective)
disobedient of authority; noncompliant; unsubmissive

Samples of recusant
Recusant inmates may be denied privileges.



   
Description of converge (verb)
to move toward one point (opposite: diverge); to come together; to meet; to assemble

Samples of converge
It was obvious that an accident was going to occur as the onlookers watched the two cars converge.
The two roads converge at the corner.



   
Description of knotty (adjective)
puzzling; hard to explain

Samples of knotty
The mystery was knotty.



   
Description of fickle (adjective)
changeable; unpredictable; inconstant; inconsistent

Samples of fickle
He is quite fickle; just because he wants something today does not mean he will want it tomorrow.
Because the man was fickle he could not be trusted to make a competent decision.



   
Description of aggrandize (verb)
to make more powerful

Samples of aggrandize
The king wanted to aggrandize himself and his kingdom.



   
Description of bombastic (adjective)
pompous; wordy; turgid; inflated; exaggerated

Samples of bombastic
The bombastic woman talks a lot about herself.



  Determinations of the words amorphous, implication, foray, diffuse, recusant, converge, knotty, fickle, aggrandize, bombastic

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