"Pedant"

The pedant was always quick to correct minor errors in terminology, distinguishing between frogs and toads, motors and engines, and less and fewer.

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"Hidebound"

The former flower child never could understand the views of her hidebound son.

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"Declaim"

The candidates for student council president each declaimed against the problems with student government, and each vowed to better represent the students. Of course, the superintendent and principal ultimately made the decisions at the school, though.

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"Openhanded"

The child was delighted and overwhelmed by the openhanded family who adopted him. Fortunately, the child never took advantage of the family's kindness--he always accepted his gifts with humility and graciousness.

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"Peculate"

In The Bourne Identity, Treadstone thinks that Jason peculated the money from the Swiss bank, but in reality, he thought it was his own.

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"Beseech"

She beseeched him not to send her a singing telegram, but he did it anyway.

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"Nocuous"

The girls knew their nocuous friendship would have to end; they found themselves angry rather than happy in each others' presence.

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