Definition: (adjective) Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
Synonyms: tractile, ductile, pliant, tensile.
Usage: I am not very handy with a chisel, so when I sculpt, I prefer to use malleable materials that I can bend and shape as I please.
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Definition: (adjective) Stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded.
Synonyms: traditionalist.
Usage: It is no use trying to reason with your grandfather, he is a hidebound old man who will never understand your position on the matter.
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excrescence
Definition: (noun) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
Synonyms: extrusion, gibbosity, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence.
Usage: A roof, Richard contended, was a part of the edifice that the ancients always endeavored to conceal, it being an excrescence in architecture that was only to be tolerated on account of its usefulness.
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reverential
Definition: (adjective) Feeling or manifesting veneration.
Synonyms: venerating, respectful.
Usage: A pilgrimage is a reverential act, performed by reverent people.
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cornucopia
Definition: (noun) The property of being extremely abundant.
Synonyms: profuseness, richness.
Usage: The cornucopia of job opportunities overwhelmed the immigrants, who had come from a town with only one employer.
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