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fecund
adjective 1. Producing or capable of producing many offspring. Johann Sebastian and his wife Anna were a fecund couple who had twenty children. (ANNA SPENT 15 YEARS OF HER LIFE PREGNANT) 2. Intellectually or artistically productive; creative Bach was a fecund composer, and among his many works are some 300 sacred cantatas. |
insidious
adjective 1. Seemingly harmless while actually being dangerous; treacherous or deceptive. The rogue's pose of rectitude was an insidious attempt to win our trust. 2. Spreading harmfully in a subtle or gradual way. Watching too much television has an insidious effect on the minds of young children. |
presentiment
noun The feeling that something is about to occur. An astute reader of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" will detect presentiment in the phrase, "Lottery in June; Corn be ready soon." |