• Apathy:

Meaning- an absence of emotion or enthusiasm   

Use In Sentence-A student who does not care one way or the other if he passes a class is an example of a student who has apathy towards the class.
Synonyms:disinterest,impassivity,in-curiosity,in-curiousness,indifference,insensibility,in-sensibleness, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, phlegm, stolidity, stolidness, unconcern, uninterested, unresponsiveness

• Panache:

Meaning:distinctive and showy elegance  

Use In Sentence:An example of panache is when someone always dresses in stylish and flamboyant clothes.

• Avaricious:

Meaning: excessively greedy

Use In Sentence:An example or avaricious is someone who charges his friends extra money when paying for a meal.
Synonyms:acquisitive, avid, covetous, grasping, greedy, hungry

• Circumvent :

Meaning :cleverly find a way out of one's duties or obligation

Use In Sentence:Finding a clever way to get around a large crowd is an example of circumvent.

• Insidious:

Meaning:working in a subtle but destructive way

Use In Sentence:An example of insidious is a plan that is meant to scam people out of money.

• Spurious :

Meaning: plausible but false 

Use In Sentence:An example of spurious is the prediction that the world would end on December 21, 2012.

• Eclectic:

Meaning:comprised of a variety of styles

Use In Sentence:An example of eclectic is the taste in music of a person who enjoys listening to country, hip hop, gospel and classical music

• Unequivocal:

Meaning:admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

Use In Sentence:An example of unequivocal are unequivocal instructions which clearly direct the house sitter not to have a party while house sitting

• Delineate:

Meaning:Describe in detail
Use In Sentence:An example of delineate is to explain a specific drawing down to the last detail.

Synonyms:depict, describe, express, image, limn, picture, portray, render, represent, show

• Subsume:

Meaning:contain or include

Use In Sentence:When a new company takes over the old company so that the old company becomes one with the new, this is an example of where the new company subsumes the old.

Synonyms:comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, take in

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• Predilection:

Meaning-a strong liking   

Use In Sentence-Most, if not all, of his wonderful attributes may be ascribed to the Irish predilection for the grotesque.

Synonyms:fondness, leaning, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, propensity

• Eschew:

Meaning: intentionally stay away from;stay clear of

Use In Sentence:An example of eschew is when you hate airplanes and never go on them.

Synonyms:avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, get around, shun

• Gossamer:

Meaning: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy   

Use In Sentence:An example of something gossamer is a layer of bubble liquid spread in the air.

• Entrenched:

Meaning:Fixed firmly or securely

Use In Sentence:John waved a hand in dismissal, his mind already firmly entrenched in another project.

Synonyms:confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, hard-shell, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, irradicable

• Culpability:

Meaning:state of guilt

Use In Sentence:Rumors continued to be rampant about his alleged culpability in Lanana Stark's death.

Synonyms:accountability, guilt

• Banal:

Meaning: repeated too often; over-familiar through overuse 

Use In Sentence:An example of something banal are boring knock-knock jokes that have been told many times before.

Synonyms:bland, corny, dumb, hackneyed, mundane, stupid, trite, vapid

• Platitude:

Meaning:a trite or obvious remark

Use In Sentence:An example of platitude is saying "break a leg."

Synonyms:banality,bromide

• Chortle:

Meaning:to chuckle,laugh,merrily,often in a breathy,muffled way

Use In Sentence:The breathy laugh you make when someone is tickling you is an example of a chortle.

Synonyms:chuckle

• bucolic:

Meaning:relating to the pleasant aspect if the country
Use In Sentence:An example of something that would be described as bucolic is a farmhouse in the country.

Synonyms: arcadian, campestral, country, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic

• Inexorable:

Meaning:impossible to stop or prevent

Use In Sentence:The rise of the computer wan an inexorable shift in technology abd culture .

Synonyms:implacable, inescapable, merciless, relentless, unrelenting

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• Aesthete:

Meaning-a person who has great sensitivity for art and nature  

Use In Sentence-The art museum invited many art lovers to the opening, including a local aesthete.

Synonyms-connoisseur, dilettante, esthete

• Apathetic:

Meaning:marked by lack of interest

Use In Sentence:Mr.Snow was inborn leader that he turned apathetic thieves,murderer,rapier,robbers into warriors   

Synonyms:callous, indifferent, laid-back, passive, stoic, uninterested

• Audacious:

Meaning:willing to be bold in social situation or to take risks

Use In Sentence:Wearing a very low cut dress to a conservative event is an example of audacious.

Synonyms:bold, brave, courageous, dauntless

• Deferential:

Meaning:showing respect

Use In Sentence:Firefighters deserve to be granted with the utmost deference for their loyal service.

Synonyms:civil, courteous, obedient, polite, reverential

• Decorous:

Meaning:characterized by good taste in manner and conduct

Use In Sentence:An example of something decorous is an official luncheon for a diplomat during which the correct foods and table settings are presented.

Synonyms:becoming befitting, comely, comme il faut

• Fortuitous:

Meaning: occurring by happy chance;having no cause or apparent cause  

Use In Sentence:An example of fortuitous is two people who meet during a storm evacuation and wind up marrying each other a few years later.

Synonyms:accidental, casual, chance, contingent

• Frivolous:

Meaning:not serious in content or attitude or behavior

Use In Sentence:Students who consider test instructions to be frivolous often fail exams.

Synonyms:foolish, idiotic, impractical, petty, pointless, senseless

• Incisive:

Meaning:having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Use In Sentence:An owner of a successful new restaurant who is smart, thinks clearly and sees things clearly is an example of someone who would be described as incisive.

Synonyms:concise, penetrating, piercing, trenchant

• Lambaste:

Meaning:criticize severely or angrily

Use In Sentence:The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.

Synonyms:assail, berate, castigate, excoriate, scold, upbraid

• Meticulous:

Meaning:marked by extreme care in treatment of detail

Use In Sentence:An example of meticulous is someone who plans her wedding down to every last song that will be played at the event.

Synonyms:painstaking, careful, scrupulous, careful