English -ous terms
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shortytiti on February 16, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Conspicuous | noticeable, obvious, attracting attention |
| Copious | plentiful |
| Dolorous | marked by sadness, misery, grief |
| Frivolous | lacking in serious or importance |
| Dubious | doubful, questionable, giving rise to uncertainty |
| Illustrious | brilliantly outstanding because of dignity, famous |
| Ingenious | clever, able to discover, invent; original resourceful object |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints, marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Luminous | glowing, bright, clear |
| Onerous | distastefully burdensome and laborious |
| Pernicious | evil, deadly |
| Nebulous | clouds of gas/dust in space, galaxy indistinct, vague |
| Raucous | loud, boisterous, rowdy, harsh |
| Salubrious | favorable, healthful |
| Sonorous | full or loud in sound-resonant |
| Spurious | false, forged, or illegitimate |
| Tumultuous | violently turbulent, marked by upheval |
| Ubiquitous | widespread, constantly encountered, existing or being everywhere at the same time |
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