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  Word Explanations diverting, corpulent, antithetical, anonymous, condign, commodious, protuberant, obdurate, extinct, obsolete


   
Explanation of diverting (adjective)
entertaining; distracting; deflecting; amusing

Sample of diverting
In the short run this new body is seen by the Commission as a useful means of delaying or diverting the application of countries such as Austria which want to belong to the inner core of the 27 European Community states.



   
Explanation of corpulent (adjective)
fat; obese; fleshy

Sample of corpulent
In a few short months he had changed, his hair was grayer, his face more drawn and the gold Albert hung loosely around his once corpulent stomach.



   
Explanation of antithetical (adjective)
opposed; contrary

Sample of antithetical
Force is indeed antithetical to its nature at least until its non-coercive authority has been generally accepted in a community.



   
Explanation of anonymous (adjective)
nameless; unidentified

Sample of anonymous
Not wishing to be identified by the police, he remained anonymous by returning the money he had stolen by sending it through the mail.



   
Explanation of condign (adjective)
well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment); proper; fitting

Sample of condign
Outright condemnation was as rare as condign punishment where the criminal was a man of high social standing; for if the delinquent vassal chose to submit himself to his lord, he had performed an act of self-abasement which, in itself, merited courteous handling.



   
Explanation of commodious (adjective)
spacious and convenient; roomy; ample; comfortable

Sample of commodious
The new home was so commodious that many new pieces of furniture needed to be purchased.



   
Explanation of protuberant (adjective)
bulging; swelling out; jutting out

Sample of protuberant
Only her eyes, distinctive dark bluish-brown, with somewhat protuberant, bluish whites, betrayed her.



   
Explanation of obdurate (adjective)
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked

Sample of obdurate
The obdurate child refused to go to school.
The obdurate youngster refused to eat the Brussels sprouts.



   
Explanation of extinct (adjective)
dead; vanished; gone

Sample of extinct
The blue-rinsed dame and the bottle-nosed blimp are extinct species here.



   
Explanation of obsolete (adjective)
out of date; outdated; archaic; extinct; antiquated

Sample of obsolete
Computers have made many formerly manual tasks obsolete.
Although much of today's communication and correspondence takes place online, the Post Office is not quite obsolete.



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