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  Word Descriptions nonchalant, clamorous, stoic, punitive, rudimentary, dogmatic, redoubtable, copious, inordinate, feasible


   
Description of nonchalant (adjective)
unmoved or indifferent; composed; casual; indifferent

Samples of nonchalant
I was in two minds about closing the door, but decided that it would be safer to do so; if anyone came through it unexpectedly I would have a split second to look lost and nonchalant.
Paula perched herself against the cutting table trying to look nonchalant.



   
Description of clamorous (adjective)
loud and noisy; demanding

Samples of clamorous
And so the months passed quickly, filled with the sights, sounds, smells and tastes - all of them clamorous and variegated and, not least, the girls with which he filled his mind and his hours.
On first viewing, the movement is too enjoyably dense to take in fully - in old Page-style the head, torso and arms work in radical counterpoints to the legs, but their opposition is much less clamorous and willful than before.



   
Description of stoic (adjective)
detached; unruffled; calm; austere indifference to joy, grief, pleasure or pain

Samples of stoic
The soldier had been in week after week of fierce battle; nonetheless, he remained stoic.
With stoic obedience the child sat quietly on the chair.



   
Description of punitive (adjective)
serving as a penalty; penalizing

Samples of punitive
The pattern of childrearing that produces the most hostile children is one where the parents use punitive methods persistently against a background of rejecting, hostile parental attitudes.



   
Description of rudimentary (adjective)
immature; not fully developed; fundamental

Samples of rudimentary
Readers with even rudimentary medical knowledge will be aware that swollen joints, clenching hands and itching or scaling skin are among the baleful symptoms of advanced psoriatic arthropophy.
The study tentatively identifies a number of factors which distinguished between teams in social work activities and in rudimentary measures of client outcome.



   
Description of dogmatic (adjective)
opinionated; rigid; authoritative; intolerant

Samples of dogmatic
Their dogmatic declaration clarified their position.
The dogmatic statement had not yet been proven by science.
The student's dogmatic presentation annoyed his classmates as well as his instructor.



   
Description of redoubtable (adjective)
commanding fear or respect; horrible; dreadful; formidable

Samples of redoubtable
The Irish Wolfhound were war dogs then, not in the sense in which dogs were employed on the battlefields of France and Flanders in the recent European War, but as combatants, and as very redoubtable and greatly feared fighters at that.



   
Description of copious (adjective)
abundant; in great quantities; plentiful; bountiful

Samples of copious
Her copious notes touched on every subject presented in the lecture.



   
Description of inordinate (adjective)
excessive; immoderate

Samples of inordinate
Many people still felt that Diana spent an inordinate amount on clothes.
The negotiations with the American company that will run the facility after the Games have taken an inordinate amount of time by British standards, though not by American, and the completion date is now May 10, 1991, barely two months before the opening ceremony.



   
Description of feasible (adjective)
reasonable; practical; achievable; likely; possible

Samples of feasible
Increased exercise is a feasible means of weight loss.



  Determinations of the words nonchalant, clamorous, stoic, punitive, rudimentary, dogmatic, redoubtable, copious, inordinate, feasible

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