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vulgar

Short Definition : of the common people; deficient in refinement; not refined; coarse; Ex. vulgar display of wealth; N. vulgarism: vulgarity; crudely indecent word; CF. vulgarian: vulgar person; boor; lout

Definition
(adj) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Example Sentence
  • he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
  • behavior that branded him as common
  • an untutored and uncouth human being
  • an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
  • appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
  • the vulgar display of the newly rich
Definition
(adj) of or associated with the great masses of people
Synonyms : common plebeian unwashed
Example Sentence
  • the common people in those days suffered greatly
  • behavior that branded him as common
  • his square plebeian nose
  • a vulgar and objectionable person
  • the unwashed masses
Definition
(adj) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Synonyms : common vernacular
Example Sentence
  • common parlance
  • a vernacular term
  • vernacular speakers
  • the vulgar tongue of the masses
  • the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
Definition
(adj) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Synonyms : crude earthy gross
Example Sentence
  • coarse language
  • a crude joke
  • crude behavior
  • an earthy sense of humor
  • a revoltingly gross expletive
  • a vulgar gesture
  • full of language so vulgar it should have been edited

vulnerable

Short Definition : susceptible to wounds or attack; N. vulnerability

Definition
(adj) susceptible to attack
Example Sentence
  • a vulnerable bridge
Definition
(adj) susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
Example Sentence
  • vulnerable to bribery
  • an argument vulnerable to refutation
Definition
(adj) capable of being wounded or hurt
Example Sentence
  • vulnerable parts of the body
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vulnerable

this word sounds like "wounded able"...so one who gets wounded very easily

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vul ner(ve) able - able to break the nerve ..

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vul(bark in tamil) ok dog are susceptible to attack

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Vulnerable and critical have the same sounds and they mean, in some kind of hazard.

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vulpine

Short Definition : like a fox; crafty

Definition
(adj) resembling or characteristic of a fox
Synonyms : vulpecular
Example Sentence
  • vulpine cunning
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vulpine

VULP sounds like WOLF

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PINE is sharp, thus it makes the syn :clever, crafty, cunning, foxy, ingenious, shrewdness, skillful, sly, tricky, wily.

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Vultures usually work with foxes. Both of then are scavengers. Vulpine = Vulture partner Fox. Fox Like.

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confusion is between lupine(wolf like) and vulpine (fox like). In marathi wolf means 'landaga' so it starts with 'l' so it can be associated with wolf and vulpine with fox

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Vul + Pine -> Pine Tree has sharp needle like leaves. So the Vulpine person is sharp, cunning like a fox.

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vul(dog barking sound in tamil) sound in pine forest are like a fox.

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Vulpine (fox like) and bovine (cow) both refer to animals. Equine: Horse like

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cervine:deer ovine:sheep corvine:crow vulpine:wolf

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The trick to distinguishing the fox-like vulpine / From the adjective meaning wolf-like lupine / Is to associate the "v" with voluptuous vixen / And the "l" with Harry’s lunar-loving Professor Lupin.

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Vulpine- Professor Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, who is a warewolf.

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vulture

Short Definition : carrion-eating birds

Definition
(noun) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion Definition
(noun) someone who attacks in search of booty
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vulture

vulture has no culture, very greedy and hunting other

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A vulture is an oppressor (someone who treats others harshly).

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