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Gubernatorial [goo-ber-nuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, gyoo-]

1. of or pertaining to a state governor or the office of state governor

Serpentine [sur-puhn-teen, -tahyn]

1. characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement


2. having a winding course, as a road; sinuous


3. shrewd, wily, or cunning

Cypriot [sip-ree-uht]

1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Cyprus, its people, or their language

Adjective [aj-ik-tiv]

1. pertaining to or functioning as an adjective; adjectival: the adjective use of a noun


2. not able to stand alone; dependent


3. Law . concerning methods of enforcement of legal rights, as pleading and practice ( opposed to substantive)


4. (of dye colors) requiring a mordant or the like to render them permanent ( opposed to substantive)

Abject [ab-jekt, ab-jekt]

1. utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty


2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward


3. shamelessly servile; slavish


4. Obsolete . cast aside

Obsequious [uhb-see-kwee-uhs]

1. characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow


2. servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious servants


3. obedient; dutiful

Dickensian

1. of Charles Dickens or his works


2. resembling or suggestive of conditions described in Dickens' novels, esp squalid and poverty-stricken; characterized by jollity and conviviality


3. grotesquely comic, as some of the characters of Dickens

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