1. Impregnable, adjective: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
As a child, Amy would pillow castles and pretend they were impregnable fortresses.
2. Preemptive, adjective: done before someone else can do it
Just as Martha was about to take the only cookie left on the table, Noah preemptively swiped it.
3. Cadaverous, adjective: emaciated; gaunt
Some actors take challenging roles in which they have to lose so much weight that they appear cadaverous.
4. Intermittent, adjective: stopping and starting at irregular intervals
The intermittent thunder continued and the night was punctuated by cracks of lightning-a surreal sleepless night.
5. Perquisite, noun: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Even as the dishwater at the French restaurant, Josh quickly learned that he had the perquisite of being able to eat terrific food for half the price diners would pay.
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