Vocabulary Word
Word: reputable
Definition: respectable; having a good reputation
Definition: respectable; having a good reputation
Sentences Containing 'reputable'
A reputable physician is solicitous regarding the permanent welfare of his patient and administers carefully chosen and harmless drugs.
Thou needst say no more to him, nor will I say anything more to thee, save to tell thee to bear in mind that this Second Part of "Don Quixote" which I offer thee is cut by the same craftsman and from the same cloth as the First, and that in it I present thee Don Quixote continued, and at length dead and buried, so that no one may dare to bring forward any further evidence against him, for that already produced is sufficient; and suffice it, too, that some reputable person should have given an account of all these shrewd lunacies of his without going into the matter again; for abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued; and scarcity, even in the case of what is bad, confers a certain value.
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::: recreant - disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person
::: germane - pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate
::: rejoinder - reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply
::: caucus - private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston
::: assert - state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence
::: imperial - like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism
::: asunder - into parts; apart; V. sunder
