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gelid
Meaning:
Icy; extremely cold; bitterly cold; intensely cold; freezing; bone chilling
Usage:
She announced that she was not getting out of bed on a gelid day
The Titanic passengers could not long survive the gelid waters of the North Atlantic
The judge listened with the gelid detachment of someone who had heard it all before
hapless
Meaning:
Unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; snakebitten; star-crossed
Usage:
She plays the hapless heroine who is unlucky in love
prevalent
Meaning:
Widespread; popular; dominant
Usage:
Sweden is known as a nation ridden by suicide and alcoholism, but those problems are no more prevalent here than in most European countries
pernickety/ persnickety
Meaning:
Choosy; fussy; finicky; placing ample emphasis on trivial or minor issues; being overly focused on small details
Usage:
The pernickety housewife couldn’t stand for anything to be out of place in her perfect home
empirical
Meaning:
Factual; based on experience or logic; provable; verifiable
Usage:
These effective strategies were identified decades ago and have convincing and significant empirical support
peruse
Meaning:
Examine carefully; study; to examine or consider with attention and in detail; to look over in a cursory manner
Usage:
Please peruse this report at your leisure
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