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  1. baneful         ruinous; destructive; pernicious                                                                    The bad king's rule was terribly @ for his country.         
  2. chimerical      unreal; imaginary; fanciful                                                                         Her hopes eventually proved @ when they went unrealized.    
  3. corpulent       large or bulky; fat                                                                                 The @ man tried in vain to mount the ladder.                
  4. docile          easy to handle; subdued; gentle                                                                     The @ animal was very good with children.                   
  5. erudite         very learned; scholarly                                                                             The @ scholar impressed the assembly.                       
  6. flagitious      flagrantly wicked                                                                                   The @ criminal killed mainly for fun.                       
  7. hapless         having no luck; unfortunate                                                                         The @ man could not even win at tiddly-winks.               
  8. inchoate        in an early stage; lacking form                                                                     Most ideas begin very @, and then are fleshed out.          
  9. insurmountable  incapable of being overcome; impossible                                                             The huge wall proved @ to the army.                         
  10. lithe           supple; pliant; graceful                                                                            The most @ gymnast won the top prize.                       
  11. niggardly       stingy; parsimonious                                                                                The miser was terribly @ in contributions to charity.       
  12. palpable        obvious; capable of being touched or felt                                                           A @ aura of expectation hung over the room.                 
  13. portentous      ominous; foreboding evil; extraordinary                                                             The invasion of the Sudetenland proved a @ omen for Germany.
  14. querulous       disposed to complaining or whining                                                                  The @ children were constantly complaining and whining.     
  15. sacrilegious    impious; pertaining to the violation of something religious or holy                                 @ actions were once punished by burning at the stake.       
  16. spurious        not genuine; false; illegitimate                                                                    The man's @ claims were quickly dismissed.                  
  17. tautological    given to unnecessary repetition of the same       concept                                           The @ argument became tedious with so much repetition.      
  18. ubiquitous      existing or being everywhere; omnipresent                                                           The @ center fielder seemed to catch everything.            
  19. vernal          of or pertaining to the spring; young and fresh                                                     The @ ferns sprang up in March.                             
  20. winsome         having a pleasant or attractive manner                                                              The @ young lady attracted many suitors.                    
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