Learning Adjectives in the Wild

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  1. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  2. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  3. frugal
    avoiding waste
  4. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  5. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  6. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  7. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  8. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  9. hirsute
    having or covered with hair
  10. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  11. reticent
    not inclined to talk or provide information
Created on Wed Mar 20 17:02:38 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Mar 20 17:56:05 EDT 2013)

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