Benevolent adj.
Meaning:
1. Charitable: performing good or charitable acts and not seeking to make a profit.
2. Characterized by or suggestive of doing good; showing kindness or goodwill.
Truncate tr.v.
Meaning:
1. To shorten or cut off.
2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
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Oxymoron n.pl.
Meaning: A phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect, for example, “wise fool” or “to make haste slowly.”
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Word: Specificity n.
Meaning: The condition or state of being specific rather than general.
Eg: His input added a desirable note of specificity to the discussion.
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Precipitous adj.
Meaning: Done rashly: acting too quickly and without sufficient thought.
Eg: Excessive spending caused the precipitous demise of the company.
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Avarice n.
Meaning: Immoderate desire, greed for wealth: an unreasonably strong desire to obtain and keep money.
Usage Eg. His life was consumed by ambition and avarice.
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