Exiguous

is read as \ig-ZIG-yoo-uhs\ which means scanty; meager; small; or slender

Example1:
Due to floods brought by constant heavy rains, exiguous supply of rice and other crops is imminent and this would only mean one thing: to farmers, less harvest and less or no profit; to consumers, price increase.
Example2:
There has always been a protest against exiguous wage among the working class of people.
Example3:
The exiguous necessities for a Christian life has always been in excessive contrast to the exigent wants of its papal proponents.

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Nitid

\NIT-id\ means bright or lustrous

Limerick:
On a nitid summer day
If you cannot find your way
You must be wearing sunglasses
Like all the fashionable classes
Who are plain stupid anyway.

Example1:
I rarely dream but last night I dreamt of a small but nitid room. In it was a table full of flowers in different colors and a single bed where a woman lay unconscious. The room was so silent that one can literally hear his own heartbeat. Then, there entered a woman watching the one in bed only to see her own wan face. That's when I woke up and realized the woman was me.
Example2:
Far from the towns, deep in the heart of the countryside, the night filled with numerous stars seems as nitid as a summer day.

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Ullage

\UHL-ij\ refers to the empty or unfilled space in a bottle or container of a liquid.

Example1: The optimist drunkard sees the wine in the half-full bottle while the pessimist drunkard sees the ullage in the half-empty bottle.

Example2: The degree of thirst a man feels when he's lost in the desert is proportional to the ullage of his water cask.

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Gerent

is read as \JEER-uhnt\ which means a ruler or manager

Gerent is an English adaptation of the Latin verb "gerere" meaning to manage or conduct.

Example1: Any complaint regarding the food or services has to be addressed to the newly hired gerent.
Example2: A gerent is one who exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

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Sabulous

is read as \SAB-yuh-luhs\ which means sandy or gritty.

Sabuline plants are plants that grow in sand. What plants are sabulous, anyway? Can you name one?

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Asthenic

is read as \as-THEN-ik\ which means
..........weak
.............adynamic: lacking of strength or vigor
.................having a slim or slender physique characterized by by long limbs and a small trunk: claimed to be associated with schizoid personality

Example: I have never seen a man as asthenic as Mr. Crawford who seems to look healthy enough.

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Viridity

is read as \vuh-RID-i-tee\ and means
.................greenness; verdancy; verdure
......................youth; innocence; inexperience

Example1: The country's viridity is too obvious to be missed.
Example2: Often, it is the children's viridity that is being abused.

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Titubant

\TICH-oo-buhnt\ means stumbling, staggering ; with the movement of one who is tipsy

In Pathology: titubation \tich-oo-BEY-shuhn\ refers to the disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking, resulting in uncertain gait and trembling, esp. resulting from diseases of the cerebellum.

Example1: I could hardly believe that titubant movements are characteristics of certain nervous disorders.
Example2: The rambling monologues of an inebriated man are no less entertaining than the titubant motions of his walk.

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Eristic

\e-RIS-tik\ means a person who engages in disputation
.........a controversialist
.............argumentative
.................the art of logical disputation

Example1: Seldom we can find people who are logically eristic nowadays.
Example2: Among our teddy friends, it is Browlee who is eristic. She is the advocate of law in Teddyland.
Example3: A lawyer should always be careful to reserve his eristic skills only for the court room and not at his chambers, or else he will have no client at all.

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Scabrous

Scabrous \SKAB-ruhs\ means
........having a rough surface because of minute points or projections
..............indecent or scandalous' risque'; obscene
....................full of difficulties

Related words: lepidote \LEP-i-doht\, leprose \LEP-rohs\, scurfy, scaly

Example1. "Come with me at the barber shop and I'll let you know how does a scabrous head feels like," urges Jonathan to his little sister.
Example2. Scabrous books are heavily censored these days, aren't they?
Example3. I don't know anyone who has never experienced a scabrous life.

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Amerce

Amerce \uh-MURS\ means to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.

Example: Usually, some people are amerced beyond what they can afford. Sometimes, the fine is even more than what they have done.

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Amaranthine

\am-uh-RAN-thin; thahyn\ means
........unfading or everlasting
...........of purplish-red color

Example1:  
A woman of amaranthine loveliness is a rare beauty to behold.
Example2:
If the sky was amaranthine, would the sunset be amethyst?
Example3:  
An amorous amaranthine angel accosted another and absconded.

Limerick:
If love were amaranthine
Then aging will be fine
Man and woman each other cherish
And their love never perish
But sparkle like ageless wine.

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Adit

is read as \AD-it\ which means
...........an entrance or a passage
.................an approach or access
.......................also called entry

In mining, the horizontal (nearly) passage leading into a mine is called adit.

Example: I have a niece whose nickname is Adit. Now, this word is easier to remember than I thought.

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Ziggurat

is read as \ZIG-oo-rat\ and means a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
..............a stepped tower or pyramid of ancient Mesopotamia.

Casuistry

is read as \KAZH-oo-uh-tree\ which means specious (plausible but false), deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning esp. in questions of morality.

.......it's the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct.

Casuistry comes from the French casuiste and the Latin casus, "case", perhaps related to making a case or justifying behavior.

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